Gemini CLI Image Tools - Background Removal, Upscaling & Face Restoration restore_face
How to: Gemini CLI Image Tools - Background Removal, Upscaling & Face Restoration restore_face
Add Image Tools - Background Removal, Upscaling & Face Restoration to Gemini CLI
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Open ~/.gemini/settings.json and merge this in. Keep any servers already there.
{
"mcpServers": {
"image-tools": {
"httpUrl": "https://apim-ai-apis.azure-api.net/mcp/image/mcp"
}
}
}-
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Save the file and restart Gemini CLI.
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Ask for something restore_face does. Gemini CLI lists the server's tools on connect and calls restore_face itself — you do not invoke it by name.
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If nothing happens, check the server is running and that Image Tools - Background Removal, Upscaling & Face Restoration's identifier in your config matches the one above exactly.
Gemini expands $VAR and ${VAR} inside env values, so a secret can live in your shell rather than this file. Gemini CLI docs
Same tool, other clients
This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 24 September 2026. It is what
the server actually exposes, not what its listing claims.
Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. The registry stores tool names only; connect the server for its live schemas.