# PicRenew

> AI-powered photo restoration. Restore, enhance, and colorize old or damaged photos.

PicRenew is a web application and API for restoring old and damaged photographs using AI.
It supports multiple restoration presets, resolution upscaling, AI colorization, and frame removal.

## Developer API

Base URL: https://picrenew.com/api/v1
Authentication: Bearer API key (prefix: pk_live_)
Docs: https://picrenew.com/docs

### Endpoints

- POST /api/v1/restorations — Create a restoration job
- GET  /api/v1/restorations — List your restorations (most recent 50)
- GET  /api/v1/restorations/:id — Get status of a specific restoration
- DELETE /api/v1/restorations/:id — Delete a restoration

### Presets

- standard — balanced restoration (1 credit at 1k)
- enhance — enhanced detail restoration (2 credits at 1k)
- colorize — AI colorization of black-and-white photos (2 credits at 1k)
- upscale — high-fidelity upscaling (2 credits at 1k)

Status values: ready, analyzing, processing, complete, failed, refunded, expired

Resolution multipliers: 1k = 1x, 2k = 2x, 4k = 4x

### MCP Integration

PicRenew ships an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for use in AI assistants.

Endpoint: https://picrenew.com/api/mcp
Transport: Streamable HTTP (stateless)
Auth: Bearer API key (same as REST)

Tools:
- restore_photo(image_url, preset?, resolution?, remove_frame?, colorize?, callback_url?)
- get_restoration(id)

Claude Desktop config:
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "picrenew": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["mcp-remote", "https://picrenew.com/api/mcp", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"]
    }
  }
}

## Links

- Home: https://picrenew.com
- Docs: https://picrenew.com/docs
- Account / API keys: https://picrenew.com/account
- Billing: https://picrenew.com/billing