Bria AI Skills — Controllable Image Generation for Coding Agents

Generate, edit, and precisely control images directly from your AI coding agent using Bria.ai’s commercially-safe models. Unlike black-box generators, Bria gives you fine-grained control: edit specific objects, mask regions, control lighting/season/style independently, and chain operations in pipelines.

Works with: Claude Code, Cursor, Cline, Codex, and 37+ other agents

Quick Start

1. Install

npx skills add bria-ai/bria-skill

2. Get a free API key

Sign up at platform.bria.ai and create an API key.

3. Set the key

export BRIA_API_KEY="your-key-here"

Or just start using the skill — it will walk you through setup automatically.

4. Use it

Ask your agent to generate images, remove backgrounds, edit photos, and more. The skill handles the rest.

Skills Included

Skill	Description
bria-ai	Controllable image generation & editing — 18+ capabilities including text-to-image, object-level editing, background removal, upscaling, restyling, relighting, and product photography
remove-background	Dedicated background removal — transparent PNGs, cutouts, and foreground extraction powered by RMBG 2.0. Fastest path for background removal tasks
vgl	Maximum generation control — structured JSON (Visual Generation Language) that explicitly defines objects, lighting, camera, composition, and style for deterministic, reproducible results
image-utils	Classic image manipulation — resize, crop, composite, watermarks, format conversion with Python Pillow

What You Can Control

Capability	Control Level	Example
Generate images from text	Prompt + aspect ratio + VGL structured JSON	”A modern office with natural lighting, 16:9”
Edit specific objects	Object-level — add, replace, or remove by name	”Replace the red mug with a blue one”
Edit by instruction	Image-level — natural language control	”Change the mug color to red”
Edit masked regions	Pixel-level — paint exactly where to change	Inpaint only the sky, leave everything else
Remove backgrounds	Automatic — clean transparent PNGs	One API call, no manual masking
Control lighting	Independent — change light without touching content	Golden hour, spotlight, dramatic shadows
Control style	Independent — restyle without changing structure	Oil painting, anime, cartoon, 3D render
Control season	Independent — change season/weather only	Spring blossoms, winter snow
Expand images	Directional — extend boundaries with context	Outpaint to 16:9 from a square
Product photography	Scene control — place products in any setting	”Modern kitchen countertop, morning light”
Upscale resolution	2x or 4x — preserves details	Super resolution enhancement
Pipeline chaining	Multi-step — compose operations in sequence	Generate -> remove BG -> lifestyle shot

Example Use Cases

Building a website? Ask: “Generate a hero image for a SaaS landing page, 16:9, modern and clean”

E-commerce catalog? Ask: “Remove the background from this product photo and place it in a kitchen scene”

Batch assets? Ask: “Generate product photos for these 5 items and create transparent PNGs for each”

Presentations? Ask: “Create a slide visual showing data analytics, blue gradient, corporate style”

Alternative Installation

Claude Code (direct)

claude mcp add bria-skills -- npx -y bria-skills

Cursor

Download the skill folders to ~/.cursor/skills/. Each skill is a folder containing a SKILL.md file.

Manual (any agent)

Copy the skills/ directory contents to your agent’s skills directory.

Requirements

• Bria API key — Free at platform.bria.ai
• For image-utils: pip install Pillow requests

Documentation

• bria-ai SKILL.md — Core skill with all capabilities
• remove-background SKILL.md — Dedicated background removal skill
• API Endpoints Reference — Complete API documentation
• Shell Client (bria_client.sh) — Single-function helper for all endpoints
• VGL Schema Reference — Full VGL JSON schema

License

MIT