transform-remove-background-with-transloadit

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Translated

One-off background removal (local image -> transparent PNG) using the official `@transloadit/node` CLI. Use a minimal `/image/bgremove` steps JSON and download the result to an explicit `.png` path via `-o`.

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Sourcetransloadit/skills

Added on2026-04-18

NPX Install

npx skill4agent add transloadit/skills transform-remove-background-with-transloadit

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Inputs

Absolute path to a local input image
Optional output path; default to an explicit sibling
```
.png
```

Prepare Instructions

Resolve credentials in this order:

Shell environment variables
The current working directory
```
.env
```
only
```
~/.transloadit/credentials
```

If your

.env

lives in a parent directory, export the variables into the shell first.

Create

steps.json

in the current working directory.

Important:

For the current CLI, the file passed to
```
--steps
```
must be a flat object keyed by step name.
Do not wrap the steps under a top-level
```
"steps"
```
key.

json

{
  ":original": {
    "robot": "/upload/handle"
  },
  "background_removed": {
    "use": ":original",
    "robot": "/image/bgremove",
    "format": "png",
    "result": true
  }
}

Run (Local Input Image)

bash

npx -y @transloadit/node assemblies create \
  --steps ./steps.json \
  -i ./input/source.jpg \
  -o ./out/result.png

Replace

./input/source.jpg

with your real input image path when needed.

After the command finishes, confirm the PNG exists at the expected output path.

Debug If It Fails