PicFinder

PicFinder (PicFinder.ai) is an AI-powered image generation platform that turns text prompts into unlimited realistic, artistic, and abstract images in near real time. Beyond the consumer web app and Figma plugin, PicFinder exposes a developer API for programmatic image inference powered by the RunWare / DiffusionMaster inference platform. The API is delivered over a WebSocket connection and authenticated with an API key, and supports text-to-image and image-to-image generation, model and LoRA selection (including CivitAI models), ControlNet guidance, inpainting and outpainting, background removal, GAN upscaling, image-to-text interrogation, prompt enhancement, and similar-image retrieval. A first-party JavaScript / TypeScript SDK (picfinder-sdk) wraps the WebSocket protocol for both browser and Node.js environments. PicFinder was surfaced as an a16z portfolio company and profiled into the API Evangelist network.

PicFinder publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Artificial Intelligence, Machine-Learning, Image-Generation, and Generative AI.

PicFinder’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, signup flow, support, authentication, and 12 more developer resources.

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19.7/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

1 APIs

Company Artificial Intelligence Machine-Learning Image-Generation Generative AI Text-to-ImageImage to ImageDeveloper Tools SDK WebSocket

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

Composite quality — 19.7/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 5.2 / 20

Access Clarity 6.8 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.6 / 10

Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

PicFinder Image Inference API

WebSocket API for AI image inference powered by the RunWare / DiffusionMaster platform. Supports text-to-image and image-to-image generation, model / LoRA selection, ControlNet,...

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Picfinder Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Picfinder Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

SignUp

SignUp

Login

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

X-MCPServerCandidate

X-MCPServerCandidate

WellKnown

WellKnown

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

Conventions

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Packages

Packages

SDKs

SDKs

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: picfinder
name: PicFinder
description: PicFinder (PicFinder.ai) is an AI-powered image generation platform that turns text prompts into unlimited realistic,
  artistic, and abstract images in near real time. Beyond the consumer web app and Figma plugin, PicFinder exposes a developer
  API for programmatic image inference powered by the RunWare / DiffusionMaster inference platform. The API is delivered over
  a WebSocket connection and authenticated with an API key, and supports text-to-image and image-to-image generation, model
  and LoRA selection (including CivitAI models), ControlNet guidance, inpainting and outpainting, background removal, GAN
  upscaling, image-to-text interrogation, prompt enhancement, and similar-image retrieval. A first-party JavaScript / TypeScript
  SDK (picfinder-sdk) wraps the WebSocket protocol for both browser and Node.js environments. PicFinder was surfaced as an
  a16z portfolio company and profiled into the API Evangelist network.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/picfinder/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- a16z
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Artificial Intelligence
- Machine-Learning
- Image-Generation
- Generative AI
- Text-to-Image
- Image to Image
- Developer Tools
- SDK
- WebSocket
tags_raw:
- Company
- Artificial Intelligence
- Machine Learning
- Image Generation
- Generative AI
- Text to Image
- Image to Image
- Developer Tools
- SDK
- WebSocket
image: https://picfinder.ai/favicon.ico
apis:
- name: PicFinder Image Inference API
  description: WebSocket API for AI image inference powered by the RunWare / DiffusionMaster platform. Supports text-to-image
    and image-to-image generation, model / LoRA selection, ControlNet, inpainting, outpainting, background removal, GAN upscaling,
    image-to-text, prompt enhancement, and similar-image retrieval. Authenticated with an API key over a persistent WebSocket
    connection.
  humanURL: https://picfinder.ai/support/en/collections/7944924-picfinder-api
  baseURL: wss://ws-api.diffusionmaster.com
  properties:
  - type: SDK
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/picfinder-sdk
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/picfinder-authentication.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/picfinder-conventions.yml
  - type: X-MCPServerCandidate
    url: mcp/picfinder-mcp.yml
    note: 'Renamed from MCPServer 2026-09-03 (roadmap#247): the manifest self-describes as status: candidate — a tool list
      derived from the published API contracts, not an existing server. The scorer already read the manifest and reported
      mcp_server correctly; the MCPServer type was crediting the artifact-type surfaces with a server that does not exist.'
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.picfinder.ai/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://picfinder.ai/support
- type: Documentation
  url: https://picfinder.ai/support
- type: APIReference
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/picfinder-sdk
- type: SignUp
  url: https://picfinder.ai/sign-up-account-details
- type: Login
  url: https://picfinder.ai/sign-in
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://picfinder.ai/terms-and-conditions
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://picfinder.ai/privacy-policy
- type: Support
  url: https://picfinder.ai/support
- type: Packages
  url: packages/picfinder-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/picfinder-packages.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/picfinder-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/picfinder-conventions.yml
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/picfinder-mcp.yml
  note: 'Renamed from MCPServer 2026-09-03 (roadmap#247): the manifest self-describes as status: candidate — a tool list derived
    from the published API contracts, not an existing server. The scorer already read the manifest and reported mcp_server
    correctly; the MCPServer type was crediting the artifact-type surfaces with a server that does not exist.'
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/picfinder-well-known.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/picfinder-domain-security.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/picfinder-llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 7
  pass: local-v1

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