Claude Code+FaroGive Claude Code the tools it doesn't ship with.
Generate images and video, add voice, scrape past anti-bot — then go where no chat app can: paid B2B contact and company data, and licensed third-party sources. All from one Bearer token.
Pay-as-you-go credits · Refunds on failure
Today
ANTHROPIC_API_KEYOPENAI_API_KEYDATAMERGE_API_KEYTAVILY_API_KEYAPIFY_API_KEYBRIGHTDATA_API_KEY
6 vendors · 6 invoices
With Faro
ANTHROPIC_API_KEYFARO_API_KEY
2 vendors · 1 prepaid balance
Friction → Faro
Where Claude Code stalls, Faro picks it up
Four loud complaints from the Claude Code community in 2025–2026, paired with Faro's response.
The friction
No native image, video, or voice
Claude Code has no image generation, no video generation, and only a partial voice mode. The accepted workaround is “generate the prompt in Claude, then take it to ChatGPT.” Round-trips kill the flow.
Faro's answer
Image, video, voice — one call away
Search the marketplace by intent (“generate a product image”, “narrate this script”) and invoke the best fit. Faro fronts the upstream providers; you never touch their consoles or invoices.
The friction
WebFetch is summarized + anti-bot-blocked
WebFetch returns a model summary with a 125-character quote limit, so you can't extract full pages. cURL works on plain pages but most commercial sites block it — agents end up fabricating from search snippets.
Faro's answer
Paid data no chat app can reach
Web search and financial data, yes — but also B2B contact details, company firmographics, and licensed third-party datasets you can't get inside ChatGPT or Claude.ai at any price. All behind one Bearer, returned as raw structured results Claude can quote and reason against.
The friction
MCP setup is its own job
Each MCP server brings its own credentials, its own config, its own failure modes. If five engineers run Claude Code with five local MCP configs, there's no single source of truth — and tokens balloon per turn.
Faro's answer
One credential, no MCP plumbing
Talk to one HTTPS endpoint and one Bearer token. Add a capability by searching the marketplace, not by editing a config and restarting Claude. Same token on your laptop, your CI, and your teammates' machines.
The friction
Weekly limits make every call a gamble
Pro and Max users burn the weekly quota in hours, with no transparent metering. “I used it Friday, a little Saturday, 10 min Monday — hit the weekly limit” is a recurring refrain across the issue tracker.
Faro's answer
Pay per call, not per week
Prepaid credits, a displayed price per tool, and refunds on failed results. Every call has a known cost — not a debit against an opaque pool.
Quick start
Three lines from zero to invoking a tool
Use the faro CLI from your Claude Code shell, or call the REST API directly.
# one-time install (requires Python 3.11+)
pip install askfaro-cli
faro auth login # paste your faro_ key
# inside any Claude Code session
faro search "generate an image of a coffee mug on a wooden table"
faro invoke <namespace>/<tool> --params '{"prompt": "coffee mug on a wooden table"}'# search
curl "https://api.askfaro.com/tools/search?q=generate+an+image+of+a+coffee+mug"
# invoke
curl -X POST "https://api.askfaro.com/invoke/<namespace>/<tool>" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $FARO_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"arguments": {"prompt": "coffee mug on a wooden table"}}'## Tools beyond what's built in
You have access to Faro, an AI agent marketplace, via the `faro` CLI.
Use it whenever you need a capability that isn't built into Claude Code:
image / video generation, real-time data, scraping, enrichment, etc.
1. Search by intent: faro search "<what I need>"
2. Each hit returns name, pricing, and input_schema.
3. Invoke the best fit: faro invoke <namespace>/<tool> --params '{...}'
One Bearer token (`FARO_API_KEY`) covers every publisher.
Prices are shown in credits (1,000 credits = $1). Failed calls auto-refund.In Claude's own session
Drop these prompts into Claude Code today
Each one is a single faro search + faro invoke away — no extra accounts, no extra keys.
“Generate a 6-second product video of a violet aurora over a mountain at dawn”
Resolved via google-veo
“Get the latest news on Tesla's Q1 earnings”
Resolved via brave-search
“Scrape the pricing page at example.com and return the plans as JSON”
Resolved via bright-data
“Find a mobile phone number for the VP of Sales at Notion”
Resolved via datamerge