Phototology MCP

An MCP server that provides tools for analyzing photographs using composable lenses, validating results against typed schemas, and embedding structured intelligence into image metadata. It supports features like temporal estimation, people detection, location identification, and accessibility descriptions, with a registry that caches results for free lookup.

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Package and access

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Vendor evidenceLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedOperated by Phototology

You need:Requires an API key.

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What you can do with it

Analyze a single photo to extract structured data like dating, location, and atmosphere.
Batch analyze up to 200 photos with dry-run pricing options.
Look up prior analysis results for a photo using its hash for free.
Enrich photos by writing cached lens output into EXIF/IPTC/XMP metadata.

Source and maintenance

Vendor evidenceRegistry 2.0.0

mcp-registry: com.phototology/mcp@2.0.0 Source repository Project website

Maintenance checked: Oct 31, 2026, 10:59 PM UTC

Packages and installation

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@phototology/mcp 2.0.0

npm

@phototology/mcp package definition

{
  "version": "2.0.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "@phototology/mcp",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "registryBaseUrl": "https://registry.npmjs.org",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "PHOTOTOLOGY_API_KEY",
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "Your Phototology API key (pt_live_... for production, pt_test_... for the free fixture sandbox). Get one at https://phototology.com/dashboard. New accounts include 1,000 free credits on email verification."
    },
    {
      "name": "PHOTOTOLOGY_BASE_URL",
      "description": "Override the API base URL. Defaults to https://api.phototology.com. Used for local development against phototology-api."
    },
    {
      "name": "PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_NO_TELEMETRY",
      "description": "Set to 1 to disable anonymous telemetry: the editor name and version, the package version, and per tool call the tool name, success, duration, error code and counts. Never image content, file paths, tool inputs or outputs, or conversation text."
    },
    {
      "name": "DO_NOT_TRACK",
      "description": "Set to 1 to disable telemetry. Same effect as PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_NO_TELEMETRY; follows the cross-tool convention many CLIs honor."
    },
    {
      "name": "PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_ALLOWED_DIRS",
      "description": "Folders the server may read photos from and write enriched copies to, separated by : (; on Windows). Unset means any local path. Paths are checked after symlinks are resolved."
    }
  ]
}

Tools

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "phototology-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@phototology/mcp@2.0.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PHOTOTOLOGY_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PHOTOTOLOGY_API_KEY>",
        "PHOTOTOLOGY_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_PHOTOTOLOGY_BASE_URL>",
        "PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_NO_TELEMETRY": "<YOUR_PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_NO_TELEMETRY>",
        "DO_NOT_TRACK": "<YOUR_DO_NOT_TRACK>",
        "PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_ALLOWED_DIRS": "<YOUR_PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_ALLOWED_DIRS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "phototology-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@phototology/mcp@2.0.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PHOTOTOLOGY_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PHOTOTOLOGY_API_KEY>",
        "PHOTOTOLOGY_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_PHOTOTOLOGY_BASE_URL>",
        "PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_NO_TELEMETRY": "<YOUR_PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_NO_TELEMETRY>",
        "DO_NOT_TRACK": "<YOUR_DO_NOT_TRACK>",
        "PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_ALLOWED_DIRS": "<YOUR_PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_ALLOWED_DIRS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "phototology-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@phototology/mcp@2.0.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PHOTOTOLOGY_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PHOTOTOLOGY_API_KEY>",
        "PHOTOTOLOGY_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_PHOTOTOLOGY_BASE_URL>",
        "PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_NO_TELEMETRY": "<YOUR_PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_NO_TELEMETRY>",
        "DO_NOT_TRACK": "<YOUR_DO_NOT_TRACK>",
        "PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_ALLOWED_DIRS": "<YOUR_PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_ALLOWED_DIRS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "phototology-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@phototology/mcp@2.0.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PHOTOTOLOGY_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PHOTOTOLOGY_API_KEY>",
        "PHOTOTOLOGY_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_PHOTOTOLOGY_BASE_URL>",
        "PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_NO_TELEMETRY": "<YOUR_PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_NO_TELEMETRY>",
        "DO_NOT_TRACK": "<YOUR_DO_NOT_TRACK>",
        "PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_ALLOWED_DIRS": "<YOUR_PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_ALLOWED_DIRS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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