Giphy MCP server

Connect Giphy to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, GitHub Copilot and any other MCP client, for your whole team. Metorial adds security, governance, and tracing, and gives everyone one Magic MCP URL to connect.

What you can do with the Giphy MCP server

Ask your agent in plain language. Each of these maps to a real tool on the server.

  • Use the search suggestions tool in Giphy
  • Use the upload gif tool in Giphy
  • Use the translate to gif tool in Giphy
  • Use the trending content tool in Giphy
  • Use the search channels tool in Giphy
  • Use the get gifs by id tool in Giphy

Supported Tools

search_suggestions

Search Suggestions

Get search discovery data from GIPHY including trending search terms, related search suggestions for a query, autocomplete results for partial input, and content categories. Use the **mode** parameter to choose which discovery feature to use.

upload_gif

Upload GIF

Upload a GIF or video to GIPHY from a URL. Supports tagging and linking back to a source post. Production upload keys require a GIPHY Channel username.

translate_to_gif

Translate to GIF

Convert a word or phrase into the single best-matching GIF or sticker using GIPHY's translate algorithm. Ideal for converting text into expressive visual content, similar to GIPHY's Slack integration.

search_channels

Search Channels

Search for GIPHY channels by keyword or phrase. Channels are curated collections of GIFs maintained by users and brands on GIPHY.

get_gifs

Get GIFs by ID

Retrieve one or more specific GIFs by their GIPHY IDs. Provide a single ID or an array of up to 100 IDs to fetch GIF details including all renditions and metadata.

random_gif

Random GIF

Get a single random GIF or sticker from GIPHY. Optionally provide a tag to get random content related to a specific word or phrase. If no tag is specified, a completely random result is returned.

animated_emoji

Animated Emoji

Browse GIPHY's animated emoji library or get variations (different stylings and skin tones) for a specific emoji. Provide an emojiGifId to fetch its variations, or omit it to browse the full emoji catalog with pagination.

search_gifs

Search GIFs & Stickers

Search GIPHY's library of millions of GIFs and stickers by keyword or phrase. Supports filtering by content type (GIF or sticker), content rating, and language. Results include multiple image renditions in various sizes and formats.

register_action

Register GIF Interaction

Register an actual GIF or sticker view, click, or successful send using the corresponding onload, onclick, or onsent URL returned in its analytics metadata. Supply the timestamp when the interaction occurred and the same customerId used for this end user. Call only after that user action occurs.

create_random_id

Create Random ID

Request a provider-generated anonymous identifier for an end user when your application has no stable user identifier. Retain the returned randomId and reuse it as customerId for that user. This does not identify the connected GIPHY account.

Connect Giphy to your AI client

Every client uses the same Magic MCP URL, and so does any other MCP client. Add it once and sign in with SSO.

  1. Enable Giphy in Metorial. In your Metorial portal, enable the Giphy MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.
  2. Add a custom connector. Open Customize, then Connectors. Select Add, then Custom, then Web.
  3. Paste your Metorial MCP URL. Name it Metorial, paste your Magic MCP URL (<your-magic-mcp-url>) and continue.
  4. Sign in. Select Add and sign in to load Giphy tools.

Run Giphy through the Metorial gateway

One governed layer for every app your agents reach, not a separate connector per tool.

  • Give Giphy and every other app to your whole team through one MCP gateway, behind your SSO.
  • Scope which teams and agents can use Giphy tools with role-based access control, and trace every call.
  • Prefer to run it yourself? Metorial is open source and self-hostable.

More integrations teams use with Giphy

Notion

Create, read, update, and archive pages and databases in a Notion workspace. Manage blocks (paragraphs, lists, headings, embeds, etc.) within pages. Query databases with filters and sorts across rich property types including text, numbers, dates, selects, relations, and formulas. Search across pages and databases by title. Add and read comments on pages and blocks. Upload files to pages. Manage workspace users and retrieve user profiles.

Sharepoint

Manage SharePoint sites, document libraries, lists, and files. Create, read, update, and delete lists and list items with custom columns. Resolve site users to numeric Person/Group LookupId values. Upload, download, move, copy, and version files in document libraries. Search across sites, files, folders, lists, and list items using Microsoft Search. Manage permissions at site, list, and item levels with granular access control. Define and manage content types and site columns. Retrieve site properties and search for sites across Microsoft 365.

Confluence

Create, read, update, and delete pages, blog posts, comments, and attachments in Confluence spaces. Manage spaces, permissions, labels, and content restrictions. Search content using Confluence Query Language (CQL). Upload and download file attachments with versioning. Manage users, groups, and group memberships. Create and manage whiteboards, databases, folders, and templates. View and update inline tasks. Access audit logs.

Netlify

Manage web application sites, deploys, builds, build hooks, deployed files, metadata, and hosting on Netlify. Create, update, configure, list, and delete sites. Manage environment variables with per-context values and scopes. Access and manage form submissions, including spam filtering. Configure DNS zones and records. Inject JavaScript or HTML snippets into site pages. Create and manage split tests (A/B testing) for traffic routing between branches. Set up notification hooks for deploy and form submission events. Purge CDN cached content by site or cache tag.

Typeform

Create, retrieve, update, and delete online forms and surveys. Manage form responses, including filtering by date and deleting submissions. Configure webhooks to receive real-time notifications on form submissions and partial responses. Upload and manage images, create and apply visual themes, and organize forms across workspaces with team collaboration. Translate forms into multiple languages, retrieve form insights and analytics, and download files uploaded by respondents.

WordPress

Create, read, update, and delete WordPress posts and pages. Manage media library items, comments, categories, tags, site users, site metadata, editable site settings, content search, and WordPress.com site statistics. Supports WordPress.com hosted sites via OAuth and self-hosted WordPress sites via application passwords.

Technical notes for Giphy

Search GIFs, stickers, and animated emoji, discover channels and trending searches, and upload GIF or video content. Register actual view, click, and send events with provider-issued anonymous end-user IDs. Filter search by rating, language, channel, and contrast while preserving provider metadata and media URLs.

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about connecting Giphy to AI agents with Metorial.

  1. How many tools does the Giphy MCP server have?
    The Giphy MCP server exposes 11 tools, including Search Suggestions, Upload GIF, Translate to GIF. Each one is governed and traced through Metorial.
  2. Giphy exposes tools your agents call on demand; it does not publish event triggers yet. Everything still runs through one governed MCP URL.
  3. Any MCP client, including VS Code, Windsurf, Zed, OpenCode and Grok. Each one reaches the Giphy MCP server through the same Metorial URL.
  4. Use role-based access control to decide which teams, users, and agents can use Giphy and which of its tools they can call.
  5. Yes. Metorial is open source, so you can run the Giphy MCP server yourself or use the hosted gateway.

Connect Giphy to production AI agents

See how Metorial gives your team governed access to Giphy, with tracing and security controls built in.