Connect Imgbb 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.
Ask your agent in plain language. Each of these maps to a real tool on the server.
Use the upload image tool in Imgbb
Supported Tools
upload_image
Upload Image
Upload an image to ImgBB and receive a downloadable image and publicly accessible hosted URLs. Supports base64-encoded image data or a URL pointing to an image. Returns the hosted image URL, a viewer page URL, a display URL, a thumbnail URL, and a delete URL.
Enable Imgbb in Metorial. In your Metorial portal, enable the Imgbb MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.
Add a custom connector. Open Customize, then Connectors. Select Add, then Custom, then Web.
Paste your Metorial MCP URL. Name it Metorial, paste your Magic MCP URL (<your-magic-mcp-url>) and continue.
Sign in. Select Add and sign in to load Imgbb tools.
Enable Imgbb in Metorial. In your Metorial portal, enable the Imgbb MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.
Add a custom MCP server. On ChatGPT web, open Plugins, select +, then Add custom MCP server.
Paste your Metorial MCP URL. Name it Metorial, paste your Magic MCP URL (<your-magic-mcp-url>), choose OAuth and accept the risk notice.
Create and install the plugin. Select Create as a plugin, install it and sign in to load Imgbb tools.
Enable Imgbb in Metorial. In your Metorial portal, enable the Imgbb MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.
Add Metorial to your MCP config. Use ~/.cursor/mcp.json for every project, or .cursor/mcp.json for one.
Sign in. Open Customize in the sidebar, find Metorial and sign in to load Imgbb tools.
{
"mcpServers":{
"metorial":{
"url":"<your-magic-mcp-url>"
}
}
}
Enable Imgbb in Metorial. In your Metorial portal, enable the Imgbb MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.
Add the server over HTTP. Add --scope user to use it in every project.
Sign in. Run /mcp, select Metorial and sign in to load Imgbb tools.
claude mcp add --transport http metorial <your-magic-mcp-url>
Enable Imgbb in Metorial. In your Metorial portal, enable the Imgbb MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.
Add the server and sign in. The Codex CLI, IDE extension and ChatGPT desktop app share this config.
Check the connection. Type /mcp in Codex to see Metorial and its Imgbb tools.
codex mcp add metorial --url <your-magic-mcp-url>
codex mcp login metorial
Run Imgbb through the Metorial gateway
One governed layer for every app your agents reach, not a separate connector per tool.
Give Imgbb and every other app to your whole team through one MCP gateway, behind your SSO.
Scope which teams and agents can use Imgbb tools with role-based access control, and trace every call.
Prefer to run it yourself? Metorial is open source and self-hostable.
Upload images to ImgBB from base64-encoded data or an image URL and receive a downloadable image with publicly accessible hosted URLs. Set optional auto-expiration times for temporary hosting. Returns original and thumbnail URLs, a medium-sized URL when available, and viewer, display, and delete URLs.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about connecting Imgbb to AI agents with Metorial.
How many tools does the Imgbb MCP server have?
The Imgbb MCP server exposes 1 tools, including Upload Image. Each one is governed and traced through Metorial.
Does the Imgbb MCP server support triggers?
Imgbb exposes tools your agents call on demand; it does not publish event triggers yet. Everything still runs through one governed MCP URL.
Which AI clients can use the Imgbb MCP server?
Any MCP client, including VS Code, Windsurf, Zed, OpenCode and Grok. Each one reaches the Imgbb MCP server through the same Metorial URL.
How do I give only some teams access to Imgbb?
Use role-based access control to decide which teams, users, and agents can use Imgbb and which of its tools they can call.
Can I self-host the Imgbb MCP server?
Yes. Metorial is open source, so you can run the Imgbb MCP server yourself or use the hosted gateway.
Connect Imgbb to production AI agents
See how Metorial gives your team governed access to Imgbb, with tracing and security controls built in.