Smugmug MCP server

Connect Smugmug 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 Smugmug MCP server

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

  • Use the get comments tool in Smugmug
  • Use the get album share uris tool in Smugmug
  • Use the get album tool in Smugmug
  • Use the update profile biography tool in Smugmug
  • Search items in Smugmug
  • Use the update album tool in Smugmug

Supported Tools

get_comments

Get Comments

Retrieve comments on a SmugMug album or image. Returns comment text, author, and timestamp for each comment.

get_album_share_uris

Get Album Share URIs

Retrieve sharing URIs for a SmugMug album. Returns URLs that can be used to share the gallery with others, including direct links and embed codes.

get_album

Get Album

Retrieve detailed information about a SmugMug album including its settings, privacy, image count, and share URIs. Optionally include the list of images in the album.

update_profile_biography

Update Profile Biography

Update the authenticated SmugMug user’s public biography. An empty biography clears the text.

update_album

Update Album

Update an existing album's settings on SmugMug. Modify name, description, privacy, URL slug, sorting, searchability, watermark, and other album properties.

get_node

Get Node

Retrieve a SmugMug node (folder, album, or page) by its ID. Optionally include the node's children for browsing the content hierarchy.

delete_image

Delete Image

Permanently delete an image or video from SmugMug. This action cannot be undone.

browse_folder

Browse Folder

Browse a SmugMug user's folder structure by path. Returns folder details and its node ID. Use get_node with includeChildren to retrieve a page of child folders, albums, and pages.

get_image

Get Image

Retrieve detailed information about a SmugMug image or video, including metadata, EXIF data, and available size variants. Provides title, caption, keywords, upload date, dimensions, and download URLs.

upload_image_from_url

Upload Image from URL

Upload an image or video to a SmugMug album from an external URL. The file is downloaded from the URL and uploaded to the specified album. Optionally set title, caption, keywords, and other metadata during upload.

create_node

Create Node

Create a new folder, album, or page node in the SmugMug hierarchy. The node is created as a child of the specified parent node.

get_watermarks

Get Watermarks

List all watermark images configured for a SmugMug user. Watermarks can be applied to albums to protect photos from unauthorized use. Returns watermark name, URI, and settings.

move_or_collect_images

Move or Collect Images

Move or collect (copy) images between SmugMug albums. **Move** transfers images from their current album to a target album. **Collect** adds images to an additional album without removing them from the original.

update_node

Update Node

Update an existing node (folder, album, or page) in the SmugMug hierarchy. Modify name, description, URL slug, privacy, and searchability settings.

delete_node

Delete Node

Permanently delete a node (folder, album, or page) from SmugMug. Deleting a folder will also delete all of its contents. This action cannot be undone.

get_user

Get User

Retrieve a SmugMug user's account information and profile details. Provides user nickname, display name, account URL, bio text, and social media links. Use this to look up any SmugMug user by their nickname, or omit the nickname to get the authenticated user.

update_image

Update Image

Update properties of an image on SmugMug. Modify title, caption, keywords, geolocation, visibility, and watermark settings.

create_album

Create Album

Create a new album (gallery) in a specified folder on SmugMug. Configure the album name, privacy settings, URL slug, description, sorting, and other properties. The album is created under the specified folder path or at the root if no folder path is provided.

list_album_images

List Album Images

List all images and videos in a SmugMug album with pagination support. Returns image metadata including title, caption, filename, upload date, and web URL for each image.

export_image_metadata

Export Image Metadata

Create a downloadable JSON file with a SmugMug image’s current details and original-file metadata, including the available EXIF fields.

delete_album

Delete Album

Permanently delete an album and all its contents from SmugMug. This action cannot be undone.

Connect Smugmug 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 Smugmug in Metorial. In your Metorial portal, enable the Smugmug 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 Smugmug tools.

Run Smugmug through the Metorial gateway

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

  • Give Smugmug and every other app to your whole team through one MCP gateway, behind your SSO.
  • Scope which teams and agents can use Smugmug 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 Smugmug

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.

GitHub

Manage repositories, issues, and pull requests. Create and configure branches, star repositories, review code, and merge changes. Automate CI/CD workflows with GitHub Actions, manage workflow runs, secrets, and artifacts. Track issues with labels, milestones, and assignees. Search across code, repositories, issues, and users. Manage organizations, teams, and memberships. Create and manage projects, gists, packages, deployments, and environments. Access security alerts including code scanning, secret scanning, and Dependabot alerts. Read and write file contents in repositories. Manage webhooks, notifications, and codespaces.

Salesforce

Manage CRM data including Accounts, Contacts, Leads, Opportunities, Cases, and custom objects. Create, read, update, and delete records. Query data using SOQL and search across objects using SOSL. Perform bulk data operations for large-scale imports, exports, and migrations. Execute composite requests to batch multiple operations in a single API call. Access analytics, reports, and dashboards. Manage files and attachments associated with records. Interact with Chatter feeds, posts, and groups for social collaboration. Manage org metadata including custom objects, fields, layouts, and workflows. Query data using GraphQL for precise data retrieval across related objects.

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.

Airtable

Create, read, update, and delete records in Airtable bases and tables. Manage base schemas including creating tables and fields. Filter records using formulas, sort by fields, and scope queries to specific views. Upsert records to find, create, or update in a single call. Upload attachments to records, read and write record comments, list accessible bases, and receive real-time base change events through webhooks.

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.

Technical notes for Smugmug

Manage SmugMug albums, images, folders, and page nodes. Upload media from direct URLs, update image details, move or collect images, search content, browse paginated results, export image metadata as JSON, update your biography, list watermarks, and retrieve sharing links.

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about connecting Smugmug to AI agents with Metorial.

  1. How many tools does the Smugmug MCP server have?
    The Smugmug MCP server exposes 22 tools, including Get Comments, Get Album Share URIs, Get Album. Each one is governed and traced through Metorial.
  2. Smugmug 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 Smugmug MCP server through the same Metorial URL.
  4. Use role-based access control to decide which teams, users, and agents can use Smugmug and which of its tools they can call.
  5. Yes. Metorial is open source, so you can run the Smugmug MCP server yourself or use the hosted gateway.

Connect Smugmug to production AI agents

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