MCP server for Google Photos integration with Claude
Google Photos MCP MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Google Photos MCP directly instead of describing what you should do. MCP server for Google Photos integration with Claude.
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Google Photos integration, enabling Claude, Gemini, and other AI assistants to read, write, and pick photos from your Google Photos library.
Once Google Photos MCP is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:
Capability — Statuscreate_picker_session — Start a Picker session for full library accesspoll_picker_session — Check session status and retrieve selected photosInfrastructure — The Infrastructure tool exposed by this serverSmithery — The Smithery tool exposed by this serverAuth — The Auth tool exposed by this serverTesting — The Testing tool exposed by this server@smithery/cli on npm is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.
You will need 3 environment variables: GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID, GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET, GOOGLE_REDIRECT_URI. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.
Plenty of cloud and infrastructure servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Google Photos MCP's toolset — Capability, create_picker_session, poll_picker_session and 4 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by savethepolarbears; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Capability | Status |
| create_picker_session | Start a Picker session for full library access |
| poll_picker_session | Check session status and retrieve selected photos |
| Infrastructure | The Infrastructure tool exposed by this server. |
| Smithery | The Smithery tool exposed by this server. |
| Auth | The Auth tool exposed by this server. |
| Testing | The Testing tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"google-photos": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@smithery/cli"],
"env": {
"GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID": "your-value",
"GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET": "your-value",
"GOOGLE_REDIRECT_URI": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| GOOGLE_REDIRECT_URI | Filesystem location the server is allowed to use. | Optional |
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