Cloudinary MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol server that exposes Cloudinary Upload & Admin API methods as tools by AI assistants. This integration allows AI systems to trigger and interact with your Cloudinary cloud.

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What is the Cloudinary MCP Server?

Cloudinary MCP Server is an MCP project maintained in the yoavniran/cloudinary-mcp-server repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “A Model Context Protocol server that exposes Cloudinary Upload & Admin API methods as tools by AI assistants. This integration allows AI systems to trigger…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Installation

The documented npm package is cloudinary-mcp-server. The configuration below comes from the maintainer’s example; adapt its paths and account values to your environment.

Configuration values

The example declares CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME, CLOUDINARY_API_KEY, CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

Recorded tools

Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.

Tool	What it does
Parameters:	date: Optional. The date for the usage report in the format: yyyy-mm-dd. Must be within the last 3 months. Default: the current date
folder	Optional folder path in Cloudinary
publicId	The public ID of the asset
resourceType	Resource type (image, video, raw)
tags	Include tags in the response
assetId	The asset ID of the asset to delete
context	Include context in the response
metadata	Whether to include structured metadata
maxResults	Maximum number of results (1-500)
nextCursor	Next cursor for pagination

How to install the Cloudinary MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cloudinary-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "cloudinary-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME": "<cloud name>",
        "CLOUDINARY_API_KEY": "YOUR_CLOUDINARY_API_KEY",
        "CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET": "YOUR_CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET"
      }
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.

Configuration

Variable	Description	Required
CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME	Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration.	Check documentation
CLOUDINARY_API_KEY	Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration.	Check documentation
CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET	Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration.	Check documentation