Persistent memory for visual intelligence. A photo registry: analyze once, look up free after that.
Connect Runs on your machine
claude mcp add mcp -e PHOTOTOLOGY_API_KEY=<PHOTOTOLOGY_API_KEY> -e PHOTOTOLOGY_BASE_URL=<PHOTOTOLOGY_BASE_URL> -e PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_NO_TELEMETRY=<PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_NO_TELEMETRY> -e DO_NOT_TRACK=<DO_NOT_TRACK> -e PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_ALLOWED_DIRS=<PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_ALLOWED_DIRS> -- npx -y @phototology/[email protected]{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@phototology/[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"PHOTOTOLOGY_API_KEY": "<PHOTOTOLOGY_API_KEY>",
"PHOTOTOLOGY_BASE_URL": "<PHOTOTOLOGY_BASE_URL>",
"PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_NO_TELEMETRY": "<PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_NO_TELEMETRY>",
"DO_NOT_TRACK": "<DO_NOT_TRACK>",
"PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_ALLOWED_DIRS": "<PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_ALLOWED_DIRS>"
}
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@phototology/[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"PHOTOTOLOGY_API_KEY": "<PHOTOTOLOGY_API_KEY>",
"PHOTOTOLOGY_BASE_URL": "<PHOTOTOLOGY_BASE_URL>",
"PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_NO_TELEMETRY": "<PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_NO_TELEMETRY>",
"DO_NOT_TRACK": "<DO_NOT_TRACK>",
"PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_ALLOWED_DIRS": "<PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_ALLOWED_DIRS>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@phototology/[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"PHOTOTOLOGY_API_KEY": "<PHOTOTOLOGY_API_KEY>",
"PHOTOTOLOGY_BASE_URL": "<PHOTOTOLOGY_BASE_URL>",
"PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_NO_TELEMETRY": "<PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_NO_TELEMETRY>",
"DO_NOT_TRACK": "<DO_NOT_TRACK>",
"PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_ALLOWED_DIRS": "<PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_ALLOWED_DIRS>"
}
}
}
}Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.
Tools
This server runs locally, so its tools are listed by your MCP client once it starts.
Environment variables
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
PHOTOTOLOGY_API_KEYRequired, secret | Your Phototology API key (pt_live_... for production, pt_test_... for the free fixture sandbox). Get one at https://phototology.com/dashboard. New accounts include 1,000 free credits on email verification. |
PHOTOTOLOGY_BASE_URLOptional | Override the API base URL. Defaults to https://api.phototology.com. Used for local development against phototology-api. |
PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_NO_TELEMETRYOptional | Set to 1 to disable anonymous telemetry: the editor name and version, the package version, and per tool call the tool name, success, duration, error code and counts. Never image content, file paths, tool inputs or outputs, or conversation text. |
DO_NOT_TRACKOptional | Set to 1 to disable telemetry. Same effect as PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_NO_TELEMETRY; follows the cross-tool convention many CLIs honor. |
PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_ALLOWED_DIRSOptional | Folders the server may read photos from and write enriched copies to, separated by : (; on Windows). Unset means any local path. Paths are checked after symlinks are resolved. |
Details
| Package | @phototology/[email protected] (NPM, stdio) |
| First published | 18 Oct 2026 |
| Last updated | 18 Oct 2026 |
| Registry name | com.phototology/mcp |
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