com.phototology/mcp

{
  "_meta": {
    "io.modelcontextprotocol.registry/official": {
      "status": "active",
      "isLatest": true,
      "updatedAt": "2026-10-18T15:32:28.706827Z",
      "publishedAt": "2026-10-18T15:32:28.706827Z",
      "statusChangedAt": "2026-10-18T15:32:28.706827Z"
    }
  },
  "server": {
    "name": "com.phototology/mcp",
    "_meta": {
      "io.modelcontextprotocol.registry/publisher-provided": {
        "docs": "https://api.phototology.com/v1/docs",
        "moat": "A registry, not a wrapper: every photo is keyed by perceptual hash, so any image analyzed once (by exact bytes or a re-encode) is returned free forever. Re-running a lens on the same photo bills zero (delta billing).",
        "tools": [
          "analyze_photo: run AI vision lenses (dating, people, location, condition, atmosphere, automobile, and more) against one image; returns flat JSON keyed by field name.",
          "analyze_batch: analyze 1 to 200 independent photos in one call; registry-first internally, surfaces creditsSaved.",
          "list_lenses: free runtime discovery of every lens and stack with the output fields each owns.",
          "lookup_photo: free registry check (URL, local path, sha256, or pHash) returning cached lens results without re-running the model.",
          "get_credits: free balance read; reports the single spendable total.",
          "purchase_credits: returns a wallet deep-link (checkout opens in the browser, never inside the MCP).",
          "enrich_photo: write cached lens output into a file's EXIF/IPTC/XMP metadata so the analysis travels with the photo (5 credits)."
        ],
        "pricing": "$0.01 per credit. 1 credit = 1 lens on 1 photo. Lookups and cache hits cost zero. New accounts get 1,000 free credits on email verification.",
        "category": "image-analysis",
        "localFiles": true,
        "transports": [
          "stdio"
        ],
        "positioning": "Persistent memory for visual intelligence. Analyze once. Remember forever."
      }
    },
    "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "packages": [
      {
        "version": "2.0.0",
        "transport": {
          "type": "stdio"
        },
        "identifier": "@phototology/mcp",
        "registryType": "npm",
        "registryBaseUrl": "https://registry.npmjs.org",
        "environmentVariables": [
          {
            "name": "PHOTOTOLOGY_API_KEY",
            "isSecret": true,
            "isRequired": true,
            "description": "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."
          },
          {
            "name": "PHOTOTOLOGY_BASE_URL",
            "description": "Override the API base URL. Defaults to https://api.phototology.com. Used for local development against phototology-api."
          },
          {
            "name": "PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_NO_TELEMETRY",
            "description": "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."
          },
          {
            "name": "DO_NOT_TRACK",
            "description": "Set to 1 to disable telemetry. Same effect as PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_NO_TELEMETRY; follows the cross-tool convention many CLIs honor."
          },
          {
            "name": "PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_ALLOWED_DIRS",
            "description": "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."
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "repository": {
      "url": "https://github.com/phototology-ai/phototology",
      "source": "github",
      "subfolder": "packages/mcp"
    },
    "websiteUrl": "https://phototology.com",
    "description": "Persistent memory for visual intelligence. A photo registry: analyze once, look up free after that."
  }
}