ImageKit MCP: your media library, managed from an AI app

How to connect ImageKit to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

1. 1Click Connect ImageKit free and sign in with your ImageKit account.
2. 2Deleting a file, a folder with its contents or a file version is permanent, and a rename can purge cached URLs. Switch off those tools and keep search, tagging and moves.
3. 3Add ContextGate to your AI app as a connector or MCP server. The steps for each app are on the Works with page.
4. 4Ask your AI app to find all assets tagged 'banner' and move them to a campaign folder, then open Activity to see the calls.

Organize your ImageKit assets by asking

• List and search assets by name, tags, folder path or advanced queries.
• Move up to 100 files to a folder, or copy a whole folder.
• Update tags and metadata on a file, or strip tags from up to 50 files at once.
• Read a file's EXIF data, dimensions and versions.
• Check usage for a date range of up to 90 days.

No accidental loss

• Switch off the delete tools for files, folders, versions and metadata fields.
• Set a policy to warn or block before a bulk move or rename goes through.
• Activity records every change to your media library made through an AI app.

What you get with ImageKit and ContextGate

• Your AI apps can use ImageKitClaude, Cursor, ChatGPT and other AI apps reach ImageKit through the one ContextGate connection you add to them.
• You choose which tools they can useSwitch off any ImageKit tool you don't want used. It's hidden from your AI apps and refused if called.
• Every call is checked and recordedYour policies check each call (for example, personal data is hidden and secrets are blocked), and Activity keeps a record of it.

ContextGate sees only the tool calls that go through it, not your AI app's built-in tools or your chats.

ImageKit tools

Examples of what your AI apps can do in ImageKit. You'll see the exact list of tools after you connect it.

• Create FolderTool to create a new folder. Use when you need to organize assets into a structured folder hierarchy.
• Delete FileTool to delete a file. Use when you have the file ID and need to permanently remove the file. Call after confirming irreversible deletion.
• Get Upload Authentication ParametersTool to generate authentication parameters for client-side file uploads. Use when preparing client-side uploads.
• Get File DetailsTool to retrieve details of a specific file. Use after uploading or listing assets to get full metadata.
• Get UsageTool to retrieve account usage metrics. Use when you need usage stats for a specific date range (max 90 days).
• List and Search AssetsTool to list and search assets in your ImageKit account. Use when you want to retrieve or filter media library assets by criteria such as name, tags, folder path, or advanced queries.
• Rename FileTool to rename a file. Use when you need to update an existing asset's name; optionally purge CDN cache for old URLs.
• Update File DetailsTool to update details of a file. Use when you need to modify tags, coordinates, metadata, or extensions on an ImageKit asset.
• Bulk Job StatusTool to check status of a bulk job. Use when monitoring progress of a bulk copy or move folder operation.
• Bulk Move FilesTool to move multiple files in bulk. Use when you need to relocate up to 100 ImageKit files to a specified folder in one API call.
• Bulk Remove TagsTool to remove tags from multiple files in bulk. Use when you need to strip specified tags from up to 50 existing files in one API call.
• Copy FolderTool to initiate a bulk copy of a folder. Use when you need to asynchronously duplicate a directory (optionally including all versions) at another path in ImageKit. Returns a jobId to track progress w
• Create Custom Metadata FieldTool to create a custom metadata field. Use when you need to define a new field in ImageKit DAM.
• Delete Custom Metadata FieldTool to delete a custom metadata field. Use when you have the field ID and need to permanently remove the metadata schema field. Call after confirming irreversible deletion.
• Delete File VersionTool to delete a specific non-current file version. Use when permanently removing an older version of a file.
• Delete FolderTool to delete a folder. Use when you need to permanently remove an existing folder and its contents. Call after confirming irreversible deletion.
• Delete Multiple FilesTool to delete multiple files. Use when you need to remove up to 100 assets by their file IDs in one batch operation.
• Get File MetadataTool to retrieve metadata of an uploaded file. Use after confirming a successful upload to get EXIF, pHash, dimensions, and other image metadata.
• Get File Version DetailsTool to retrieve details of a specific file version. Use after listing or uploading assets when you need to inspect version metadata.
• List Custom Metadata FieldsTool to list all custom metadata fields. Use when you need to retrieve all defined metadata fields, optionally including deleted ones.