# immich-library-mcp

> MCP server for an Immich photo library: CLIP smart + metadata search, people, albums, places, viewable images, gallery exports, library analysis and optional curation

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/immich-library-mcp/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/snickery/immich-library-mcp
- repository: https://github.com/snickery/immich-library-mcp
- version: 0.1.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: clip, immich, mcp, model-context-protocol, photos, self-hosted
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:immich-library-mcp

### Description (declared)

# immich-library-mcp

[MCP](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) server for an
[Immich](https://immich.app) photo library (built against Immich v3.3.3).
It lets an agent search the library by content (CLIP smart search) or by
metadata, read EXIF/people/album/tag detail, count and map the library,
**look at the photos themselves** (preview/thumbnail images and numbered
contact sheets returned as MCP image content), analyse it (duplicates,
largest files, stacks, activity, processing queues), **export
browser-ready files plus a metadata manifest**, stage originals on a shared
mount for other MCP servers and, with a second key, **organise** it
(favourites, ratings, descriptions, dates, locations, tags, albums, people,
uploads, reprocessing).

Two keys, two trust levels:

- **`IMMICH_API_KEY` (always): read-only.** Scope it to read permissions
  only, so Immich itself refuses writes (the integration suite asserts a
  `403` on album create). With only this key the server is read-only: the
  curation tools are not registered at all, and the only writes are local
  files (the shared mount and the export folder).
- **`IMMICH_WRITE_API_KEY` (optional): curation.** Scoped to exactly the 13
  write permissions the curation tools use and **no read permissions**, so
  every lookup still goes through the read key. It cannot delete or trash
  photos, share anything, or touch admin settings (the integration suite
  asserts `403`s on `/server/about`, `DELETE /assets` and
  `POST /shared-links`). Give it only to clients that should organise the
  library; a shared HTTP deployment (chat front ends, automation) can run without it.

## Install

```bash
uvx immich-library-mcp --stdio        # or: pip install immich-library-mcp
```

The distribution is `immich-library-mcp` (the name `immich-mcp` on PyPI belongs to
another project); the import package is `immich_mcp`, and both `immich-library-mcp`
and `immich-mcp` commands are installed. Claude Desktop / Claude Code (stdio):

```json
{"mcpServ…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.package-management (0.768, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/immich-library-mcp/ (first seen 2026-10-28T07:24:59.655Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/immich-library-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/immich-library-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:immich-library-mcp