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Giphy for AI agents

Giphy is a search engine and library of GIFs and stickers used to add animated reactions to chats, apps, and social posts. Connect it once through Arc0, and your agent, or Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor, can use it through one MCP endpoint, limited to what each user approved.

Connect GiphySee the 23 actions ↓
Design and imagesAPI keyMCP + RESTgiphy.com
AUDIT LOG · GIPHYPOLICY: acme-support
09:41:07 · claude · u_8f2read
giphy.search_gifs
GIPHY: Search GIFs✓ allowed · 212ms
09:41:08 · claude · u_8f2read
giphy.get_random_id
Giphy Get Random ID✓ allowed · 164ms
09:41:09 · claude · u_8f2write
giphy.emoji
GIPHY Emoji✓ approved · approved by user
EVERY GIPHY CALL, ON THE RECORD
01 · USE CASES

What agents do in Giphy.

01

Search for a reaction GIF

Search GIPHY for a GIF matching a mood or keyword to drop into a chat message or post.

02

Pull today's trending GIFs

Fetch the current trending GIFs list to suggest options for a social post.

03

Fetch a specific GIF by ID

Retrieve a known GIF's details by its ID to reuse it consistently across a campaign.

02 · ACTIONS

23 Giphy actions, graded by risk.

Every Giphy action is tagged read, write or destructive, so one policy covers the whole app and new actions inherit the right default.

read

8

Look things up. Allowed by default.

  • giphy.search_gifs
    GIPHY: Search GIFs
  • giphy.get_random_id
    Giphy Get Random ID
  • giphy.search_channels
    GIPHY: Search Channels
  • giphy.search_stickers
    GIPHY: Search Stickers
  • giphy.get_content_by_id
    Get Content by ID
  • giphy.get_content_by_ids
    Get Content by IDs
  • giphy.translate_gif
    GIPHY Translate GIF
  • giphy.translate_sticker
    GIPHY Translate Sticker

write

15

Create and change things. Allow, or ask the user first.

  • giphy.emoji
    GIPHY Emoji
  • giphy.categories
    GIPHY Categories
  • giphy.random_gif
    Giphy Random GIF
  • giphy.tag_random
    GIPHY: Random Tag
  • giphy.tag_search
    GIPHY: Tag Search
  • giphy.upload_gif
    Giphy Upload GIF
  • giphy.tag_related
    Get Related Tags
  • giphy.tag_trending
    GIPHY Trending Tags
  • giphy.category_gifs
    GIPHY: Category GIFs
  • giphy.trending_gifs
    GIPHY Trending GIFs
  • giphy.category_by_id
    GIPHY: Get Category by ID
  • giphy.random_sticker
    Giphy Random Sticker
  • giphy.action_register
    Giphy Analytics Register
  • giphy.emoji_variations
    Emoji Variations
  • giphy.trending_stickers
    Get Trending Stickers

destructive

0

Delete, cancel or archive. Ask first, or deny outright.

  • No destructive actions.
03 · HOW IT WORKS

Giphy in three steps.

  1. 01Your users connect GiphyThey add their Giphy api key on Arc0 Connect, under your brand. It goes straight into the vault.
  2. 02You set the rulesReads run, and writes like “gIPHY Emoji” can wait for the user to approve.
  3. 03Any agent can actYour agent calls Giphy through the Arc0 SDK or MCP, and so can Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor. Every call lands on the audit log.
POLICY.TS
await arc0.policies.set('giphy', {
  read: 'allow',
  write: 'ask',        // emoji
  destructive: 'deny',  
})

# Claude Code: the same connection, one URL
$ claude mcp add --transport http arc0 \
    https://mcp.arc0.ai/u/u_8f2
04 · AUTH AND DATA

How Giphy connects.

Users add their Giphy api key on Arc0 Connect. It is encrypted in the vault, never shown to the model, and each user can rotate or revoke it at any time.

The same Giphy connection serves your agent over MCP and your own backend over REST and the proxy, so a user connects once. How Arc0 handles credentials →

AUTH
API key
CREDENTIALS
Per-tenant encrypted vault
MODEL SEES
Results only, never credentials
AUDIT LOG
Every call, on every plan
05 · WORKS WITH

Use Giphy from any agent.

Claude
ChatGPT
Cursor
Codex
VS Code
OpenAI Agents SDK
Claude Agent SDK
Vercel AI SDK
Mastra
LangGraph
06 · RELATED

More design and images apps.

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07 · FAQ

Giphy and Arc0, answered.

Q01

Can I use Giphy with Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Yes. Connect Giphy to Arc0 once, then add your Arc0 MCP URL to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or any other remote-MCP client. Each assistant only gets the Giphy actions you allow.

Q02

How do users connect Giphy?

Users add their Giphy api key on Arc0 Connect. It is encrypted in the vault, never shown to the model, and each user can rotate or revoke it at any time.

Q03

Which Giphy actions can my agent take?

23 in total: 8 read, 15 write and 0 destructive, such as “gIPHY Emoji”. Your policies decide which of them each agent may call.

Q04

Can I make my agent read-only in Giphy?

Yes. Allow read actions and deny writes in the Giphy policy. Your agent can still look things up, and any write it attempts is blocked and logged.

Q05

Can my own backend call Giphy too?

Yes. The same Giphy connection is available over REST and through the Arc0 proxy, so your product and your agent share one connection per user.

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Plug Giphy into your agent.

Your users connect Giphy once, under your brand. Your agent gets 23 actions behind your policies, with every call on the record.

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