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Google Photos for AI agents

Google Photos is Google's cloud photo storage service, offering automatic backup, AI-assisted search, and shared albums that individuals and families use to manage and revisit personal and collaborative media. 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 Google PhotosSee the 14 actions ↓
Design and imagesOAuth 2.0MCP + RESTphotos.google.com
AUDIT LOG · GOOGLE PHOTOSPOLICY: acme-support
09:41:07 · claude · u_8f2read
google_photos.list_albums
List Albums✓ allowed · 212ms
09:41:08 · claude · u_8f2read
google_photos.get_album
Get Album✓ allowed · 164ms
09:41:09 · claude · u_8f2write
google_photos.create_album
Create Album✓ approved · approved by user
EVERY GOOGLE PHOTOS CALL, ON THE RECORD
01 · USE CASES

What agents do in Google Photos.

01

Search for a specific photo

Search media items by date or content to find a photo requested for a presentation.

02

Create a shared album

Create an album and add a set of event photos so they can be shared with a group.

03

Add a photo to an album

Add an uploaded image to the right existing album instead of leaving it unsorted.

02 · ACTIONS

14 Google Photos actions, graded by risk.

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

read

7

Look things up. Allowed by default.

  • google_photos.get_album
    Get Album
  • google_photos.list_albums
    List Albums
  • google_photos.list_media_items
    List Media Items (App-Created Only)
  • google_photos.list_shared_albums
    List Shared Albums (Deprecated)
  • google_photos.search_media_items
    Search Media Items
  • google_photos.get_media_item_download
    Download Photos Media Item
  • google_photos.batch_get_media_items
    Batch Get Media Items

write

7

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

  • google_photos.create_album
    Create Album
  • google_photos.update_album
    Update Album
  • google_photos.add_enrichment
    Add Enrichment
  • google_photos.update_media_item
    Update Media Item
  • google_photos.upload_media
    Upload Media
  • google_photos.batch_add_media_items
    Batch Add Media Items
  • google_photos.batch_create_media_items
    Batch Create Media Items

destructive

0

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

  • No destructive actions.
03 · HOW IT WORKS

Google Photos in three steps.

  1. 01Your users connect Google PhotosThey sign in to Google Photos on Arc0 Connect, under your brand, and approve the access you ask for.
  2. 02You set the rulesReads run, and writes like “create Album” can wait for the user to approve.
  3. 03Any agent can actYour agent calls Google Photos 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('google_photos', {
  read: 'allow',
  write: 'ask',        // create_album
  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 Google Photos connects.

Users sign in to Google Photos on Arc0 Connect and approve the scopes you request. Build with Arc0’s Google Photos OAuth app, or bring your own so the Google Photos consent screen names you. Tokens refresh automatically, and you can export them whenever you want.

The same Google Photos 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
OAuth 2.0
CREDENTIALS
Per-tenant encrypted vault
MODEL SEES
Results only, never credentials
AUDIT LOG
Every call, on every plan
05 · WORKS WITH

Use Google Photos from any agent.

Claude
ChatGPT
Cursor
Codex
VS Code
OpenAI Agents SDK
Claude Agent SDK
Vercel AI SDK
Mastra
LangGraph
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07 · FAQ

Google Photos and Arc0, answered.

Q01

Can I use Google Photos with Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Yes. Connect Google Photos 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 Google Photos actions you allow.

Q02

How do users connect Google Photos?

Users sign in to Google Photos on Arc0 Connect and approve the scopes you request. Build with Arc0’s Google Photos OAuth app, or bring your own so the Google Photos consent screen names you. Tokens refresh automatically, and you can export them whenever you want.

Q03

Which Google Photos actions can my agent take?

14 in total: 7 read, 7 write and 0 destructive, such as “create Album”. Your policies decide which of them each agent may call.

Q04

Can I make my agent read-only in Google Photos?

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

Q05

Can my own backend call Google Photos too?

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

Get started

Plug Google Photos into your agent.

Your users connect Google Photos once, under your brand. Your agent gets 14 actions behind your policies, with every call on the record.

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Free to build · MCP + REST · Audit log on every plan