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SmugMug for AI agents

SmugMug is a platform where photographers host, organize, and sell their photo and video galleries, with folders and albums structured for client delivery. 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.

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AUDIT LOG · SMUGMUGPOLICY: acme-support
09:41:07 · claude · u_8f2read
smugmug.list_child_nodes
List Child Nodes✓ allowed · 212ms
09:41:08 · claude · u_8f2read
smugmug.get_user
Get User✓ allowed · 164ms
09:41:09 · claude · u_8f2write
smugmug.unlock_user
Unlock User Site✓ approved · approved by user
EVERY SMUGMUG CALL, ON THE RECORD
01 · USE CASES

What agents do in SmugMug.

01

Pull images from a client album

List the images in an album to confirm a client gallery is complete before sharing the link.

02

Check album details before publishing

Get an album's settings and highlight image as a read-only check before a photographer shares it publicly.

03

Search a photographer's full catalog

Search a user's content across folders to locate a specific photo without browsing every album.

02 · ACTIONS

25 SmugMug actions, graded by risk.

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

read

23

Look things up. Allowed by default.

  • smugmug.get_user
    Get User
  • smugmug.get_album
    Get Album
  • smugmug.get_image
    Get Image
  • smugmug.get_album_image
    Get Album Image
  • smugmug.get_image_sizes
    Get Image Sizes
  • smugmug.get_node_parent
    Get Node Parent
  • smugmug.get_album_images
    Get Album Images
  • smugmug.get_node_parents
    Get Node Parents
  • smugmug.get_user_profile
    Get User Profile
  • smugmug.list_child_nodes
    List Child Nodes
  • smugmug.get_folder_albums
    Get Folder Albums
  • smugmug.get_user_features
    Get User Features
  • smugmug.get_folder_details
    Get Folder Details
  • smugmug.get_image_metadata
    Get Image Metadata
  • smugmug.get_user_bio_image
    Get User Bio Image
  • smugmug.get_user_root_node
    Get User Root Node
+ 7 MORE

write

2

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

  • smugmug.unlock_user
    Unlock User Site
  • smugmug.unlock_album
    Unlock Album

destructive

0

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

  • No destructive actions.
03 · HOW IT WORKS

SmugMug in three steps.

  1. 01Your users connect SmugMugThey add their SmugMug api key on Arc0 Connect, under your brand. It goes straight into the vault.
  2. 02You set the rulesReads run, and writes like “unlock User Site” can wait for the user to approve.
  3. 03Any agent can actYour agent calls SmugMug 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('smugmug', {
  read: 'allow',
  write: 'ask',        // unlock_user
  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 SmugMug connects.

Users add their SmugMug 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 SmugMug 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 SmugMug 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

SmugMug and Arc0, answered.

Q01

Can I use SmugMug with Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Yes. Connect SmugMug 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 SmugMug actions you allow.

Q02

How do users connect SmugMug?

Users add their SmugMug 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 SmugMug actions can my agent take?

25 in total: 23 read, 2 write and 0 destructive, such as “unlock User Site”. Your policies decide which of them each agent may call.

Q04

Can I make my agent read-only in SmugMug?

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

Q05

Can my own backend call SmugMug too?

Yes. The same SmugMug 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 SmugMug into your agent.

Your users connect SmugMug once, under your brand. Your agent gets 25 actions behind your policies, with every call on the record.

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