com.phototology/mcp

com.phototology/mcpv2.0.0Memory & RAG

Persistent memory for visual intelligence. A photo registry: analyze once, look up free after that.

The current version, v2.0.0, was published to the official MCP registry on 2026-10-18. It is distributed as @phototology/mcp on npm, filed under Memory & RAG by this index, and declares 5 environment variables. Removals and unreachable sources are measured across every server this index tracks, contract drift across the servers that answer in consecutive snapshots; the index's current counts put this record in context.

In-path gate · all MCP tools

Using com.phototology/mcp in Claude, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Cline, or Zed?

MCP tool contracts can change remotely with no version bump. The mcpindex gate pins each contract and HOLDs the call when it drifts-before your agent acts. Zero credentials. This is not the package install for this server itself (use Install this server for that).

Install the mcpindex gate (one command)

Rewrites your MCP host config so each server launches behind the gate. Inspect first: curl -fsSL https://mcpindex.ai/install.sh | less

uv tool install mcpindex-gate && mcpindex-config-wire

Auditable install path →Watch it hold a drift →

Trust verdict · v1 advisory · method

REVIEWstatus: PARTIALfresh until 2026-11-18 01:02 UTC

screened 2026-10-19tier: scannedgranularity: description-levelsource: registry

Semantic screen found no manipulation pattern in the description. Conformance probe not yet run.

mcpindex.integrity.descriptionpassINFO

evidence“Tool stores and retrieves photos for analysis.”via static_description

Limits of this verdict

- Semantic screen only - the deterministic conformance probe has not run on this server
- Confidence is reported but not yet calibrated (v1)
- Screen reads the tool description, not the live behavior
- advisory
- registry description only no input schema
- screen model 8b

Semantic screen: an LLM judge reads the tool description for hidden instructions (status PARTIAL). A pass means the description is not lying, not that the tool is safe: a high-capability tool with an honest description still warrants caution. The deterministic conformance probe has not been run on this server yet, so the screen here is semantic-only. Posture: advisory. Confidences are reported but not yet calibrated (calibrated=false at v1). Full verdict history is not shown on this page.

Own this server? Test a description on the public screen → It is a separate check from the verdict above, so the two can differ.

That verdict was true at screening time (snapshot 2026-10-20).

Contracts can change after screening, with no version bump. The gate pins com.phototology/mcp’s tool contracts on first sight and holds any silent change before your agent acts - the check that keeps being true on Tuesday.

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Environment variables

PHOTOTOLOGY_API_KEY

requiredsecret

Your Phototology API key (pt_live_... for production, pt_test_... for the free fixture sandbox). Get one at https://phototology.com/dashboard. New accounts include 1,000 free credits on email verification.

PHOTOTOLOGY_BASE_URL

Override the API base URL. Defaults to https://api.phototology.com. Used for local development against phototology-api.

PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_NO_TELEMETRY

Set to 1 to disable anonymous telemetry: the editor name and version, the package version, and per tool call the tool name, success, duration, error code and counts. Never image content, file paths, tool inputs or outputs, or conversation text.

DO_NOT_TRACK

Set to 1 to disable telemetry. Same effect as PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_NO_TELEMETRY; follows the cross-tool convention many CLIs honor.

PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_ALLOWED_DIRS

Folders the server may read photos from and write enriched copies to, separated by : (; on Windows). Unset means any local path. Paths are checked after symlinks are resolved.

MCP quality score · maturity, not trust · methodology

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Install this server

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "--",
        "@phototology/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PHOTOTOLOGY_API_KEY": "<your-phototology_api_key>",
        "PHOTOTOLOGY_BASE_URL": "<phototology_base_url>",
        "PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_NO_TELEMETRY": "<phototology_mcp_no_telemetry>",
        "DO_NOT_TRACK": "<do_not_track>",
        "PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_ALLOWED_DIRS": "<phototology_mcp_allowed_dirs>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "--",
        "@phototology/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PHOTOTOLOGY_API_KEY": "<your-phototology_api_key>",
        "PHOTOTOLOGY_BASE_URL": "<phototology_base_url>",
        "PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_NO_TELEMETRY": "<phototology_mcp_no_telemetry>",
        "DO_NOT_TRACK": "<do_not_track>",
        "PHOTOTOLOGY_MCP_ALLOWED_DIRS": "<phototology_mcp_allowed_dirs>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline (cline_mcp_settings.json)

npx -y -- @phototology/mcp

Claude Code (claude mcp add)

claude mcp add --scope user mcp -- npx -y -- @phototology/mcp

Gemini CLI (gemini mcp add)

gemini mcp add -s user mcp npx -y -- @phototology/mcp

Verdict API

curl -s mcpindex.ai/api/v1/trust/server/com-phototology-mcp

Free-tier verdict as JSON: decision + dimensions + severity. Call it from your agent before it invokes a tool it just discovered.

Details

version: v2.0.0
category: Memory & RAG
verdict expires: 2026-11-18
quality: 90 / 100
operator: phototology-ai

Listing

Listed from the official MCP registry. Unclaimed by its maintainer. Maintainer? Email us →

Provenance

Each verdict is bound to a hash of the exact description it judged, so a re-crawl that changes the text produces a new record rather than silently inheriting this one. Verdict history is hash-chained and anchored to Bitcoin via OpenTimestamps (latest confirmed at block 972,115). Verify it yourself.

Links

Repository →Website →