# Cloudinary (verified)

Upload, transform, and deliver images and videos. Manage media assets, apply on-the-fly transformations, and optimize delivery for web and mobile.

## Quick Start

```bash
# Connect this server (installs CLI if needed)
npx -y @smithery/cli@latest mcp add cloudinary

# Browse available tools
npx -y @smithery/cli@latest tool list cloudinary

# Get full schema for a tool
npx -y @smithery/cli@latest tool get cloudinary upload-asset

# Call a tool
npx -y @smithery/cli@latest tool call cloudinary upload-asset '{}'
```

## Direct MCP Connection

Endpoint: `https://cloudinary.run.tools`

## Tools (23)

- `upload-asset` — Uploads media assets (images, videos, raw files) to your Cloudinary product environment
- `asset-rename` — Updates an existing asset's identifier (public ID) and optionally other metadata in your Cloudinary account
- `generate-archive` — Creates an archive (ZIP or TGZ file) that contains a set of assets from your product environment.
- `download-asset-backup` — Download a backup copy of an asset
- `delete-asset` — Delete asset by asset-id
- `list-images` — Get image assets
- `list-videos` — Get video assets
- `list-files` — Get raw assets
- `get-asset-details` — Get resource by asset ID
- `asset-update` — Updates an existing asset's metadata, tags, and other attributes using its asset ID
- `list-tags` — Retrieves a list of tags currently applied to assets in your Cloudinary account
- `delete-derived-assets` — Delete derived resources
- `get-usage-details` — Retrieves comprehensive usage metrics and account statistics
- `create-asset-relations` — Add related assets by asset ID
- `delete-asset-relations` — Delete asset relations by asset ID
- `move-folder` — Renames or moves an entire folder (along with all assets it contains) to a new location
- `create-folder` — Creates a new empty folder in your Cloudinary media library
- `delete-folder` — Deletes an existing folder from your media library
- `search-folders` — Searches for folders whose attributes match a given expression
- `search-assets` — Provides a powerful query interface to filter and retrieve assets and their details
- `visual-search-assets` — Finds images in your asset library based on visual similarity or content
- `get-tx-reference` — Get Cloudinary transformation rules documentation from official docs
- `transform-asset` — Generate derived transformations for existing assets using Cloudinary's explicit API with eager transformations

```bash
# Get full input/output schema for a tool
npx -y @smithery/cli@latest tool get cloudinary <tool-name>
```