How to connect Googlephotos to Claude Cowork

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Introduction

Cowork is Anthropic's AI agent for knowledge work. Think of it as Claude Code for everything else. It works autonomously with your computer, local files, and applications to accomplish complex tasks.

This guide walks you through the easiest and most secure way to connect your Googlephotos account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to find all photos from your last vacation, create a new album for 2024 events, upload these images to your family album, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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Connecting Googlephotos to Claude Cowork

1. Open Customize

In Claude Desktop, click Customize in the left sidebar, then select Connectors and click the + icon at the top.

Claude Desktop connectors screen with Add custom connector selected

2. Add the Composio MCP server

Click Add custom connector and paste in the Composio MCP server URL:

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https://connect.composio.dev/mcp
Add custom connector dialog with Composio MCP server URL

3. Authorize in your browser

Click Connect. You'll be redirected to a browser window where you can authorize Composio to continue.

Composio authorization screen for Claude Cowork

4. Connect your Googlephotos account

Back in Cowork, ask the agent to connect to Googlephotos or give it any Googlephotos-related task.

For example, ask Cowork to:

  • "Find all photos from your last vacation"
  • "Create a new album for 2024 events"
  • "Upload these images to your family album"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

That's it. Composio's tools are now available in Cowork, and your Googlephotos account is ready to use.

What is Claude Cowork?

Claude Cowork is Anthropic's agent for general knowledge work. It can use your computer, files, and connected applications to complete longer-running tasks across your work tools.

With Composio Connect, Cowork can securely access apps like Googlephotos through MCP without you sharing account credentials directly with the agent.

What is the Googlephotos MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Googlephotos MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Google Photos account. It provides structured and secure access to your photo library, so your agent can organize albums, upload and manage media items, search your photos, and even download images on your behalf.

  • Effortless media uploads and organization: Instantly upload new photos or videos, add them to existing albums, and create new albums for specific events or trips—all through your AI agent.
  • Smart album and library management: List all your albums or fetch details for any album, making it simple for the agent to help you organize or locate collections of photos.
  • AI-powered photo search: Ask your agent to search your photo library using keywords, dates, or other criteria to quickly find specific images or memories.
  • Bulk media handling: Retrieve batches of photos or videos, add multiple media items to albums at once, or download images as files for sharing or backup.
  • Enhanced photo enrichment: Automatically enhance your albums by adding context, locations, or notes at specific positions—helping you curate richer stories from your memories.

Supported Tools & Triggers

Tools
Add EnrichmentAdds an enrichment at a specified position in a defined album.
Batch Add Media ItemsAdds one or more media items to an album in google photos.
Batch Create Media ItemsUnified action to upload media files and create them as items in google photos.
Batch Get Media ItemsReturns the list of media items for the specified media item identifiers.
Create AlbumCreates a new album in google photos.
Get AlbumReturns the album based on the specified albumid.
Download Photos Media ItemDownloads a media item from google photos and returns it as a file.
List AlbumsLists all albums shown to a user in the albums tab of google photos.
List Media ItemsLists all media items from a user's google photos library.
Search Media ItemsSearches for media items in a user's google photos library.
Update AlbumUpdates an album's title or cover photo in google photos.
Update Media ItemUpdates a media item's description in google photos.
Upload MediaUpload a media file to google photos.

Available tools and triggers

After setup, the supported Googlephotos tools and triggers listed on this page are available to Cowork through Composio Connect.

You can now ask Cowork to handle Googlephotos workflows in natural language, from quick summaries and drafting tasks to more complex multi-step work across connected apps.

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FAQ

What are the differences in Tool Router MCP and Googlephotos MCP?

With a standalone Googlephotos MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Googlephotos tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Googlephotos and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Can I use Tool Router MCP with Claude Cowork?

Yes, you can. Claude Cowork fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Googlephotos tools.

Can I manage the permissions and scopes for Googlephotos while using Tool Router?

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Googlephotos scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

How safe is my data with Composio Tool Router?

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Googlephotos data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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