How to integrate Googlephotos MCP with OpenClaw

Connect OpenClaw to Googlephotos MCP. Find all photos from your last vacation, create a new album for 2024 events, and more using natural language, with authentication handled for you.

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Google Photos is a cloud-based photo storage and organization service by Google. It offers automatic backups, smart search, and seamless sharing for managing your media library.

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Introduction

OpenClaw is the fastest growing agent harness out there, which can work 24/7 to automate almost any kind of tasks. However, its capabilities are limited to the tools it has access to. Composio allows your OpenClaw to access Googlephotos with authentication management handled for you. You can execute actions on Googlephotos via your favorite OpenClaw interface (Telegram, WhatsApp, TUI, etc), whichever you prefer.

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Why use Composio?

Apart from a managed and hosted MCP server, you will get:

  • Programmatic tool calling allows LLMs to write its code in a remote workbench to handle complex tool chaining. Reduces to-and-fro with LLMs for frequent tool calling.
  • Handling Large tool responses out of LLM context to minimize context rot.
  • Dynamic just-in-time access to 20,000 tools across 1700+ other Apps for cross-app workflows. It loads the tools you need, so LLMs aren't overwhelmed by tools you don't need.

How to install Googlephotos with OpenClaw

Using Composio API Key and Setup Prompt

Copy the setup prompt from the OpenClaw dashboard
  • Run it in your OpenClaw chat interface.
  • Authenticate Googlephotos from the dashboard
  • Go back to your OpenClaw interface and start asking questions.

Using OpenClaw/Composio Plugin

1. Install OpenClaw Composio plugin

bash
openclaw plugins install @composio/openclaw-plugin

2. Copy the API Key from dashboard.composio.dev

3. Setup OpenClaw Config

bash
openclaw config set plugins.entries.composio.config.consumerKey "ck_your_key_here"

4. Restart OpenClaw

bash
openclaw gateway restart

5. Go to your chat interface and start asking questions.

6. When prompted, authenticate the app and you're all set.

How It Works

The plugin connects to Composio's MCP server at https://connect.composio.dev/mcp and registers all available tools directly into the OpenClaw agent. Tools are called by name — no extra search or execute steps needed.

If a tool returns an auth error, the agent will prompt you to connect that toolkit at dashboard.composio.dev.

Configuration

bash
{
  "plugins": {
    "entries": {
      "composio": {
        "enabled": true,
        "config": {
          "consumerKey": "ck_your_key_here"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
OptionDescriptionDefault
enabledEnable or disable the plugintrue
consumerKeyYour Composio consumer key (ck_...)—
mcpUrlMCP server URL (advanced)https://connect.composio.dev/mcp

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

The Google Photos 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 albums and media, so your agent can create and update albums, find photos, upload media, and manage photo details on your behalf.

  • Album creation and organization: Have your agent create albums, rename them, change their cover photos, and add selected media to them.
  • Photo search and retrieval: Instruct your agent to search your Google Photos library, list app-created media, or retrieve selected photos and videos.
  • Media uploads: Let the agent upload media files and create multiple photo or video items in your library.
  • Photo downloads and updates: Direct your agent to download selected media or update the descriptions attached to your photos and videos.
  • Album enrichment: Have your agent add enrichments at chosen positions in an album to improve how its content is presented.

Conclusion

You've successfully integrated Googlephotos with OpenClaw using Composio plugin. Now interact with Googlephotos directly from your terminal, Web UI, or any messenger app using natural language commands.

Key benefits of this setup:

  • Seamless integration across TUI, Web UIs, and Messenger apps like Telegram, WhatsApp, Slack, etc.
  • Natural language commands for Googlephotos operations
  • Managed authentication through Composio
  • Access to 20,000+ tools across 1700+ apps for cross-app workflows
  • Programmatic tool calling for complex tool chaining

Next steps:

  • Try asking OpenClaw to perform various Googlephotos operations
  • Explore cross-app workflows by connecting more toolkits like Calendar, Slack, Notion, etc.
  • Build complex automation scripts that leverage OpenClaw's 24/7 running capabilities
TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Googlephotos action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Add Enrichment

Adds a text, location, or map enrichment at a specified position in a Google Photos album created by this app.

Batch Add Media Items

Adds one or more app-created media items to an app-created Google Photos album.

Batch Create Media Items

Uploads and creates up to 50 Google Photos media items from public URLs or uploaded files, optionally placing them at a specific position in an app-created album.

Batch Get Media Items

Returns app-created Google Photos media items for the specified media item identifiers.

Create Album

Creates a new album in Google Photos.

Get Album

Retrieves a Google Photos album created by this app by its ID.

Download Photos Media Item

Downloads an app-created Google Photos media item and returns it as a file.

List Albums

Lists Google Photos albums created by this app, with pagination support.

List Media Items (App-Created Only)

Lists photos and videos created by this application in the user's Google Photos library, with pagination.

Search Media Items

Searches for app-created media items in a user's Google Photos library.

Update Album

Updates the title or cover photo of a Google Photos album created by this app.

Update Media Item

Updates the description of an app-created media item in Google Photos.

Upload Media

Upload an image or video to Google Photos from a file or public URL and create a media item.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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.

Yes, you can. OpenClaw 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.

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.

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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