How to integrate Smugmug MCP with Codex

Codex is one of the most popular coding harnesses out there. And MCP makes the experience even better. With Smugmug MCP integration, you can draft, triage, summarise emails, and much more, all without leaving the terminal or the app, whichever you prefer.

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Introduction

Codex is one of the most popular coding harnesses out there. And MCP makes the experience even better. With Smugmug MCP integration, you can draft, triage, summarise emails, and much more, all without leaving the terminal or the app, whichever you prefer.

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Why use Composio?

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

  • CodeAct: A dedicated workbench that allows GPT to write its code to handle complex tool chaining. Reduces to-and-fro with LLMs for frequent tool calling.
  • Large tool responses: Handle them to minimise context rot.
  • Dynamic just-in-time access to 20,000 tools across 1000+ other Apps for cross-app workflows. It loads the tools you need, so GPTs aren't overwhelmed by tools you don't need.

How to install Smugmug MCP in Codex

Run the setup command

Run this command in your terminal to add the Composio MCP server to Codex.

Terminal

It will initiate the authentication in a browser window, authorize Codex to access your Composio account.

Composio authentication page

(Optional) Authenticate with OAuth

To authenticate manually, run the login command to open a browser window and authorize Codex to access your Composio account.

bash
codex mcp login composio

Verify the connection

Run codex mcp list to confirm Composio appears as a registered MCP server.

bash
codex mcp list

Codex App

Codex App follows the same approach as VS Code.

  1. Click ⚙️ on the bottom left → MCP Servers → + Add servers → Streamable HTTP:
  2. Fill the header and Key fields with { "x-consumer-api-key" = "ck_*******" }.
  3. The Key is the Composio API key, that you can find on dashboard.composio.dev
  4. Click on Authenticate and authorize Codex to your Composio account and you're all set.
Codex App MCP setup
  1. Restart and verify if it's there in .codex/config.toml
bash
[mcp_servers.composio]
url = "https://connect.composio.dev/mcp"
http_headers = { "x-consumer-api-key" = "ck_*******" }

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

The Smugmug MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Smugmug account. It provides structured and secure access to your photo galleries and user profile, so your agent can perform actions like browsing folders, listing albums, retrieving photo details, and exploring your Smugmug structure on your behalf.

  • Retrieve folder and album details: Instantly fetch information about specific folders or albums, including creation dates, node IDs, and highlight albums.
  • Explore your Smugmug hierarchy: Ask your agent to list all child nodes—albums or folders—within any parent node, helping you navigate your photo organization with ease.
  • List albums in any folder: Let your agent pull comprehensive lists of albums within a designated folder, even handling large collections with pagination.
  • Get public user profile info: Retrieve your Smugmug public profile details to share or review your online photography presence.
  • Access node-specific data: Have your agent look up details for any node (album, folder, or page) using its unique identifier, supporting granular photo management and discovery.

Conclusion

You've successfully integrated Smugmug with Codex using Composio's MCP server. Now you can interact with Smugmug directly from your terminal, VS Code, or the Codex App using natural language commands.

Key benefits of this setup:

  • Seamless integration across CLI, VS Code, and standalone app
  • Natural language commands for Smugmug operations
  • Managed authentication through Composio
  • Access to 20,000+ tools across 1000+ apps for cross-app workflows
  • CodeAct workbench for complex tool chaining

Next steps:

  • Try asking Codex to perform various Smugmug operations
  • Explore cross-app workflows by connecting more toolkits
  • Build automation scripts that leverage Codex's AI capabilities
TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Get Album

Retrieves detailed information about a SmugMug album using its album key.

Get Album Highlight Image

Retrieves the highlight/cover image for a SmugMug album.

Get Album Image

Get an image within a specific album context as an AlbumImage relationship object.

Get Album Images

Tool to retrieve all images in a SmugMug album as AlbumImage relationship objects.

Get Folder Albums

Tool to retrieve albums from a specific folder in a SmugMug user's account by nickname and folder path.

Get Folder by User and Path

Tool to retrieve folder details by user nickname and folder path.

Get Folder Details

Retrieves details of a specific folder in SmugMug using its Node ID.

Get Folder Subfolders

Retrieves all subfolders within a specified folder in a SmugMug user's account.

Get Image

Tool to retrieve details for a specific image (photo or video) by its image key.

Get Image Metadata

Tool to retrieve additional metadata from an image file including EXIF data, camera settings, GPS location, and other embedded information.

Get Image Size Details

Retrieve raw media URLs and dimensions for all available sizes of an image.

Get Image Sizes

Retrieves available image sizes and URLs for a SmugMug image by its unique image key.

Get Node Highlight Image

Tool to get the highlight/cover image for a node (folder, album, or page).

Get Node Parent

Tool to retrieve the parent node of a specified SmugMug node.

Get Node Parents

Tool to retrieve a node and all its ancestor nodes (breadcrumb trail).

Get User

Tool to get a SmugMug user account by their nickname.

Get User Bio Image

Tool to retrieve the bio image for a SmugMug user by their nickname (username).

Get User Featured Albums

Retrieves the featured albums for a SmugMug user by their nickname.

Get User Features

Tool to retrieve a list of features available to a SmugMug user based on their subscription plan.

Get User Profile

Retrieves the public profile information for a SmugMug user by their nickname (username).

Get User Root Node

Tool to retrieve the root node of a user's folder tree on SmugMug.

List Child Nodes

Lists all child nodes (folders and albums) under a specified parent node in SmugMug.

Search User Content

Search for images across a user's SmugMug content.

Unlock Album

Tool to unlock a password-protected SmugMug album.

Unlock User Site

Tool to unlock a user's password-protected SmugMug site.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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

Yes, you can. Codex 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 Smugmug tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Smugmug 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 Smugmug data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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