Claude
Settings › Connectors › Add custom connector
Open Settings, then Connectors, and choose Add custom connector.
Paste the server URL:
https://api.rawback.app/v3/mcp
MCP Connector
Connect Rawback to Claude or ChatGPT and ask about your photos in your own words. Your assistant can search the library, build albums, write the story behind a trip, and read what was said in a video — using only the permissions you approve.
Set up
You need a Rawback account. The connector uses the same sign-in as the website — your password is never shared with the assistant.
Paid planThe connector is part of a paid plan. On the free plan you can still add it, but approving access and running requests needs a membership. See the plans.
Settings › Connectors › Add custom connector
Open Settings, then Connectors, and choose Add custom connector.
Paste the server URL:
https://api.rawback.app/v3/mcpSign in to Rawback when the browser opens, review the permissions, and choose Allow access.
Start a new chat and ask for something from your library — try “what did I shoot last weekend?”
Using Claude Code instead? Add it from your terminal:
claude mcp add --transport http rawback https://api.rawback.app/v3/mcpSettings › Connectors · developer mode
Open Settings, then Connectors, and enable developer mode if you have not already.
Add a custom connector using the same server URL:
https://api.rawback.app/v3/mcpComplete the Rawback sign-in and approve the permissions.
Ask ChatGPT about your photos in a new conversation.
Any other MCP client works the same way — point it at the server URL above and it will discover the sign-in flow on its own.
Actions
Every action, grouped the way the consent screen groups permissions. Each group has a read half and — except Usage — a write half.
Find any frame. Ask in plain language and let the assistant search by camera, lens, place, date, rating, or what is in the photo.
Curate albums. Create them, move photos in and out, change who can see them, and look up the share links you have made.
Write the story. Draft and publish the story behind an album, and put it on the open web when you are ready.
Search what was said. Read the transcript of a video and ask about the words in it, not just the pictures.
Your name, email address and plan, the cameras and lenses detected in your library, and your notifications.
Storage used, AI credit balance and face-recognition quota — so the assistant can tell you how much room is left.
Read only — there is nothing to change here.
ChatGPT also calls search and fetch — aliases over the photo and album actions that its connector platform requires.
Not connector actions: uploading photos or videos, editing photos with AI, and managing billing. Those live in the apps and on the website.
Permissions and privacy
When you add the connector, Rawback shows you exactly what the app is asking for before anything is shared. Approving grants access to your own library only — never to anyone else’s.
Claude and ChatGPT don’t let you tick individual boxes when adding a connector, so a grant is all-or-nothing. The consent screen groups it by what it touches, read or write, so you can read it before you approve.
To revoke access, remove the connector in the assistant you added it to. Existing sessions stop working within the hour.
Read the privacy policyWhat you approve
Write accessLets an assistant edit, archive, and delete photos and albums. Assistants can misread a request, so grant it only to apps you trust, and remember that deleting a photo cannot be undone.