Alai MCP for AI. Automate Studio-Quality Assets from Selfies
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Alai MCP connects your AI client to professional headshot and marketing asset generation at scale. It transforms simple selfies into studio-quality portraits, giving you full programmatic control over generating, monitoring, and managing high-fidelity content portfolios for campaigns.
What your AI can do
Check getalai status
Verifies that your API connection to Alai is currently active and functioning.
Create asset
Creates a new marketing asset record within the system for later retrieval or management.
Create campaign
Initiates a new, structured marketing campaign designed to use multiple assets together.
Check the real-time status of generated content, knowing immediately if assets are ready for distribution.
Define structured marketing efforts and initiate entire campaigns programmatically to deploy multiple types of creative assets.
Trigger the creation of entirely new AI-generated images or text based on defined prompts and templates.
Retrieve a complete, detailed list of all existing marketing assets in your portfolio for auditing or selection.
Monitor the progress of ongoing content creation tasks and retrieve detailed reports on job metadata.
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Alai: 12 Tools for Content Orchestration
Use these tools to programmatically list, create, monitor, and delete every type of asset or campaign record within your Alai account.
Make your AI actually useful.
Add this MCP to Claude, Cursor, or Windsurf and your AI stops guessing. It gets real tools to look things up, take action, and handle the stuff you keep doing by hand.
Start using Alai on VinkiusCheck Getalai Status
Verifies that your API connection to Alai is currently active and functioning.
Create Asset
Creates a new marketing asset record within the system for later retrieval or...
Create Campaign
Initiates a new, structured marketing campaign designed to use multiple assets...
Delete Asset
Removes specific assets from your portfolio when they are no longer needed or...
Generate Content
Runs the core AI function to create new marketing images or text based on defined...
Get Asset
Retrieves full, detailed information about a specific asset by its ID.
Get Campaign
Fetches all details and status updates for a previously created campaign.
Get Generation
Gets detailed information about a specific content generation job run.
List Assets
Lists all existing assets in your portfolio, providing basic metadata for quick...
List Campaigns
Retrieves a list of all defined marketing campaigns and their current status.
List Generations
Lists all historical content generation jobs run through the system.
List Templates
Retrieves a list of available content templates that can be used for new assets.
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Claude AI
Open Claude Settings
Go to claude.ai, click your profile icon, then navigate to Customize → Connectors.
Add Custom Connector
Click the "+" button and select Add custom connector. Paste your Vinkius endpoint URL:
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Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and more
The Model Context Protocol standardizes how applications expose capabilities to LLMs. Instead of operating in isolation, your AI gains direct access to external platforms, live data, and real-world actions through secure, standardized connections.
This connection provides 12 powerful capabilities that interface natively with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and other compatible AI platforms. No middleware. No custom integration required.
Managing content assets feels like juggling tabs and spreadsheets all day.
Right now, if you need a new set of professional portraits for a campaign update, the process is manual. You jump to the asset platform, check which templates are available; then you manually upload prompts or selfies, hit 'generate,' and wait. After that, you open another sheet just to monitor status—you're constantly copying IDs and pasting them into different tabs just to keep track of whether the image is ready for review.
With this MCP, your AI client handles all that coordination. You tell it what campaign you want; it manages the entire sequence: calling `generate_content` when needed, waiting until the job status (checked via `get_generation`) confirms completion, and finally giving you the full asset details for use.
The Alai MCP gives you control over your content inventory.
You don't have to manually check if a piece of content is finished before building a campaign. The system handles the dependencies: it knows when assets are ready, and it maintains that knowledge across every single call using `list_assets` or `get_asset`. You can also use `list_campaigns` to see exactly which assets belong where.
It's not just generating images; it’s building a complete, auditable record of your marketing collateral. Everything is tracked, from the original template used (`list_templates`) to the final campaign deployment.
What your AI can actually do with this
This connector lets you run your entire marketing content pipeline without lifting a finger. Instead of manually submitting images or jumping between creation tools to check status, your agent handles the whole process through natural conversation. You can ask it to list every asset in your portfolio or trigger an entirely new campaign based on existing metadata.
It acts like a dedicated content coordinator for high-fidelity media. When you connect this MCP via Vinkius, your AI client gains access to deep operational data—you check generation status, manage the underlying templates, and even delete old assets if they aren't needed anymore. The whole point is simple: generate professional marketing collateral and keep track of every single piece using only simple commands.
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Here's how it actually works
The bottom line is you get programmatic access to Alai's entire content management system through simple conversations with your AI client.
Subscribe to this MCP and grab your API Key from the Alai dashboard.
Connect your AI client (like Cursor or Claude) using the Vinkius catalog.
Ask your agent to perform an action, like listing all campaigns or generating a new asset. It handles the rest.
Who is this actually for?
Digital Marketing Managers, Content Operations Leads, and Growth Engineers. This MCP targets anyone whose job involves generating hundreds of marketing assets from a single source (like a selfie) and who is tired of juggling multiple dashboards to track completion status.
Needs to monitor asset performance recaps and coordinate content generation using natural language prompts.
Manages the entire lifecycle, from listing templates to triggering bulk generations, ensuring every piece of metadata is tracked.
Integrates high-fidelity asset data into custom CRM or social media pipelines via simple AI queries.
What Changes When You Connect
Stop guessing if content is ready. Using list_assets gives you an immediate, programmatically retrieved inventory of every piece in your portfolio.
Don't build campaigns manually. You can use create_campaign to structure and deploy coordinated marketing efforts that rely on multiple assets.
Skip the manual generation queues. Simply call generate_content via your agent to trigger new, high-fidelity content jobs instantly.
Need an audit trail? Use list_generations or check details with get_generation to track exactly when and how every piece of content was created.
Maintain clean data by using delete_asset to remove obsolete files. This ensures your asset records stay accurate for future campaigns.
See it in action
Launching a new product line
The Growth Lead needs 50 variations of a hero image by end-of-day. Instead of creating 50 separate prompts, they ask their agent to use generate_content with the defined templates and then uses list_assets to confirm all 50 pieces are successfully created.
Quarterly audit cleanup
The Content Operations Lead needs to prune old, unused marketing materials. They query the system to find assets that haven't been touched in six months and then use delete_asset on batches of files.
Monitoring campaign rollout
A Marketing Manager asks their agent, 'What is the status of the Q3 launch?' The agent checks list_campaigns, sees the details for 'Q3 Launch,' and reports that all required assets are either ready or in 'Processing' status.
The honest tradeoffs
Listing assets without checking status
A user calls list_assets right after triggering a generation job. The list shows the asset placeholder, but the user assumes it's ready and uses it in a campaign.
First, check if the job is complete by calling get_generation. Once the status confirms 'Completed,' then use get_asset or list_assets to retrieve the final, usable data.
Manually tracking dependencies
A team member builds a complex campaign by manually tracking which assets belong where. If one asset is deleted on the platform side, the record breaks.
Always define your structure using create_campaign first. This forces the system to build an official dependency graph that can be monitored via get_campaign.
Assuming connectivity
Running any complex command like 'list everything' without confirming the connection works first.
Always start by running check_getalai_status. If that returns an error, nothing else you try will work.
When It Fits, When It Doesn't
Use this MCP if your content workflow is defined and repetitive. You should use it when you need to manage the full lifecycle: from template definition (list_templates) through generation (generate_content), storage (create_asset), deployment (create_campaign), and eventual cleanup (delete_asset). Don't use it if you just need a single image generated once; for that, a simple API call is fine. You must use this MCP when the asset needs to be tracked across multiple campaigns or requires status monitoring before being used.
Questions you might have
How do I find my Alai API Key? +
Log in to your account, navigate to Settings > API, and copy your unique access token from the credentials section.
Can I retrieve generated assets via AI? +
Yes! The list_alai_assets tool allows your agent to retrieve high-fidelity metadata and hosted URLs for all your AI-generated content.
How do I list my active campaigns? +
Use the list_alai_campaigns tool to retrieve your complete high-fidelity directory along with the unique identifiers for all managed marketing workstreams.
How do I check my API connection status using the `check_getalai_status` tool? +
It verifies your live connectivity to Alai. If the tool returns an error, it means there's a problem with your credentials or permissions; double-check your API key and account settings.
What is the proper way to start tracking a new marketing effort using `create_campaign`? +
You initiate it by calling create_campaign. This action establishes the campaign structure in Alai, which then prepares your dedicated content pipeline for future assets.
If I need to remove old or unused media, should I use the `delete_asset` tool? +
Yes, you can programmatically delete specific assets. Using this tool ensures your overall media record stays clean by permanently removing assets based on their unique content IDs.
How do I generate a large batch of images using `generate_content`? +
You provide the parameters for all desired content in one query. The agent handles the job queue, ensuring all items are processed and tracking each individual generation's progress.
If I only know an asset's ID, how do I get its full technical history using `get_asset`? +
Use get_asset with the specific content ID. This pulls comprehensive platform metadata, including creation status and historical records, allowing for precise review.
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