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Getty Images MCP. Source, organize, and download millions of visual assets.

Getty Images MCP gives your agent full control over searching, managing, and acquiring stock media. Instantly search millions of editorial and creative photos, find videos, or download high-res assets directly from any chat window.

Getty Images MCP is compatible with Claude Claude
Getty Images MCP is compatible with ChatGPT ChatGPT
Getty Images MCP is compatible with Cursor Cursor
Getty Images MCP is compatible with Gemini Gemini
Getty Images MCP is compatible with Windsurf Windsurf
Getty Images MCP is compatible with VS Code VS Code
Getty Images MCP is compatible with JetBrains JetBrains
Getty Images MCP is compatible with Vercel Vercel
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Search for specific photo types

You can target different content areas—from general searches to commercial-use creative images, and news-focused editorial archives.

Discover related visuals

By providing an asset ID, the MCP finds other photos that match the composition or aesthetic style of your source image.

Manage video assets

Search through stock video libraries and retrieve key metadata like duration and resolution details.

Organize collections

List, view, and manage all your saved lightboxes to keep project assets grouped logically.

Download media files

Retrieve high-resolution download URLs for images, automatically consuming the required corporate quota limits.

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What AI agents can do with Getty Images with 10 Tools

These tools let your agent perform specific actions like searching different content libraries, getting asset details, finding similar visuals, and downloading high-resolution files.

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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.

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Search Images

Searches general Getty stock photos and returns basic details like IDs, titles, captions, and preview URLs.

Search Creative

Limits searches exclusively to commercial-use creative images, guaranteeing...

Search Editorial

Searches archival and news photography that is intended for journalistic or...

Get Image

Retrieves comprehensive metadata and full details about a single specific Getty...

Get Images Batch

Pulls detailed information for multiple Getty images at the same time, saving you...

Search Videos

Searches and retrieves metadata for stock video libraries, including duration and aspect ratio.

Get Video

Gets detailed information about a single specific Getty video asset ID.

Download Image

Downloads a high-resolution version of an image by its ID, consuming the necessary...

Get Similar

Finds and lists alternative images that share similar visual compositions or...

List Collections

Lists all your saved Lightbox collections, allowing you to see and manage assets...

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Getty Images MCP is compatible with Claude

Claude AI

1

Open Claude Settings

Go to claude.ai, click your profile icon, then navigate to Customize → Connectors.

2

Add Custom Connector

Click the "+" button and select Add custom connector. Paste your Vinkius endpoint URL:

https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp

Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your token from cloud.vinkius.com. For OAuth-protected servers, expand Advanced settings to add credentials.

3

Start a conversation

Open a new chat. The Getty Images integration is available immediately — no restart needed.

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The pain of visual asset management is constant context switching.

Right now, if you need a photo, you start in your chat. You get an idea and ask for a search. Then, you have to copy the resulting IDs into the Getty Images website. Next, you jump to another tab to check video assets; then back to the site again to find similar compositions. It’s a painful dance of copying, pasting, and jumping between interfaces just to gather data.

With this MCP, that process collapses. You talk to your agent naturally, asking it to 'Find me three photos for an ad' or 'Check out any archival footage.' The tool pulls the results into your chat window, letting you immediately analyze IDs, check video metadata using `search_videos`, and even download assets with a single command.

Get asset details and downloads instantly.

Previously, getting full details—like the exact rights status or aspect ratio for video—required navigating to an individual record page. If you needed to check ten different assets, you repeated that click-and-read process ten times, slowing down your entire workflow.

Now, you simply ask the agent to use `get_images_batch` or run a specific asset ID through `get_video`. The MCP returns all the necessary metadata and even gives you direct download links in one clean response. It's not just faster; it fundamentally changes how much data you can process in a single afternoon.

What Getty Images MCP does for your AI

Managing visual content used to mean switching between a dozen tabs: the image library, the video catalog, the rights database, and the asset management system. Now, you can handle all that research through natural conversation. You simply tell your agent what you need—for example, 'Find three images of renewable energy for an ad campaign'—and it pulls results from millions of assets across editorial or commercial libraries.

Need to check if a historical event was covered in the news? Just ask the agent to audit archival photography. Want to download a specific photo for your presentation? It handles that too. When you connect this MCP via Vinkius, all those search and procurement tools become available right inside your workflow, letting you discover visually similar assets or list out all your saved lightboxes without ever leaving your chat client.

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Frequently asked questions about Getty Images MCP

How do I use Getty Images MCP to find commercial photos? +

Use the search_creative tool. This function is specifically designed to search and filter out only commercially safe images, ensuring your content meets advertising standards.

Can Getty Images MCP help me with historical photo research? +

Yes, you use search_editorial. This searches the news and archival photography libraries, which is ideal for journalists needing to track specific global events or trends.

How do I download a picture using Getty Images MCP? +

You execute the download_image tool. Just provide the asset ID you want, and the MCP returns the high-resolution URL while managing your corporate quota usage.

Does Getty Images MCP handle video search? +

Absolutely. Use search_videos to browse stock footage. The results give you critical metadata like duration and resolution, which is vital for video planning.

What if I find a photo and want related ideas? +

Use the get_similar tool. By feeding it an asset ID, your agent finds visually matching compositions and aesthetic patterns, giving you creative alternatives instantly.