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Set up Cloudinary MCP in Claude Code

Upload, transform, search, and manage images and videos on Cloudinary with asset management, folder operations, and usage metrics.

1

Locate the config file

Claude Code reads MCP server configuration from the following file:

~/.claude.json

Create this file if it does not already exist.

2

Add the configuration

You can configure Cloudinary MCP using the CLI command or by editing the config file directly.

Option A: CLI command

bash
claude mcp add cloudinary-mcp -e CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME=YOUR_CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME -e CLOUDINARY_API_KEY=YOUR_CLOUDINARY_API_KEY -e CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET=YOUR_CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET -- npx -y @cloudinary/asset-management-mcp

Option B: Config file

json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cloudinary-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cloudinary/asset-management-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME": "YOUR_CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME",
        "CLOUDINARY_API_KEY": "YOUR_CLOUDINARY_API_KEY",
        "CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET": "YOUR_CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET"
      }
    }
  }
}
3

Set up environment variables

Cloudinary MCP requires the following environment variables:

CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAMERequired

Cloudinary cloud name

CLOUDINARY_API_KEYRequired

Cloudinary API key

CLOUDINARY_API_SECRETRequired

Cloudinary API secret

4

Verify it works

Restart Claude Code. Cloudinary MCP should appear in your MCP server list with 14 tools available.

This server adds approximately 7,210 tokens to your context window for tool definitions.

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