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Set up Cloudinary MCP in Claude Desktop

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

1

Locate the config file

Claude Desktop reads MCP server configuration from the following file:

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Create this file if it does not already exist.

2

Add the configuration

Add the following to your Claude Desktop 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 Desktop. 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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