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Google Photos integration for Claude and Codex

Create a Google Photos connection, then control which Spaces can use its approved tools and data without pasting credentials into prompts or threads.

Use Google Photos from Claude

Add the Google Photos connection to a Space that runs Claude, then use it from every channel in that Space.

Use Google Photos from Codex

Add the Google Photos connection to a Space that runs Codex, then use it from every channel in that Space.

Use Google Photos from Sidekick

Connect your own OpenClaw to Sidekick while type.com provides the conversations, permissions, connections, skills, and automations.

Design & Media

What the Google Photos connector can do

Google Photos stores and organizes photos and videos with automatic backups and shared albums. With a Google Photos connection in type.com, a marketing or events Space can ask Claude to create an album, batch-upload a set of images, or pull existing media items, so the whole team works from the same organized library instead of searching individually.

One connection, many Spaces

Connect Google Photos once, then decide which Spaces can use it in threads, skills, automations, and coding work.

What teams do with Google Photos in type.com

Build an album after an event

Once photos from a shoot or event are uploaded somewhere, ask the agent to create a Google Photos album and group the right media items into it.

Try asking
Create a Google Photos album called Q4 Launch Event and add these ten media items to it.

Batch upload a folder of assets

Hand the agent a list of image URLs and it creates the media items in Google Photos in one pass instead of uploading them one at a time.

Try asking
Batch create media items in Google Photos from these 20 product photo URLs.

Pull specific media items for a deck

Reference known media item IDs and get the matching files back, useful when building a presentation from an existing shared library.

Try asking
Get these five Google Photos media items by ID so I can drop them into the deck.

Representative actions

  • Add Enrichment

    Inserts a caption, map, or other enrichment at a chosen position inside a Google Photos album.

  • Batch Add Media Items

    Adds a group of existing media items to a specified Google Photos album in one call.

  • Batch Create Media Items

    Uploads multiple photos or videos at once from public URLs or files and creates them as media items.

  • Batch Get Media Items

    Looks up several media items at once using their IDs and returns their details.

  • Create Album

    Starts a new Google Photos album that media items can be added to.

Connection

API and auth details

Google Photos developer APIs support OAuth-authorized access to media workflows such as selecting photos with Picker API and, where available, library resources such as albums, media items, uploads, and sharing-related operations.

FAQ

Questions people ask before connecting Google Photos

Can Claude manage Google Photos albums in type.com?

Yes. Once a Google Photos connection is shared with a Space, you can ask the agent to create albums, batch-upload photos, or fetch media items, and the results show up for everyone in the thread.

How does type.com sign in to Google Photos?

Google Photos uses OAuth, so an admin signs in once when creating the connection and picks which Spaces can use it. Nobody pastes a token into a prompt.

Can photo organizing run automatically?

Yes. You can turn a recurring task, such as building a weekly album from newly uploaded media, into a type.com automation.

Is this the same as a Google Photos MCP server?

Not exactly. type.com uses connectors and connections to give selected Spaces access to approved app tools and data. Some connectors use hosted MCP, while others use OAuth, API keys, service accounts, or custom APIs.

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