How do I get a Flickr API Key?

Visit the [**Flickr App Garden**](https://www.flickr.com/services/apps/create/), choose 'Apply for your Key online', and follow the prompts to create a non-commercial or commercial app.

Can I search for photos in a specific user's album?

Yes! Use the `get_album_photos` tool and provide the `user_id` (NSID) and the `photoset_id` to retrieve the contents of a specific public album.

How do I find a user's NSID?

You can find the NSID in the user's profile URL or by using external lookup tools. It usually looks like `12345678@N00`.

Flickr MCP Connector for Claude

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Browse, search, and manage photo collections on Flickr with access to one of the largest creative photography communities online.

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Connect your Flickr account to any AI agent and take full control of your public photo discovery and image management workflows through natural conversation.

What you can do

Visual Orchestration — Search across billions of public photos programmatically using keywords and retrieve detailed technical metadata including dimensions and source URLs
Trend Intelligence — Monitor real-time 'hot' tags and explore photos marked as 'interesting' by Flickr algorithms to keep your content strategies culturally relevant
User & Album Navigation — List public albums (photosets) and retrieve complete photo directories for specific user IDs to maintain a high-fidelity visual context
Metadata Retrieval — Access granular details for specific photos, including titles, descriptions, and capture dates directly through your agent
Community Discovery — Search for public groups and retrieve photos from group pools to identify niche visual communities and content patterns

How it works

Subscribe to this server
Retrieve your API Key from the Flickr App Garden (Create an App)
Start discovering and managing public visual media from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client

No more manual scrubbing through photo galleries to find specific references. Your AI acts as your dedicated visual research assistant.

Who is this for?

Content Curators — instantly find relevant public images for mood boards and research using natural language queries
Creative Strategists — monitor visual trends and trending tags across the Flickr community without leaving your workspace
Developers — integrate high-quality public photo search and album metadata into custom internal tools and dashboards

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