get-photo
Get full metadata for a single photo by UUID.
How to use it
get-photo is exposed by the Apple Photos MCP MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the get-photo tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.
Install Apple Photos MCP
claude mcp add apple-photos -s user -- npx -y apple-photos-mcpOther tools in Apple Photos MCP (39)
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Run a full setup diagnostic — six checks: the resolved Python interpreter (path + version — warns when it's older than the required 3.11, with brew install python@3.12 advice), osxphotos installation, sidecar mode (persistent vs one-shot fallback, plus the last respawn), the write-tools gate (enable
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Get full metadata for a batch of photos (up to 50) in one call — the batch equivalent of get-photo, for dedupe reviews, EXIF audits, and captioning passes.
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Verify osxphotos is installed and the Photos library can be opened.
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High-level stats about the Photos library.
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Search the library with combinable filters. Returns photo summaries with UUIDs — use get-photo for full details on a specific match.
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