Two ways to connect
Run Avlok’s server locally for Claude Desktop, with nothing leaving your device. Or turn on Cloud AI Access to reach your library from Claude on the web and ChatGPT.
Avlok Docs
Connect your photo library to Claude, ChatGPT, and other AI assistants. This is the technical reference for the Avlok MCP server, the tools it exposes, and how to wire it up.
What this is
Section titled “What this is”Avlok lets you find any photo on your computer by describing it. Beyond the app itself, Avlok exposes its library to AI assistants over MCP, the Model Context Protocol, the open standard that assistants like Claude and ChatGPT use to reach external tools.
Once connected, your assistant can search your photos, look up details, find pictures from a place or a trip, and reference the people you have named, all on your terms. These docs cover how that connection works and what each tool does.
A choice of how much stays local
By default, everything you search stays on your computer. Cloud features are opt-in, and you choose what to share. See how Avlok handles your data.
A full tool inventory
Search, library stats, photo details, locations, trips, people, and more. Each tool is documented with its inputs and what it returns.
Built on an open standard
MCP over Streamable HTTP, OAuth 2.1 for cloud access, and a local stdio server for desktop. Any compliant MCP client can connect.
Jump in
Section titled “Jump in”OverviewWhat the Avlok MCP server is and how the pieces fit together.
How Avlok handles your dataThe two ways Avlok works, and exactly what leaves your device in each.
Connect Claude DesktopThe local, no-cloud path. Flip a toggle, copy the config, done.
Tool inventoryEvery tool the server exposes, at a glance.