How to integrate Cloudinary MCP with Google ADK

This guide walks you through connecting Cloudinary to Google ADK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Cloudinary agent that can create a new folder for event photos, delete derived assets with ids [123,456], set up upload preset with watermarking through natural language commands. This guide will help you understand how to give your Google ADK agent real control over a Cloudinary account through Composio's Cloudinary MCP server. Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at the key ideas and tools involved.

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Introduction

This guide walks you through connecting Cloudinary to Google ADK using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Cloudinary agent that can create a new folder for event photos, delete derived assets with ids [123,456], set up upload preset with watermarking through natural language commands.

This guide will help you understand how to give your Google ADK agent real control over a Cloudinary account through Composio's Cloudinary MCP server.

Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at the key ideas and tools involved.

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TL;DR

Here's what you'll learn:
  • Get a Cloudinary account set up and connected to Composio
  • Install the Google ADK and Composio packages
  • Create a Composio Tool Router session for Cloudinary
  • Build an agent that connects to Cloudinary through MCP
  • Interact with Cloudinary using natural language

What is Google ADK?

Google ADK (Agents Development Kit) is Google's framework for building AI agents powered by Gemini models. It provides tools for creating agents that can use external services through the Model Context Protocol.

Key features include:

  • Gemini Integration: Native support for Google's Gemini models
  • MCP Toolset: Built-in support for Model Context Protocol tools
  • Streamable HTTP: Connect to external services through streamable HTTP
  • CLI and Web UI: Run agents via command line or web interface

What is the Cloudinary MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Cloudinary MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Cloudinary account. It provides structured and secure access to your digital asset management system, so your agent can perform actions like organizing folders, creating metadata fields, managing upload presets, and handling asset deletion on your behalf.

  • Automated folder and asset organization: Easily instruct your agent to create new asset folders or remove empty ones, keeping your Cloudinary library tidy and structured.
  • Metadata management: Let your agent create custom metadata fields or delete obsolete ones, extending and refining your asset tagging and search capabilities.
  • Preset and upload mapping creation: Have your agent set up upload presets with specific options or define dynamic folder mappings, automating consistent upload processes across your assets.
  • Resource and derived asset cleanup: Direct your agent to permanently delete assets by ID or remove unnecessary derived resources, ensuring your storage stays efficient and clutter-free.
  • Datasource entry management: Ask your agent to inactivate or delete specific datasource entries from metadata fields, keeping your metadata schema accurate and up to date.

What is the Composio tool router, and how does it fit here?

What is Composio SDK?

Composio's Composio SDK helps agents find the right tools for a task at runtime. You can plug in multiple toolkits (like Gmail, HubSpot, and GitHub), and the agent will identify the relevant app and action to complete multi-step workflows. This can reduce token usage and improve the reliability of tool calls. Read more here: Getting started with Composio SDK

The tool router generates a secure MCP URL that your agents can access to perform actions.

How the Composio SDK works

The Composio SDK follows a three-phase workflow:

  1. Discovery: Searches for tools matching your task and returns relevant toolkits with their details.
  2. Authentication: Checks for active connections. If missing, creates an auth config and returns a connection URL via Auth Link.
  3. Execution: Executes the action using the authenticated connection.

Step-by-step Guide

Step by step09 STEPS
1

Prerequisites

Before starting, make sure you have:
  • A Google API key for Gemini models
  • A Composio account and API key
  • Python 3.9 or later installed
  • Basic familiarity with Python
2

Getting API Keys for Google and Composio

Google API Key
  • Go to Google AI Studio and create an API key.
  • Copy the key and keep it safe. You will put this in GOOGLE_API_KEY.
Composio API Key and User ID
  • Log in to the Composio dashboard.
  • Go to Settings → API Keys and copy your Composio API key. Use this for COMPOSIO_API_KEY.
  • Decide on a stable user identifier to scope sessions, often your email or a user ID. Use this for COMPOSIO_USER_ID.
3

Install dependencies

bash
pip install google-adk composio python-dotenv

Inside your virtual environment, install the required packages.

What's happening:

  • google-adk is Google's Agents Development Kit
  • composio connects your agent to Cloudinary via MCP
  • python-dotenv loads environment variables
4

Set up ADK project

bash
adk create my_agent

Set up a new Google ADK project.

What's happening:

  • This creates an agent folder with a root agent file and .env file
5

Set environment variables

bash
GOOGLE_API_KEY=your-google-api-key
COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your-composio-api-key
COMPOSIO_USER_ID=your-user-id-or-email

Save all your credentials in the .env file.

What's happening:

  • GOOGLE_API_KEY authenticates with Google's Gemini models
  • COMPOSIO_API_KEY authenticates with Composio
  • COMPOSIO_USER_ID identifies the user for session management
6

Import modules and validate environment

python
import os
import warnings

from composio import Composio
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from google.adk.agents.llm_agent import Agent
from google.adk.tools.mcp_tool.mcp_session_manager import StreamableHTTPConnectionParams
from google.adk.tools.mcp_tool.mcp_toolset import McpToolset

load_dotenv()

warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", message=".*BaseAuthenticatedTool.*")

GOOGLE_API_KEY = os.getenv("GOOGLE_API_KEY")
COMPOSIO_API_KEY = os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY")
COMPOSIO_USER_ID = os.getenv("COMPOSIO_USER_ID")

if not GOOGLE_API_KEY:
    raise ValueError("GOOGLE_API_KEY is not set in the environment.")
if not COMPOSIO_API_KEY:
    raise ValueError("COMPOSIO_API_KEY is not set in the environment.")
if not COMPOSIO_USER_ID:
    raise ValueError("COMPOSIO_USER_ID is not set in the environment.")
What's happening:
  • os reads environment variables
  • Composio is the main Composio SDK client
  • GoogleProvider declares that you are using Google ADK as the agent runtime
  • Agent is the Google ADK LLM agent class
  • McpToolset lets the ADK agent call MCP tools over HTTP
7

Create Composio client and Tool Router session

python
composio_client = Composio(api_key=COMPOSIO_API_KEY)

composio_session = composio_client.create(
    user_id=COMPOSIO_USER_ID,
    toolkits=["cloudinary"],
)

COMPOSIO_MCP_URL = composio_session.mcp.url,
print(f"Composio MCP URL: {COMPOSIO_MCP_URL}")
What's happening:
  • Authenticates to Composio with your API key
  • Declares Google ADK as the provider
  • Spins up a short-lived MCP endpoint for your user and selected toolkit
  • Stores the MCP HTTP URL for the ADK MCP integration
8

Set up the McpToolset and create the Agent

python
composio_toolset = McpToolset(
    connection_params=StreamableHTTPConnectionParams(
        url=COMPOSIO_MCP_URL,
        headers={"x-api-key": COMPOSIO_API_KEY}
    )
)

root_agent = Agent(
    model="gemini-2.5-flash",
    name="composio_agent",
    description="An agent that uses Composio tools to perform actions.",
    instruction=(
        "You are a helpful assistant connected to Composio. "
        "You have the following tools available: "
        "COMPOSIO_SEARCH_TOOLS, COMPOSIO_MULTI_EXECUTE_TOOL, "
        "COMPOSIO_MANAGE_CONNECTIONS, COMPOSIO_REMOTE_BASH_TOOL, COMPOSIO_REMOTE_WORKBENCH. "
        "Use these tools to help users with Cloudinary operations."
    ),
    tools=[composio_toolset],
)

print("\nAgent setup complete. You can now run this agent directly ;)")
What's happening:
  • Connects the ADK agent to the Composio MCP endpoint through McpToolset
  • Uses Gemini as the model powering the agent
  • Lists exact tool names in instruction to reduce misnamed tool calls
9

Run the agent

bash
# Run in CLI mode
adk run my_agent

# Or run in web UI mode
adk web

Execute the agent from the project root. The web command opens a web portal where you can chat with the agent.

What's happening:

  • adk run runs the agent in CLI mode
  • adk web . opens a web UI for interactive testing

Complete Code

Here's the complete code to get you started with Cloudinary and Google ADK:

python
import os
import warnings

from composio import Composio
from composio_google import GoogleProvider
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from google.adk.agents.llm_agent import Agent
from google.adk.tools.mcp_tool.mcp_session_manager import StreamableHTTPConnectionParams
from google.adk.tools.mcp_tool.mcp_toolset import McpToolset

load_dotenv()
warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", message=".*BaseAuthenticatedTool.*")

GOOGLE_API_KEY = os.getenv("GOOGLE_API_KEY")
COMPOSIO_API_KEY = os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY")
COMPOSIO_USER_ID = os.getenv("COMPOSIO_USER_ID")

if not GOOGLE_API_KEY:
    raise ValueError("GOOGLE_API_KEY is not set in the environment.")
if not COMPOSIO_API_KEY:
    raise ValueError("COMPOSIO_API_KEY is not set in the environment.")
if not COMPOSIO_USER_ID:
    raise ValueError("COMPOSIO_USER_ID is not set in the environment.")

composio_client = Composio(api_key=COMPOSIO_API_KEY, provider=GoogleProvider())

composio_session = composio_client.create(
    user_id=COMPOSIO_USER_ID,
    toolkits=["cloudinary"],
)

COMPOSIO_MCP_URL = composio_session.mcp.url


composio_toolset = McpToolset(
    connection_params=StreamableHTTPConnectionParams(
        url=COMPOSIO_MCP_URL,
        headers={"x-api-key": COMPOSIO_API_KEY}
    )
)

root_agent = Agent(
    model="gemini-2.5-flash",
    name="composio_agent",
    description="An agent that uses Composio tools to perform actions.",
    instruction=(
        "You are a helpful assistant connected to Composio. "
        "You have the following tools available: "
        "COMPOSIO_SEARCH_TOOLS, COMPOSIO_MULTI_EXECUTE_TOOL, "
        "COMPOSIO_MANAGE_CONNECTIONS, COMPOSIO_REMOTE_BASH_TOOL, COMPOSIO_REMOTE_WORKBENCH. "
        "Use these tools to help users with Cloudinary operations."
    ),  
    tools=[composio_toolset],
)

print("\nAgent setup complete. You can now run this agent directly ;)")

Conclusion

You've successfully integrated Cloudinary with the Google ADK through Composio's MCP Tool Router. Your agent can now interact with Cloudinary using natural language commands.

Key takeaways:

  • The Tool Router approach dynamically routes requests to the appropriate Cloudinary tools
  • Environment variables keep your credentials secure and separate from code
  • Clear agent instructions reduce tool calling errors
  • The ADK web UI provides an interactive interface for testing and development

You can extend this setup by adding more toolkits to the toolkits array in your session configuration.

TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Cloudinary action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Activate Live Stream

Tool to manually activate a Cloudinary live stream.

Create Asset Relations by Asset ID

Tool to add related assets by asset ID.

Create Asset Relations by Public ID

Tool to create relations between assets by public ID.

Create Folder

Tool to create a new asset folder.

Create Image from Text

Tool to create an image from text using Cloudinary's text generation API.

Create Live Stream

Tool to create a new live stream in Cloudinary.

Create Live Stream Output

Tool to create a new live stream output configuration.

Create Metadata Field

Tool to create a new metadata field definition.

Create Metadata Rule

Tool to create a new conditional metadata rule.

Create Multi-Resource Animation

Tool to create an animated image, video, or PDF from a set of images.

Create Slideshow

Tool to create an auto-generated video slideshow from existing Cloudinary assets.

Create Streaming Profile

Tool to create a new adaptive streaming profile in your Cloudinary account.

Create Transformation

Tool to create a new named transformation by assigning a custom name to a set of transformation parameters.

Create Trigger

Tool to create a new webhook trigger for a specified event type.

Create Upload Mapping

Tool to create a new upload mapping folder and URL template.

Create Upload Preset

Tool to create a new upload preset.

Delete Asset Relations by Asset ID

Tool to delete asset relations by asset ID.

Delete Asset Relations by Public ID

Tool to delete asset relations by public ID.

Delete Derived Resources

Tool to delete derived assets.

Delete Metadata Field Datasource Entries

Tool to delete datasource entries for a specified metadata field.

Delete Folder

Tool to delete an empty asset folder.

Delete Live Stream

Tool to delete a live stream from Cloudinary.

Delete Live Stream Output

Tool to delete a live stream output from Cloudinary.

Delete Metadata Field

Tool to delete a metadata field by external ID.

Delete Metadata Rule

Tool to delete a conditional metadata rule by its ID.

Delete Resources by Asset ID

Tool to delete resources by asset IDs.

Delete Resources by Public ID

Tool to delete Cloudinary resources by public ID, prefix, or all resources.

Delete Resources by Tags

Tool to delete Cloudinary assets by tag.

Delete Streaming Profile

Tool to delete a custom streaming profile or revert a built-in profile to original settings.

Delete Transformation (v2)

Tool to delete a named transformation from your Cloudinary account.

Delete Trigger

Tool to delete a trigger (webhook notification).

Delete Upload Mapping

Tool to delete a folder upload mapping.

Delete Upload Preset

Tool to delete an upload preset from the account.

Destroy Asset

Tool to permanently destroy a Cloudinary asset/resource by public ID.

Destroy Asset by ID

Tool to delete an asset by its immutable asset ID.

Explicit Resource Update

Tool to update an existing asset and/or eagerly generate derived transformations using Cloudinary's Explicit API.

Explode Multi-Page Resource

Tool to create derived images from multi-page files (PDF, PSD, TIFF, animated GIF) by exploding them into separate images.

Generate Archive

Tool to create an archive (ZIP or TGZ file) containing a set of assets from your Cloudinary environment.

Get Adaptive Streaming Profiles

Tool to list adaptive streaming profiles.

Get Analysis Task Status

Tool to get the status of an analysis task.

Get product environment config details

Tool to get product environment config details.

Get Live Stream

Tool to get details of a single live stream by ID.

Get Live Stream Output

Tool to get details of a single live stream output.

Get Live Stream Outputs

Tool to get a list of live stream outputs.

Get Live Streams

Tool to get a list of live streams from Cloudinary.

Get Metadata Field By ID

Tool to get a single metadata field definition by external ID.

Get Resource by Asset ID

Get Resource by Asset ID

Get Resource by Public ID

Tool to get details of a single resource by public ID.

Get Resources by Asset Folder

Tool to list assets stored directly in a specified folder.

Get Resources by Context

Tool to retrieve assets with a specified contextual metadata key/value.

Get Resources in Moderation

Tool to retrieve assets in a moderation queue by status.

Get Root Folders

Tool to list all root folders in the product environment.

Get Streaming Profile Details

Tool to get details of a single streaming profile by name.

Get Resource Tags

Tool to list all tags used for a specified resource type.

Get Transformation

Tool to retrieve details of a specific transformation.

Get Transformations

Tool to list all transformations (named and unnamed).

List Webhook Triggers

Tool to list all webhook triggers for event types in your environment.

Get Upload Mapping Details

Tool to retrieve details of a single upload mapping by folder.

Get Upload Mappings

Tool to list all upload mappings.

Get Upload Preset

Tool to retrieve details of a single upload preset by name.

Get Usage

Tool to get product environment usage details.

Get Video Views

Tool to get video analytics views from Cloudinary.

Idle Live Stream

Tool to manually idle a Cloudinary live stream.

List Images

Tool to list image assets from Cloudinary.

List Metadata Fields

Tool to list all structured metadata fields defined in your Cloudinary product environment.

List Metadata Rules

Tool to retrieve all conditional metadata rules defined in your Cloudinary account.

List Raw Files

Tool to list raw assets from Cloudinary.

List Resources by Asset IDs

Tool to retrieve multiple resources by their asset IDs.

List Resources by External IDs

Tool to retrieve resources by their external IDs.

List Resources by Tag

Tool to list resources (assets) with a specified tag.

List Resources by Type

Tool to retrieve resources (assets) by resource type and storage type.

List Resource Types

Tool to list all available resource types in your Cloudinary product environment.

List Upload Presets

Tool to list all upload presets configured in the account.

List Video Assets

Tool to list video assets from Cloudinary.

Manage Context Metadata

Tool to add or remove contextual metadata on Cloudinary assets.

Order Metadata Field Datasource

Tool to update ordering of a metadata field datasource.

Ping Cloudinary Servers

Tool to ping Cloudinary servers.

Publish Resources

Tool to publish Cloudinary assets by public IDs, prefix, or tag.

Rename or Move Resource Public ID

Tool to rename an asset's public ID using Cloudinary's rename endpoint.

Reorder Metadata Field

Tool to change the position of a specific metadata field.

Reorder Metadata Fields

Tool to reorder all metadata fields in the product environment.

Restore Metadata Field Datasource Entries

Tool to restore previously deleted datasource entries for a metadata field.

Restore Deleted Resources

Tool to restore deleted Cloudinary resources by public IDs.

Restore Resources by Asset IDs

Tool to restore backed up assets by asset IDs.

Search Assets

Tool to search and filter assets using powerful query expressions.

Search Datasource in Metadata Field

Tool to search datasource values in a metadata field.

Search Folders

Tool to search asset folders with filtering, sorting, and pagination.

Search All Metadata Field Datasources

Tool to search across all metadata field datasources.

Visual Search Assets

Tool to find images in your asset library based on visual similarity or content.

Show Folder

Tool to list sub-folders within a specified folder.

Update Asset Metadata

Tool to populate or update metadata field values on one or more Cloudinary assets.

Update Folder

Tool to rename or move an existing asset folder.

Update Live Stream

Tool to update a live stream's configuration in Cloudinary.

Update Live Stream Output

Tool to modify an existing live stream output configuration.

Update Metadata Field

Tool to update a metadata field definition by external ID.

Update Metadata Field Datasource

Tool to update the datasource (allowed values) for a metadata field.

Update Metadata Rule

Tool to update an existing conditional metadata rule.

Update Resource by Asset ID

Tool to update asset properties by asset ID in Cloudinary.

Update Resource by Public ID

Tool to update asset properties by public ID in Cloudinary.

Update Resource Tags

Tool to add, remove, replace, or remove all tags for one or more Cloudinary assets.

Update Streaming Profile

Tool to modify an existing adaptive streaming profile's configuration.

Update Transformation (v2)

Tool to update the definition of an existing named transformation.

Update Trigger

Tool to update the callback URL of an existing webhook trigger.

Update Upload Mapping

Tool to update an existing upload mapping by changing its remote URL template.

Update Upload Preset

Tool to update an existing upload preset's configuration settings.

Upload Asset

Tool to upload media assets (images, videos, raw files) to Cloudinary.

Upload File Chunk

Tool to upload a single chunk of a large file to Cloudinary.

Upload File (Auto Detect)

Tool to upload files with automatic resource type detection.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Cloudinary MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Cloudinary tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Cloudinary and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. Google ADK fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Cloudinary tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Cloudinary scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Cloudinary data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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