Imagify AI Assistants (MCP)

Overview

This documentation explains how to leverage MCP capabilities with Imagify to automate image optimization, monitor your media library, and perform actions directly through your preferred AI assistant.
This page is designed for two types of users:

Advanced users who already understand MCP concepts and want to quickly connect Imagify and start using practical workflows.
New users who are exploring MCP for the first time and want a simple introduction before getting started.

In both cases, you’ll get practical examples to get started and enjoy managing your plugin through your favorite AI assistant.

Step 1: Understanding MCP Abilities with Imagify

What is MCP?

MCP (Model Context Protocol) allows AI assistants to securely interact with applications like WordPress plugins.
Instead of manually navigating through your WordPress dashboard, MCP enables you to:

Ask questions in natural language
Trigger plugin actions
Retrieve plugin data
Automate repetitive workflows
Monitor and manage your website faster

Think of it as giving your AI assistant secure access to specific plugin capabilities.

For example

Step 2: Connect Imagify

You only need to configure your AI assistant once per website. After setup, your AI assistant can securely interact with all your plugins exposing MCP abilities, including Imagify.

2.1 Make your WordPress site accessible to your AI assistant

Before configuring your AI assistant, you’ll need:

your WordPress username
an Application Password generated from your WordPress profile

Steps

Log in to your WordPress admin dashboard.
Go to Users → Profile.
Scroll down to the Application Passwords section.
Enter a name for the application password.
Example: AI assistant
Click Add New Application Password.
Copy the generated password and keep it somewhere safe.

You’ll use the following information in the next step:

WordPress site URL
WordPress username
Application Password

2.2 Connect your AI assistant to your WordPress site

Select your AI assistant below, then choose either the OAuth (recommended) or Manual Configuration setup instructions.:

Step 3: Get started

Make your life easier

Update all your websites with confidence.

👤 Example: can you review the image optimization health of all my client websites and tell me which one needs my attention?

What else you can do

Once connected, your AI assistant can help you:

Optimization Monitoring

Check the optimization status of your images
👤 Example: is the last image I uploaded optimized in Imagify
💻 Abilities: /get-media-status
Review your optimization statistics
👤 Example: show me how much space Imagify has saved on my site
💻 Abilities: /get-stats
Check next-gen format coverage
👤 Example: how many of my images are missing a WebP or AVIF version?
💻 Abilities: /get-backup-health-status
Monitor your quota usage
👤 Example: do i have enough credits to optimize all my unprocessed images?
💻 Abilities: /get-account

Optimization Management

Optimize images on demand
👤 Example: optimize the hero image I just uploaded
💻 Abilities: /optimize-media
Restore original images
👤 Example: the homepage hero looks wrong after compression – restore it
💻 Abilities: /optimize-media
Review optimization settings
👤 Example: check if my optimization settings look correct
💻 Abilities: /get-settings

Troubleshooting

Investigate unoptimized images
👤 Example: why isn’t my latest image optimized?
💻 Abilities: /get-media-status
Verify your API key and plan
👤 Example: check if my Imagify API key is working properly
💻 Abilities: /get-account
Review your compression settings
👤 Example: what compression level am I using?
💻 Abilities: /get-settings
Surface missing next-gen versions
👤 Example: find any images missing a next-gen version?
💻 Abilities: /get-nextgen-coverage

Advanced skills

We created more advanced skills for you to do the following.

Activity report

# Mission

Create a .pdf document that summarizes for the website owner the state of their image optimization.

# Format

In the header of the page, include the following information:
- URL of the website
- Date and time

In the content of the page, include:
- Total number of images
- Number of optimized images
- Number of images waiting to be optimized
- Number of optimization errors, if any
- Total original size
- Total optimized size
- Total disk space saved
- Average optimization percentage
- Current optimization level (Normal, Aggressive, or Ultra)
- WebP status
- AVIF status

At the top of the page, highlight your summary, specifically:
- Whether all images are optimized
- Whether there are images waiting to be optimized
- Whether any optimizations failed
- The total storage saved thanks to Imagify

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