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.

Imagify supports two connection methods: OAuth (recommended) for a quick setup, or manual configuration for advanced environments.

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 Imagify MCP Abilities

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.

Example:

Step 2: Connect your AI assistant to Imagify

Imagify supports two ways to connect your AI assistant.

2.1 Connect using OAuth (Recommended)

OAuth provides the quickest way to connect your AI assistant to your WordPress site. Simply sign in to your WordPress site and authorize the connection—no manual configuration or Application Password is required.

Supported AI assistants:

• Connect Claude Desktop

2.2 Manual Configuration (Advanced)

If OAuth isn’t available for your environment, you can manually configure your AI assistant using an Application Password and MCP configuration.

Continue below to generate an Application Password before configuring your AI assistant.

2.2.1 Prepare your WordPress site

Before configuring your AI assistant, you’ll need:

• Connect your WordPress site with manual configuration

2.2.2 Connect your AI assistant

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

• Connect Claude Desktop to Imagify
• Connect GitHub Copilot to Imagify
• Connect OpenAI Codex to Imagify

Step 3: Get started with Imagify MCP

Try these examples

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?

Example prompts

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