# mcp-preflight

Routes assistant requests across ImageKit DAM, Admin, and DevTools MCP servers. Prevents calling the wrong endpoint for media, storage, or documentation tasks.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 481 installs · ★ 2
- Author: imagekit-developer
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/imagekit-developer/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/mcp-preflight/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-09
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/mcp-preflight

## What it does

This skill guides the agent to the right ImageKit hosted MCP server. Media operations such as file discovery, uploads, metadata updates, and cache clearing target DAM. Origin management for external storage like S3 or Azure, URL endpoints, and account usage metrics go to Admin. DevTools handles documentation queries and URL transformation generation.

Both DAM and Admin require their own connection and ImageKit account login. DevTools needs no credentials. Missing tools mean the specific server was not linked or lacks granted permissions.

The skill bans inlining raw file bytes or base64 into chat context. It instructs the model to filter searches on the remote server and generate image URLs with `transformation_builder` instead of assembling query strings manually.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add imagekit-developer/skills --skill mcp-preflight -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/mcp-preflight/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/mcp-preflight/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add imagekit-developer/skills --skill mcp-preflight -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/mcp-preflight/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add imagekit-developer/skills --skill mcp-preflight -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/mcp-preflight/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install imagekit-developer/skills mcp-preflight
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/mcp-preflight/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add imagekit-developer/skills --skill mcp-preflight -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/imagekit-developer/skills --path skills/mcp-preflight
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/mcp-preflight/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add imagekit-developer/skills --skill mcp-preflight -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/imagekit-developer/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/mcp-preflight/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- route agent commands to the correct ImageKit MCP endpoint
- configure external cloud storage origins via Admin MCP
- build image transformation URLs without manual string crafting
- look up SDK parameters and API features through DevTools search

## Example prompts
- Check our ImageKit bandwidth usage via the Admin MCP server
- Build a resized image transformation URL using DevTools
- Find all catalog assets tagged hero in the DAM media library

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: mcp-preflight
description: "Routing guide for ImageKit's MCP servers (DAM, Admin, DevTools). Use before any ImageKit MCP call. DAM: media library search, upload, organize, share. Admin: origins, external storage, URL endpoints, account usage, usage analytics. DevTools: docs search and transformation URLs."
---

# MCP Preflight

ImageKit has three hosted MCP servers. Call the one that matches the job.

| Job | Server | Then |
|-----|--------|------|
| Search, upload, organize, tag, share, metadata, collections, path policies, public links, cache purge | DAM (`https://imagekit.io/mcp/dam`) | See skills below when the task is search, upload, sharing, or AI tasks |
| Origins / external storage (S3, GCS, Azure, web server, …) | Admin (`https://imagekit.io/mcp/admin`) | `list_origins`, `create_origin`, `get_origin`, `update_origin`, `delete_origin` |
| URL endpoints | Admin | `list_url_endpoints`, `create_url_endpoint`, `get_url_endpoint`, `update_url_endpoint`, `delete_url_endpoint` |
| Account usage totals or usage analytics | Admin | `get_account_usage`, `get_account_usage_analytics` |
| "How do I…", API/SDK details, whether a feature exists | DevTools `search_docs` | Read the `search-docs` skill first |
| Build a transformation URL | DevTools `transformation_builder` | Read the `transformation-builder` skill first |
| Integrate ImageKit into an app, CMS, or framework | — | Read `imagekit-integrations` to pick the SDK/plugin, then `search_docs` for details |

DAM and Admin each need a separate connection and ImageKit sign-in. DevTools does not. If a tool you need is missing, the user has not connected that server (or has not granted that permission).

## When a skill actually helps

Most DAM and Admin tools are self-explanatory. Read a companion skill only for the cases below — they have calling conventions that the tool schema does not make obvious.

| Task | Skill |
|------|--------|
| Search / filter / list assets | `search-assets` — Lucene `searchQuery`, and you must discover custom metadata fields and tags before guessing |
| Upload a file | `upload-files` — picker vs signed upload; never put file bytes in chat |
| Who can access a file, folder, or collection; grant or revoke access | `asset-access-control` — file/folder ACL tools are not the same as collection ACL tools |
| Create or apply AI tagging / metadata / QC workflows | `ai-tasks` — payload shape, vocabularies, and how they attach to saved extensions |
| Which SDK, plugin, or widget to use for a stack | `imagekit-integrations` — then `search_docs` for implementation details |

## Rules

1. **DAM for the media library. Admin for origins, URL endpoints, usage, and usage analytics.** Do not search DAM for origins or usage, and do not look for file tools on Admin.
2. **Never inline file bytes** (no base64, no paths as file contents). See `upload-files`.
3. **Filter search on the server** with `search_media_library`. See `search-assets`.
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