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15 added, 19 removed. Audit A to B.
---
- name: "Archive and reorganize local photo libraries with photo-cli"
- slug: "archive-and-reorganize-local-photo-libraries-with-photo-cli"
+ title: "Archive and reorganize local photo libraries with photo-cli"
description: "Use photo-cli when an agent needs to normalize a local photo archive by reading capture metadata, reverse geocoding locations, and rebuilding a cleaner folder structure without moving into a hosted photo platform."
- github_stars: 68
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/photo-cli/photo-cli"
author: "photo-cli contributors"
publisher_type: "open_source_project"
- category: "Image & Creative Automation"
- framework: "Multi-Framework"
+ category:
+ - "Image & Creative Automation"
+ framework:
+ - "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
github_repo: "photo-cli/photo-cli"
github_stars: 68
---
# Archive and reorganize local photo libraries with photo-cli
Use photo-cli when an agent needs to normalize a local photo archive by reading capture metadata, reverse geocoding locations, and rebuilding a cleaner folder structure without moving into a hosted photo platform.
## Prerequisites
photo-cli, access to the source photo library, destination storage for the reorganized archive
## Installation
- Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- - npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector {photo-cli-standalone-executable-or-dotnet-tool-path-or-docker-command} mcp --input {archive-folder-path}
- - npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector photo-cli mcp --input {archive-folder-path}
- - docker run --rm --volume ./test-photographs:/photos/input --volume ./archive:/photos/output photocli/photocli archive --input /photos/input --output /photos/output --album-type DateRange --album-name My-Album --auto-r...
+ Choose whichever fits your setup:
- Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- - This application can be installed by Homebrew (macOS & Linux), container (Docker, Podman), standalone executable (without dependency and SDK) or as .NET tool.
- - A photo archive folder created with photo-cli archive (must contain the photo-cli.db SQLite database).
- - "command": "{photo-cli-standalone-executable-or-dotnet-tool-path-or-docker-command}",
+ 1. Copy this skill folder into your local skills directory.
+ 2. Clone the repo and symlink or copy the skill into your agent workspace.
+ 3. Add the repo as a git submodule if you manage shared skills centrally.
+ 4. Install it through your internal provisioning or packaging workflow.
+ 5. Download the folder directly from GitHub and place it in your skills collection.
- Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- - [](https-://www.nuget.org/packages/photo-cli/) [](https://www.nuget.o...
- - [Features Explained With An Example](#features-explained-with-examples)
- - [Sample Usage Screenshots](#sample-usage-screenshots)
+ Install command or upstream instructions:
- - Source: https://github.com/photo-cli/photo-cli
- - Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/photo-cli/photo-cli/HEAD/README.md
+ ```
+ Install photo-cli using one of the documented release methods, choose the source library and destination folder, then run the archive or copy workflow to build a reorganized photo tree from file metadata.
+ ```
## Documentation
- https://photocli.com
## Source
- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/archive-and-reorganize-local-photo-libraries-with-photo-cli/)