AI Assistants (MCP)

MCP Server for Digital Asset Management

Your Library Now
Speaks Agent.

Connect Claude, or any assistant that supports MCP, to your ZDAM library. Ask in plain English to find, share, and organize assets, and your assistant does it with your permissions, right in the chat.

Your Assets, Inside Your AI Assistant

Your team already asks AI assistants for help. With ZDAM connected, the assistant can reach the real files, not just talk about them.

Ask in Plain English

Search your library the way you'd ask a colleague. Your assistant finds the assets, shows thumbnails right in the chat, and hands back download links.

It Works as You

Every request runs with your own ZDAM permissions, inside your organization. Your assistant can't see or do anything you couldn't do yourself.

Built on the Open Standard

ZDAM ships a native server for the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Connect Claude Desktop, Claude.ai, or any assistant that supports MCP, with no plugins and no glue code.

Three Things to Ask It Today

One sentence in the chat. Behind it, your assistant calls ZDAM's tools, the same way you would click through the app.

Scenario A · Find and share

You ask: “Find the product shots from the spring launch and give me download links.”

ZDAM tools called

  • search_assets
  • get_asset
  • get_download_url

Your assistant searches the library, shows the matching shots as thumbnails in the chat, and returns a download link for each one. The links expire after an hour.

Scenario B · Organize in one sentence

You ask: “Make a collection called Q3 Social with our summer landscape photos, and tag them social-ready.”

ZDAM tools called

  • search_assets
  • create_collection
  • add_to_collection
  • tag_asset

The collection is created, the photos are added, and every one is tagged. Open ZDAM and it is all there, ready for the team.

Scenario C · Guardrails in action

You ask: “Pull every signed contract from the legal folder.”

ZDAM tools called

  • search_assets

A contractor's assistant gets back only what that contractor can already see in ZDAM. Anything it changes or downloads is logged under the contractor's own account.

Built-In Guardrails

An assistant connected to ZDAM is held to the same rules as the person who connected it, with a few more on top.

How ZDAM handles security
  • Runs as the person who connected it, with their current ZDAM permissions
  • Each organization's data stays separate
  • Personal access tokens work only through MCP, never against the raw API
  • Tokens can expire, and each one shows when it was last used
  • An admin can switch MCP off for the whole organization, instantly
  • Every change and download is logged under the user's own account
  • By default, only changes ZDAM can undo. Nothing can be permanently deleted over MCP
  • Download links expire after one hour

Connect in Three Steps

  1. Step 1

    MCP Is On

    MCP access is included in the ZDAM Enterprise plan and switched on by default. Your ZDAM admin can turn it off for everyone at any time.

  2. Step 2

    Create Your Token

    In ZDAM, open Settings, then Personal Access Tokens, and create one. It is shown once, and you can give it an expiry date.

  3. Step 3

    Connect Your Assistant

    Add ZDAM as a connector in Claude, or in any assistant that supports MCP, using your organization's ZDAM address and your token. Then just ask.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is MCP?

The Model Context Protocol is an open standard that lets AI assistants connect to outside tools and data. ZDAM ships a native MCP server, so an assistant can work with your asset library directly.

Which AI assistants work with ZDAM?

ZDAM works with Claude, including Claude Desktop and Claude.ai, and with any other assistant or agent that supports MCP.

Can the assistant change things in my library?

Yes. It can upload files, tag assets, create collections, and add assets to them, all within your permissions. By default it can only make changes ZDAM can undo, and actions that can't be undone, such as permanently deleting files, are never available over MCP.

Will my assistant see files I can't?

No. Every request runs as you, with your current ZDAM permissions. If you lose access to a folder, your assistant loses it at the same moment.

Can we see what assistants have done?

Yes. Everything an assistant changes, and every file it downloads, is logged in ZDAM under the person whose token was used, in the audit log and the activity history.

Which plan includes MCP?

MCP access is included in the ZDAM Enterprise plan, and it is on by default. A ZDAM admin can turn it off for the whole organization at any time, which stops every token immediately.

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