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# Change gallery privacy

> Set the visibility and access of a gallery or folder. Input schema, a tools/call example and an example result.

Source: https://cotlet.dev/docs/mcp/smugmug/set_gallery_privacy

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Set the visibility and access of a gallery or folder.

SmugMug MCP tools: https://cotlet.dev/docs/mcp/smugmug.md

MCP tool: `smugmug_write → set_gallery_privacy`

Access: write. Confirm: waits for the user's OK before it runs.

Changes who can open the gallery and returns how many galleries changed. Unlisted hides a gallery from navigation and search but anyone with the link can open it. A Private folder makes everything inside it Private. Updating direct image URLs stops every direct link shared before and cannot be undone. By default you confirm each call; you can switch that off for this tool.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `gallery_id` | string | yes | Gallery or folder ID from list_galleries. |
| `visibility` | string | no | One of 'public', 'unlisted' or 'private'. |
| `access` | string | no | One of 'password' or 'people_i_choose'. For people_i_choose, add people with invite_gallery_viewers. |
| `password` | string | no | Gallery password. Required with access password. |
| `password_hint` | string | no | Hint shown to visitors. |
| `include_galleries_inside` | boolean | no | For a folder: apply the setting to every gallery inside it, at any depth. Default false. |
| `update_direct_image_urls` | boolean | no | When switching to private: invalidate direct image links shared before. Irreversible. Default false. |

## tools/call

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "smugmug_write",
    "arguments": {
      "operation": "set_gallery_privacy",
      "arguments": {
        "gallery_id": "Xk4RtP",
        "visibility": "private"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "content": [
    {
      "type": "text",
      "text": "{ ... same JSON as structuredContent ... }"
    }
  ],
  "structuredContent": {
    "gallery_id": "Xk4RtP",
    "title": "Smith wedding",
    "visibility": "private",
    "galleries_changed": 1,
    "direct_image_urls_updated": false
  },
  "isError": false
}
```

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