diff --git a/setup/cloud/digitalocean/compose.yaml b/setup/cloud/digitalocean/compose.yaml
index 1a2e553db..5041c6dd4 100644
--- a/setup/cloud/digitalocean/compose.yaml
+++ b/setup/cloud/digitalocean/compose.yaml
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ services:
       PHOTOPRISM_DEFAULT_TLS: "true"                   # defaults to a self-signed HTTPS/TLS certificate if no other certificate is available
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_CHOWN: "false"                # disables updating storage permissions via chmod and chown on startup
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_WEBDAV: "false"               # disables built-in WebDAV server
+      PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_MCP: "false"                  # disables Model Context Protocol (MCP) API endpoint for AI agent integrations
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_SETTINGS: "false"             # disables Settings in Web UI
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_TENSORFLOW: "false"           # disables all features depending on TensorFlow
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_FACES: "false"                # disables face detection and recognition (requires TensorFlow)
diff --git a/setup/docker/arm64/compose.yaml b/setup/docker/arm64/compose.yaml
index 42e18b837..3d1044b05 100644
--- a/setup/docker/arm64/compose.yaml
+++ b/setup/docker/arm64/compose.yaml
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ services:
       PHOTOPRISM_EXPERIMENTAL: "false"               # enables experimental features
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_CHOWN: "false"              # disables updating storage permissions via chmod and chown on startup
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_WEBDAV: "false"             # disables built-in WebDAV server
+      PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_MCP: "false"                # disables Model Context Protocol (MCP) API endpoint for AI agent integrations
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_SETTINGS: "false"           # disables settings UI and API
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_TENSORFLOW: "false"         # disables all features depending on TensorFlow
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_FACES: "false"              # disables face detection and recognition (requires TensorFlow)
diff --git a/setup/docker/armv7/compose.yaml b/setup/docker/armv7/compose.yaml
index 00d4a2d02..1cd54b5ab 100644
--- a/setup/docker/armv7/compose.yaml
+++ b/setup/docker/armv7/compose.yaml
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ services:
       PHOTOPRISM_EXPERIMENTAL: "false"               # enables experimental features
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_CHOWN: "false"              # disables updating storage permissions via chmod and chown on startup
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_WEBDAV: "false"             # disables built-in WebDAV server
+      PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_MCP: "false"                # disables Model Context Protocol (MCP) API endpoint for AI agent integrations
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_SETTINGS: "false"           # disables Settings in Web UI
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_TENSORFLOW: "false"         # disables all features depending on TensorFlow
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_FACES: "true"               # disables face detection and recognition (requires TensorFlow)
diff --git a/setup/docker/compose.yaml b/setup/docker/compose.yaml
index bdfe69e51..790e5f57f 100644
--- a/setup/docker/compose.yaml
+++ b/setup/docker/compose.yaml
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ services:
       PHOTOPRISM_EXPERIMENTAL: "false"               # enables experimental features
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_CHOWN: "false"              # disables updating storage permissions via chmod and chown on startup
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_WEBDAV: "false"             # disables built-in WebDAV server
+      PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_MCP: "false"                # disables Model Context Protocol (MCP) API endpoint for AI agent integrations
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_SETTINGS: "false"           # disables settings UI and API
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_TENSORFLOW: "false"         # disables all features depending on TensorFlow
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_FACES: "false"              # disables face detection and recognition (requires TensorFlow)
diff --git a/setup/docker/macos/compose.yaml b/setup/docker/macos/compose.yaml
index ff4c21e8a..9a3bf42e6 100644
--- a/setup/docker/macos/compose.yaml
+++ b/setup/docker/macos/compose.yaml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ services:
       PHOTOPRISM_EXPERIMENTAL: "false"               # enables experimental features
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_CHOWN: "false"              # disables updating storage permissions via chmod and chown on startup
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_WEBDAV: "false"             # disables built-in WebDAV server
+      PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_MCP: "false"                # disables Model Context Protocol (MCP) API endpoint for AI agent integrations
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_SETTINGS: "false"           # disables settings UI and API
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_TENSORFLOW: "false"         # disables all features depending on TensorFlow
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_FACES: "false"              # disables face detection and recognition (requires TensorFlow)
diff --git a/setup/docker/nvidia/compose.yaml b/setup/docker/nvidia/compose.yaml
index edb6272da..ba11b61c4 100644
--- a/setup/docker/nvidia/compose.yaml
+++ b/setup/docker/nvidia/compose.yaml
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ services:
       PHOTOPRISM_EXPERIMENTAL: "false"               # enables experimental features
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_CHOWN: "false"              # disables updating storage permissions via chmod and chown on startup
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_WEBDAV: "false"             # disables built-in WebDAV server
+      PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_MCP: "false"                # disables Model Context Protocol (MCP) API endpoint for AI agent integrations
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_SETTINGS: "false"           # disables settings UI and API
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_TENSORFLOW: "false"         # disables all features depending on TensorFlow
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_FACES: "false"              # disables face detection and recognition (requires TensorFlow)
diff --git a/setup/docker/portainer/stack.env b/setup/docker/portainer/stack.env
index b5105ab66..daef546c4 100644
--- a/setup/docker/portainer/stack.env
+++ b/setup/docker/portainer/stack.env
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ PHOTOPRISM_EXPERIMENTAL=false
 PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_CHOWN=false
 # disables built-in WebDAV server
 PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_WEBDAV=false
+# disables Model Context Protocol (MCP) API endpoint for AI agent integrations
+PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_MCP=false
 # disables settings UI and API
 PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_SETTINGS=false
 # disables all features depending on TensorFlow
diff --git a/setup/docker/scheduler/compose.yaml b/setup/docker/scheduler/compose.yaml
index 87fb4514d..de6dc65e0 100644
--- a/setup/docker/scheduler/compose.yaml
+++ b/setup/docker/scheduler/compose.yaml
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ services:
       PHOTOPRISM_EXPERIMENTAL: "false"               # enables experimental features
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_CHOWN: "false"              # disables updating storage permissions via chmod and chown on startup
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_WEBDAV: "false"             # disables built-in WebDAV server
+      PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_MCP: "false"                # disables Model Context Protocol (MCP) API endpoint for AI agent integrations
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_SETTINGS: "false"           # disables settings UI and API
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_TENSORFLOW: "false"         # disables all features depending on TensorFlow
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_FACES: "false"              # disables face detection and recognition (requires TensorFlow)
diff --git a/setup/docker/sqlite/compose.yaml b/setup/docker/sqlite/compose.yaml
index 0ad7ad61e..b4bfcf080 100644
--- a/setup/docker/sqlite/compose.yaml
+++ b/setup/docker/sqlite/compose.yaml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ services:
       PHOTOPRISM_EXPERIMENTAL: "false"               # enables experimental features
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_CHOWN: "false"              # disables updating storage permissions via chmod and chown on startup
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_WEBDAV: "false"             # disables built-in WebDAV server
+      PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_MCP: "false"                # disables Model Context Protocol (MCP) API endpoint for AI agent integrations
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_SETTINGS: "false"           # disables settings UI and API
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_TENSORFLOW: "false"         # disables all features depending on TensorFlow
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_FACES: "false"              # disables face detection and recognition (requires TensorFlow)
diff --git a/setup/docker/windows/compose.yaml b/setup/docker/windows/compose.yaml
index bbdea82c9..937776fbf 100644
--- a/setup/docker/windows/compose.yaml
+++ b/setup/docker/windows/compose.yaml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ services:
       PHOTOPRISM_EXPERIMENTAL: "false"               # enables experimental features
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_CHOWN: "false"              # disables updating storage permissions via chmod and chown on startup
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_WEBDAV: "false"             # disables built-in WebDAV server
+      PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_MCP: "false"                # disables Model Context Protocol (MCP) API endpoint for AI agent integrations
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_SETTINGS: "false"           # disables settings UI and API
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_TENSORFLOW: "false"         # disables all features depending on TensorFlow
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_FACES: "false"              # disables face detection and recognition (requires TensorFlow)
diff --git a/setup/nas/raspberry-pi/cloud-init/user-data b/setup/nas/raspberry-pi/cloud-init/user-data
index 32ba96bf2..c2c21d042 100644
--- a/setup/nas/raspberry-pi/cloud-init/user-data
+++ b/setup/nas/raspberry-pi/cloud-init/user-data
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ write_files:
             PHOTOPRISM_EXPERIMENTAL: "false"
             PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_CHOWN: "false"
             PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_WEBDAV: "false"
+            PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_MCP: "false"
             PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_SETTINGS: "false"
             PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_TENSORFLOW: "false"
             PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_FACES: "false"
diff --git a/setup/podman/docker-compose.yml b/setup/podman/docker-compose.yml
index b20ea7d43..33b58884f 100644
--- a/setup/podman/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/setup/podman/docker-compose.yml
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ services:
       PHOTOPRISM_EXPERIMENTAL: "false"               # enables experimental features
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_CHOWN: "false"              # disables updating storage permissions via chmod and chown on startup
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_WEBDAV: "false"             # disables built-in WebDAV server
+      PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_MCP: "false"                # disables Model Context Protocol (MCP) API endpoint for AI agent integrations
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_SETTINGS: "false"           # disables settings UI and API
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_TENSORFLOW: "false"         # disables all features depending on TensorFlow
       PHOTOPRISM_DISABLE_FACES: "false"              # disables face detection and recognition (requires TensorFlow)