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Giphy integration for Claude and Codex

Connect Giphy once, then control which Spaces can use its approved tools and data without pasting credentials into prompts or threads.

Use Giphy from Claude

Add the Giphy connection to a Space that runs Claude, then use it from every channel in that Space.

Use Giphy from Codex

Add the Giphy connection to a Space that runs Codex, then use it from every channel in that Space.

Use Giphy from Sidekick

Connect your own OpenClaw to Sidekick while type.com provides the conversations, permissions, connections, skills, and automations.

Design & Media

What the Giphy connector can do

Giphy runs the search engine and library behind most of the GIFs and stickers used in chat and social apps. In type.com, a marketing or community Space can ask the agent to browse GIF categories, pull GIFs for a specific one, or register how a GIF was used for analytics, all from a shared thread.

One connection, many Spaces

Connect Giphy once, then decide which Spaces can use it in threads, skills, automations, and coding work.

What teams do with Giphy in type.com

Browse categories for a campaign

List Giphy's available categories to find a theme that matches a social post or community reaction before searching further.

Try asking
List Giphy's GIF categories so I can find a good match for our product launch post.

Pull GIFs from a specific category

Get a curated set of GIFs tied to a category ID instead of scrolling through unrelated search results.

Try asking
Get GIFs from Giphy's celebration category for our end-of-quarter announcement.

Track how a GIF was used

Log a view, click, or send event for a GIF so the team can see which ones get the most engagement.

Try asking
Register a send event in Giphy for the confetti GIF we just used in our announcement.

Representative actions

  • Giphy Analytics Register

    Records a view, click, or send interaction with a GIF for analytics once the payload, timestamp, and user ID are known.

  • GIPHY Categories

    Lists the GIF categories available on Giphy before picking one to browse.

  • GIPHY: Get Category by ID

    Fetches metadata for a specific GIF category by its ID.

  • GIPHY: Category GIFs

    Returns the curated GIFs tied to a category, once its ID is known from the categories list.

  • GIPHY Emoji

    Returns a paginated list of Giphy's emoji GIF objects.

Connection

API and auth details

GIPHY provides REST APIs and SDKs for searching, trending, translating, uploading, and retrieving GIFs, stickers, clips, and media metadata from the GIPHY library. Developers create API keys in the dashboard and can use web, iOS, Android, and JSON API integrations for media search and messaging experiences.

FAQ

Questions people ask before connecting Giphy

Can Claude find GIFs through Giphy in type.com?

Yes. With a Giphy connection shared to a Space, the agent can browse categories, pull GIFs for a theme, and log usage analytics, right from a thread.

How does type.com authenticate with Giphy?

Giphy uses an API key, added once by an admin when the connection is created, and shared only with Spaces that need it.

Can GIF selection for social posts be scheduled?

Yes. A recurring task, such as pulling a themed GIF for each week's newsletter, can be set up as a type.com automation.

Is this the same as an MCP server for Giphy?

Not exactly. type.com uses connectors and connections to give selected Spaces access to approved app tools and data. Some connectors use hosted MCP, while others use OAuth, API keys, service accounts, or custom APIs.

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