---
title: "request_upload_link: Ask for photos with a link"
description: "Get a link the user taps to send pictures or videos from their own phone or computer straight into the account, with no setup and no sign-in."
canonical_url: "https://meetkuro.com/agents/tools/request_upload_link/"
updated: 2026-11-03
locale: "en"
tool: "request_upload_link"
scopes: ["generation.write"]
---

# request_upload_link

**Ask for photos with a link**

Get a link the user taps to send pictures or videos from their own phone or computer straight into the account, with no setup and no sign-in.
Use it whenever the user mentions or attaches a picture you cannot upload yourself: every claude.ai attachment and project file, or when a create_upload PUT or an import_media fetch is refused.
Give the user the url in one plain sentence in their language ("Tap this link and choose your photos; tell me when it's done."), then call get_upload_link with handoff_id. The link takes up to max_files files and stays open for 24 hours.

## Scope

- `generation.write` — Makes, edits, imports, shares and deletes media in the account.

## Behaviour

- **Writes**: Creates or changes items in the caller's own account.
- **Adds or updates**: Adds or updates; nothing the caller already has is deleted or overwritten.
- **Stays in the account**: Stays inside the caller's private Kuro account: any media provider it calls acts on Kuro's account, and the result is visible to no one else.

## Inputs

It takes no arguments.

## Example call

A `tools/call` request with the required arguments only, each a placeholder read off the schema. Replace them before sending.

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "request_upload_link",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Input schema

As the server sends it in `tools/list`:

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {}
}
```

## Related tools

- [`create_upload`](https://meetkuro.com/agents/tools/create_upload.md): Reserve an upload and get a presigned URL to PUT the bytes to.
- [`import_media`](https://meetkuro.com/agents/tools/import_media.md): Fetch a file the client cannot upload itself and store it as an account upload.
- [`get_upload_link`](https://meetkuro.com/agents/tools/get_upload_link.md): Read a link from request_upload_link: the files the user has sent through it so far, each with the `reference` the generate tools take, and whether it still takes more.
- [`generate_clip`](https://meetkuro.com/agents/tools/generate_clip.md): Start a short video clip generation.

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## About Kuro

Kuro is an AI picture studio: prompt-driven images, clips, voice-overs and music, and storyboard-backed films with consistent characters across every scene.

Agents connect over MCP and can generate directly:

```
claude mcp add kuro https://api.meetkuro.com/mcp --transport http
```

The app is at https://app.meetkuro.com and requires an account.

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