# Shutterstock AI connector guide

Connect Shutterstock data to AI agents with Combined. Explore images categories, images search, videos search, source setup, MCP access and read-only business queries.

Combined offers 1,125 connectors across catalog sources and connectors generated through desktop automation.

## Connect

1. Open Combined Connected Apps and select Shutterstock.
2. Authorize the source and choose the relevant datasets.
3. Complete a first sync, then grant your agent access through the Set up or Access workspace.
4. Discover the actual source schemas before querying.

## Setup reference

- API Token: required in the upstream source schema
- Query for audio search: required in the upstream source schema
- Query for catalog search: required in the upstream source schema
- Query for image search: required in the upstream source schema
- Query for video search: required in the upstream source schema
- Start date: required in the upstream source schema

## Dataset reference

- images_categories; key: id
- images_search; key: id
- videos_search; key: id
- videos_categories; key: id
- audio_search; key: uuid; update field: published_time
- audio_genres; key: uuid
- audio_instruments; key: uuid
- audio_moods; key: uuid
- user_details; key: id
- user_subscriptions; key: id

This is the upstream connector reference, version 0.0.44. Account permissions and sync configuration determine the datasets available in your workspace.

## Agent prompt

Use Combined to analyze my Shutterstock data.
List my granted sources, discover the datasets and describe their fields.
Look for datasets corresponding to images_categories, images_search, videos_search, videos_categories, audio_search, audio_genres.
Check the last successful sync and report the available date coverage.
Propose three useful questions based on the fields actually available.
For the question I choose, run read-only SQL over the complete matching dataset.
Use a bounded result; include source names, time window and query receipt.
Ask for a missing join key or metric definition instead of inventing one.

## Links

- Combined: https://www.trycombined.com/
- Setup: https://www.trycombined.com/docs/getting-started/onboarding
- MCP: https://www.trycombined.com/docs/integrations/mcp
- Pricing: https://www.trycombined.com/pricing
- Upstream source reference: https://docs.airbyte.com/integrations/sources/shutterstock
- Full guide: https://www.trycombined.com/connectors/shutterstock