Pexels MCP Server
Production-ready unofficial MCP server for the Pexels API, giving assistants tools to search and browse stock photos and videos with compact JSON results and license-aware usage guidance. It is published as an npm package for zero-clone npx use across Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf and generic stdio MCP clients. Public GitHub repository created August 11, 2026.
MCP unverified
Integration
| Transport | stdio |
| Auth | api-key |
| Endpoint | https://github.com/hanoak/pexels-mcp-server |
| Install | npx -y @hanoak/pexels-mcp-server |
Use Cases
| 01 | Search Pexels photos and videos from an MCP-aware assistant without manually visiting the Pexels web UI |
| 02 | Build creative briefs, mockups and content drafts with source URLs and license-aware media metadata returned as compact JSON |
| 03 | Use a zero-clone npx command to add stock media search to Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Windsurf |
Tags
pexels stock-photos stock-video media-search npm license-guidance typescript api-key
Machine-readable: /api/servers.json
· JSON-LD schema embedded in <head>