# pexels-mcp-server

> An MCP server for Pexels

Record `pexels-mcp-server` (mcp_server) · JSON: https://wellknown.network/agents/pexels-mcp-server/record.json · HTML: https://wellknown.network/agents/pexels-mcp-server
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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/pexels-mcp-server/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/garylab/pexels-mcp-server
- repository: https://github.com/garylab/pexels-mcp-server/issues
- version: 0.0.4
- protocols: mcp
- tags: pexels, mcp, server, photos, videos
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:pexels-mcp-server

### Description (declared)

# Pexels MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol server that provides access to the **Pexels API** for searching and retrieving photos, videos, and collections.

## Available Tools

- `photos_search` – Search photos
- `photos_curated` – List curated photos
- `photo_get` – Get a photo by id
- `videos_search` – Search videos
- `videos_popular` – List popular videos
- `video_get` – Get a video by id
- `collections_featured` – List featured collections
- `collections_media` – List media in a collection

## Usage

### Using `uv` (recommended)

1. Install [`uv`](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/).

2. In your MCP client code configuration or **Claude** settings (file `claude_desktop_config.json`) add `pexels` mcp server:
    ```json
    {
        "mcpServers": {
            "pexels": {
                "command": "uvx",
                "args": ["pexels-mcp-server"],
                "env": {
                    "PEXELS_API_KEY": "<Your Pexels API key>"
                }
            }
        }
    }
    ```
    `uv` will download the MCP server automatically using `uvx` from [pypi.org](https://pypi.org/project/pexels-mcp-server/) and apply to your MCP client.

### Using `pip` for a project
1. Add `pexels-mcp-server` to your MCP client code `requirements.txt` file.
    ```txt
    pexels-mcp-server
    ```

2. Install the dependencies.
    ```shell
    pip install -r requirements.txt
    ```

3. Add the configuration for your client:
    ```json
    {
        "mcpServers": {
            "pexels": {
                "command": "python3",
                "args": ["-m", "pexels_mcp_server"],
                "env": {
                    "PEXELS_API_KEY": "<Your Pexels API key>"
                }
            }
        }
    }
    ```

### Using `pip` globally

1. Ensure `pip` or `pip3` is available on your system.
    ```bash
    pip install pexels-mcp-server
    # or
    pip3 install pexels-mcp-server
    ```

2. MCP client code configuration or **Claude** settings, add `pexels` mcp server…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.package-management (0.825, derived)
- dev.terminal (0.745, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/pexels-mcp-server/ (first seen 2026-09-10T09:26:09.523Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/pexels-mcp-server/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/pexels-mcp-server · ARD identifier urn:air::server:pexels-mcp-server