Pexels MCP Server MCP Server

Name: Pexels MCP Server MCP Server
Author: io.github.hanoak

io.github.hanoak/pexels-mcp-server

Repository Registry

What is the Pexels MCP Server MCP server?

MCP server for the Pexels API: search & fetch stock photos, videos, and collections.

How to install Pexels MCP Server

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

PEXELS_API_KEY
required
secret
Your Pexels API key (sent as the Authorization header, no prefix).
LOG_LEVEL
Log verbosity; all logs go to stderr.

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pexels-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@hanoak/pexels-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PEXELS_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PEXELS_API_KEY>",
        "LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pexels-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@hanoak/pexels-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PEXELS_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PEXELS_API_KEY>",
        "LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pexels-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@hanoak/pexels-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PEXELS_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PEXELS_API_KEY>",
        "LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "pexels-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@hanoak/pexels-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PEXELS_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PEXELS_API_KEY>",
        "LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add pexels-mcp-server --env PEXELS_API_KEY=<YOUR_PEXELS_API_KEY> --env LOG_LEVEL=<YOUR_LOG_LEVEL> -- npx -y @hanoak/pexels-mcp-server

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