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Unsplash MCP Server MCP Server

io.github.hanoak/unsplash-mcp-server

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What is the Unsplash MCP Server MCP server?

MCP server for the Unsplash API: search & fetch photos with attribution + download tracking.

How to install Unsplash MCP Server

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio
Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.
Environment / auth
  • UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY
    required
    secret

    Your Unsplash API access key (sent as Authorization: Client-ID).

  • UNSPLASH_APP_NAME

    Registered Unsplash app name, used as the attribution utm_source.

  • LOG_LEVEL

    Log verbosity; all logs go to stderr.

Claude Desktop
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "unsplash-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@hanoak/unsplash-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY": "<YOUR_UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY>",
        "UNSPLASH_APP_NAME": "<YOUR_UNSPLASH_APP_NAME>",
        "LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Cursor
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "unsplash-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@hanoak/unsplash-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY": "<YOUR_UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY>",
        "UNSPLASH_APP_NAME": "<YOUR_UNSPLASH_APP_NAME>",
        "LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Windsurf
~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "unsplash-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@hanoak/unsplash-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY": "<YOUR_UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY>",
        "UNSPLASH_APP_NAME": "<YOUR_UNSPLASH_APP_NAME>",
        "LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}
VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "unsplash-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@hanoak/unsplash-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY": "<YOUR_UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY>",
        "UNSPLASH_APP_NAME": "<YOUR_UNSPLASH_APP_NAME>",
        "LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Claude Code
claude mcp add unsplash-mcp-server --env UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY=<YOUR_UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY> --env UNSPLASH_APP_NAME=<YOUR_UNSPLASH_APP_NAME> --env LOG_LEVEL=<YOUR_LOG_LEVEL> -- npx -y @hanoak/unsplash-mcp-server

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