MCP server for royalty-free image search — stop AI from placing emojis in your UI. Fetches real photos from Pexels & Unsplash automatically.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add image-resolver --env PEXELS_API_KEY='<PEXELS_API_KEY>' --env UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY='<UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY>' -- npx -y @ahmaddioxide/mcp-image-resolver~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.image-resolver]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@ahmaddioxide/mcp-image-resolver"]
env = { PEXELS_API_KEY = "<PEXELS_API_KEY>", UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY = "<UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY>" }
# codex mcp add image-resolver --env PEXELS_API_KEY='<PEXELS_API_KEY>' --env UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY='<UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY>' -- npx -y @ahmaddioxide/mcp-image-resolver~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"image-resolver": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@ahmaddioxide/mcp-image-resolver"
],
"env": {
"PEXELS_API_KEY": "<PEXELS_API_KEY>",
"UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY": "<UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"image-resolver": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@ahmaddioxide/mcp-image-resolver"
],
"env": {
"PEXELS_API_KEY": "<PEXELS_API_KEY>",
"UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY": "<UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"image-resolver": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@ahmaddioxide/mcp-image-resolver"
],
"env": {
"PEXELS_API_KEY": "<PEXELS_API_KEY>",
"UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY": "<UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"image-resolver": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@ahmaddioxide/mcp-image-resolver"
],
"env": {
"PEXELS_API_KEY": "<PEXELS_API_KEY>",
"UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY": "<UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"image-resolver": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@ahmaddioxide/mcp-image-resolver"
],
"env": {
"PEXELS_API_KEY": "<PEXELS_API_KEY>",
"UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY": "<UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Environment variables
PEXELS_API_KEYUNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY
Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.