Pexels MCP Server

Photos & videos provided by Pexels.

Local serverstdioMIT

What is the Pexels MCP Server?

MCP Pexels is an MCP project maintained in the developer-ishan/mcp-pexels repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “Photos & videos provided by Pexels”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Installation

The documented npm package is mcp-pexels. The configuration below comes from the maintainer’s example; adapt its paths and account values to your environment.

Configuration values

The example declares PEXELS_API_KEY. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the Pexels MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pexels": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-pexels"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PEXELS_API_KEY": "YOUR_PEXELS_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
PEXELS_API_KEYDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation