Stocky MCP Server

Stocky is an MCP server that lets an AI assistant search, inspect and download royalty-free stock photography from Pexels and Unsplash.

Local serverstdio

What is the Stocky MCP Server?

Stocky is an MCP project maintained in the joelio/stocky repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “Stocky is an MCP server that lets an AI assistant search, inspect and download royalty-free stock photography from Pexels and Unsplash”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Installation

The documented pypi package is stocky-mcp. 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, UNSPLASH_ACCESS_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 Stocky MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "stocky": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "stocky-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PEXELS_API_KEY": "YOUR_PEXELS_API_KEY",
        "UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY": "YOUR_UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

Configuration

Variable	Description	Required
PEXELS_API_KEY	Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration.	Check documentation
UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY	Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration.	Check documentation