Pexafy Stock Photos
Find free-to-use stock photos by words, by image or by similarity; every result names its licence.
Install
Add this to your client's MCP configuration (Claude Desktop: claude_desktop_config.json; Cursor: .cursor/mcp.json; VS Code and others use the same "mcpServers" shape).
claude mcp add --transport http pexafy-stock-photos 'https://mcp.pexafy.com/mcp'{
"mcpServers": {
"pexafy-stock-photos": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.pexafy.com/mcp"
}
}
}Documentation
From the project's README on GitHub, refreshed weekly. Links open on GitHub.
Contents
Ask for a photo the way you would describe it to a person.Get real, free-to-use photographs back, inside the conversation, credits included.
Ask. Choose together. Put them to work.
🗣️ Ask, in your own words
Tell your assistant what you are working on, the way you would tell a colleague: “I'm writing a short article about Kyoto in autumn. Find photos of a temple garden with red maple leaves.” It writes the search; Pexafy matches the scene, not tags.
🤝 Choose together
Sixteen photographs come back. Open one large, swipe, heart the keepers, press ≈ for more like it: your picks go back to the assistant, in your order. Or simply answer in words: “the third one, but wider”.
🚀 Put them to work
The assistant carries on with them: the article with its photos in place, the slide, the landing page, the post. Each photograph keeps its licence and the credit line to display, and comes as an image file when the work needs one.
With the grid, or without it
| In a chat that draws it | In an agent, a terminal or a script |
|---|---|
| ChatGPT, Claude, VS Code, Cursor. The photographs appear as a grid in the conversation. You see them, open them, like them; the assistant works from what you picked. | Claude Code, Codex, any MCP client. Each result arrives as a link with its licence and credit line. The assistant chooses, fetches the file and places it in your Markdown, HTML, slides or CMS. |
Add it in 30 seconds
| Where | How |
|---|---|
| VS Code | Install in VS Code, or code --add-mcp '{"name":"pexafy","type":"http","url":"https://mcp.pexafy.com/mcp"}' |
| VS Code Insiders | Install in VS Code Insiders |
| GitHub Copilot app | Install in the GitHub Copilot app |
| GitHub MCP Registry | Pexafy's page in the registry, with its install buttons |
| ChatGPT | Add Pexafy from ChatGPT's plugin directory |
| Claude | Customize → Connectors → Add custom connector, then https://mcp.pexafy.com/mcp |
| Claude Code | claude mcp add --transport http pexafy https://mcp.pexafy.com/mcp |
| Codex | codex mcp add pexafy --url https://mcp.pexafy.com/mcp |
| GitHub Copilot CLI | copilot mcp add --transport http pexafy https://mcp.pexafy.com/mcp |
| Cursor | Add to Cursor |
| Goose, Kiro, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Cline, Zed… | One click or one command each, on pexafy.com/mcp |
| Any MCP client | Streamable HTTP at https://mcp.pexafy.com/mcp |
Zero friction: nothing to install, no API key. Most clients search right away, without an account. When you want your own account, ask the assistant to connect my Pexafy account: it opens Pexafy's sign-in page in your browser (OAuth), and nothing is pasted anywhere. ChatGPT and Claude ask you to sign in once; a free account is enough.
Five tools, all read-only
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
search_photos | Photographs described in one sentence, in any language, optionally only landscape, portrait or square. |
search_photos_by_image | Photographs that look like a picture (a link, an upload) or like a Pexafy photo: “like this, but at night”. |
get_photo_file_by_photo_id | One photograph as an image file, up to 1280 px wide, with its credit line. |
get_grid_selected_photos | The photographs you liked in the grid, in the order you chose. |
connect_account | Links your Pexafy account, right from the conversation. |
Where the photos come from
Pexafy searches its own index of millions of free-to-use photographs, collected from stock libraries such as Unsplash, Pexels and Pixabay. Every photograph is indexed by meaning, so a whole scene in one sentence beats a list of keywords. Each result names its source and licence and carries the credit line to display.
pexafy.com/mcp · Self-host & develop · Changelog · Privacy · MIT licence
ChatGPT, Claude, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Code are trademarks of their respective owners.
Frequently asked questions
What is Pexafy Stock Photos?
Find free-to-use stock photos by words, by image or by similarity; every result names its licence.
How do I install Pexafy Stock Photos?
It runs as a remote server. In Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http pexafy-stock-photos 'https://mcp.pexafy.com/mcp'. For other clients, paste the JSON configuration from this page into their MCP settings.
Does Pexafy Stock Photos need an API key?
Its registry entry lists no required key or secret. Some features may still need an account with the service it connects to.
Is Pexafy Stock Photos open source?
Yes. Its code is on GitHub under the MIT license.
Who maintains Pexafy Stock Photos?
It is published by Pexafy. AI.tn lists it but does not maintain or endorse it.
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