Unsplash MCP

A community server for Unsplash search and photo metadata. Unsplash's strength is editorial photography rather than product shots, which makes it the better fit for articles and worse for commerce. Attribution requirements are part…

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Use it for

Curated photography for editorial pages where the image sets the tone

Skip it if

Faces of real people in commercial contexts without checking the model release

What it is

A community server for Unsplash search and photo metadata. Unsplash’s strength is editorial photography rather than product shots, which makes it the better fit for articles and worse for commerce. Attribution requirements are part of the licence, and an agent that drops them creates a compliance problem.

Install

Terminal
npx -y unsplash-mcp-server

Client configuration

Paste this into your MCP client config, then restart the client.

MCP client config (JSON)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "avbbc": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "unsplash-mcp-server"]
    }
  }
}

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