📌Overview

Purpose: The Unsplash MCP Server aims to provide seamless integration and search capabilities for high-quality images from Unsplash.

Overview: This server is designed specifically for developers looking to include Unsplash's extensive image library in their applications, offering a simplified way to access and search for images.

Key Features:

Advanced Image Search: Allows users to search Unsplash's vast photo library using various filters, including keyword relevance, color schemes, orientation options, and the ability to customize sorting and pagination.

Unsplash MCP Server

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A simple MCP server for seamless Unsplash image integration and search capabilities.

Overview

Unsplash MCP Server is used for searching rich, high-quality images. It's ideal for developers who want to integrate Unsplash functionality into their own applications.

Features

Advanced Image Search: Search Unsplash's extensive photo library with filters for:
- Keyword relevance
- Color schemes
- Orientation options
- Custom sorting and pagination

Obtaining Unsplash Access Key

Before installing this server, you'll need to obtain an Unsplash API Access Key:

Create a developer account at Unsplash
Register a new application
Get your Access Key from the application details page
Use this key in the configuration steps below

For more details, refer to the official Unsplash API documentation.

Installation

To install Unsplash Image Integration Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

IDE Setup

Cursor IDE

npx -y @smithery/cli@latest install @hellokaton/unsplash-mcp-server --client cursor --key 7558c683-****-****

Windsurf

npx -y @smithery/cli@latest install @hellokaton/unsplash-mcp-server --client windsurf --key 7558c683-****-****

Cline

npx -y @smithery/cli@latest install @hellokaton/unsplash-mcp-server --client cline --key 7558c683-****-****

Manual Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/hellokaton/unsplash-mcp-server.git

# Navigate to project directory
cd unsplash-mcp-server

# Create virtual environment
uv venv

# Install dependencies
uv pip install .

Cursor Editor Integration

Add the following configuration to your Cursor editor's settings.json:

⚠️ Note: Adjust the following configuration according to your actual installation:

If uv is not in your system PATH, use an absolute path (e.g., /path/to/uv)
./server.py should be modified to the actual location of your server script (can use absolute path or path relative to workspace)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "unsplash": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["run", "--with", "fastmcp", "fastmcp", "run", "./server.py"],
      "env": {
        "UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY": "${YOUR_ACCESS_KEY}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

Search Photos

Example request:

{
  "tool": "search_photos",
  "query": "mountain",
  "per_page": 5,
  "orientation": "landscape"
}

Other Implementations

License

MIT License

unsplash-mcp-server