Image Resolver runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 32 installs a week from npm. Last commit 5 Mar 2026.
MCP server for context-aware royalty-free image search from Pexels and Unsplash
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check Image Resolver every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add image-resolver -- npx -y @ahmaddioxide/mcp-image-resolver{
"mcpServers": {
"image-resolver": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@ahmaddioxide/mcp-image-resolver"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}[mcp_servers.image-resolver]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@ahmaddioxide/mcp-image-resolver"]{
"mcpServers": {
"image-resolver": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@ahmaddioxide/mcp-image-resolver"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"image-resolver": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@ahmaddioxide/mcp-image-resolver"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}This one needs environment variables set before it will start:
PEXELS_API_KEY (Pexels API key (free at https://www.pexels.com/api/)), UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY (Unsplash API key (free at https://unsplash.com/oauth/applications)).
The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.
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