Shutterstock runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 630 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 6 Nov 2026.
Search Shutterstock photos, footage, music and news images; preview, collect and license them.
We read the source, 1 d ago · rules 995398eba69f
What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.
env = dict(os.environ if env is None else env)
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We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.
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 shutterstock-mcp -- uvx shutterstock-mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"shutterstock-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"shutterstock-mcp"
]
}
}
}
[mcp_servers.shutterstock-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["shutterstock-mcp"]
{
"mcpServers": {
"shutterstock-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"shutterstock-mcp"
]
}
}
}
{
"servers": {
"shutterstock-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"shutterstock-mcp"
]
}
}
}
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
SHUTTERSTOCK_API_KEY (Your Shutterstock app's consumer key, for searching), SHUTTERSTOCK_API_SECRET (Your Shutterstock app's consumer secret), SHUTTERSTOCK_API_TOKEN (Or an OAuth access token, for collections, license history and licensing), SHUTTERSTOCK_ENABLE_LICENSING (Set to true to add the license_asset tool, which spends your subscription).
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