io.github.hanoak/pexels-mcp-server
Pexels MCP Server
Is the Pexels MCP server down? No. It answered initialize and tools/list in the probe of 2026-10-31.
MCP server for the Pexels API: search & fetch stock photos, videos, and collections.
alive probed 2026-11-14 · unchanged since 2026-10-31
9tools
3.5ktokens in Claude Opus 5.5
1.7 %of Claude's 200k window
1.4×the median server
220 msto initialize
8 msto list tools
- Run it
- npx -y @hanoak/pexels-mcp-server@1.0.1 (stdio, probed in a container with the network off)
- Host
- npmjs.com
- Reports itself as
- pexels-mcp-server 1.0.1
- Capabilities
- prompts, resources, tools
- Instructions
- 1 440 characters
- Of a 1M window
- 0.3 % of a 1M context window
- Count
- 3.5k tokens in Claude Opus 5.5, exact, measured 2026-10-17. With the Claude Code prefix mcp__…__ on each tool name: 3.6k. The o200k_base estimate is 2.1k. Counted again when the tool definitions change. Method.
- Repository
- https://github.com/hanoak/pexels-mcp-server
- Website
- https://github.com/hanoak/pexels-mcp-server#readme
- Registry
- active, updated 2026-08-11 · registry entry
Most expensive tools
The Claude column scales the o200k estimate of each tool by this server's ratio of exact to estimate, 1.67×.
| Tool | ≈ Claude tokens | o200k estimate | Share of this server |
|---|---|---|---|
| pexels_search_photos | 655 | 392 | 19 % |
| pexels_get_collection_media | 528 | 316 | 15 % |
| pexels_search_videos | 521 | 312 | 15 % |
| pexels_popular_videos | 488 | 292 | 14 % |
| pexels_curated_photos | 297 | 178 | 9 % |
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Badge for the README
The result of the latest probe, the tool count and the token cost. The feed has an entry for every probe that changed them.
A mail when this server changes
Stops answering, comes back, tool set or cost changes. One confirmation mail first, a stop link in every mail.
For the publisher
- The server answers initialize and tools/list. Nothing to fix.