Unsplash
NPM · @PIPEWORX/MCP-UNSPLASH · 2 COMPONENTS
Unsplash MCP.
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Last scanned (1 hour ago)
Scores higher than 68% of npm servers
Category Design and Media
How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Supply Chain Security100
- No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
- No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
- No install/post-install scripts declared.Pass
- No production dependencies, so there is no dependency health to assess. View diagnostics → Pass
Provenance & Transparency97
- Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
- Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to pipeworx-io/mcp-unsplash). View diagnostics → Pass
- Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).Pass
- Actively maintained (last published 0 days ago).Pass
- Security-disclosure policy not yet verified: we couldn't inspect the source repository.Unverified
Schema Quality & AI Usability69
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Tool/resource definitions use about 717 tokens (~47/item across 15 items; 15 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management27
- Stability observed for 8 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage67
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 0% of tool parameters carry a description.Fail
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 15 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 16 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Checks we ran (15)
- Malware scan
- Known CVEs
- Install scripts
- Dependency health
- Source repository
- Provenance
- License
- Maintenance
- Schema quality
- Stability
- Tool coverage
- Injection markers
- Destructive annotations
- Judged manipulation
- MCP protocol
Checks we could not complete (1)
These are gaps on our side, not findings about this package. We only credit what we can confirm, so a category made up entirely of them scores 0.
- Security disclosure in Provenance & TransparencySecurity-disclosure policy not yet verified: we couldn't inspect the source repository.
Does not apply to this package (2)
- Endpoint SecurityScored on hosted endpoints only. A package has no live endpoint of its own for us to probe.
- Transport & ReachabilityScored on hosted endpoints only. A package has no live endpoint of its own for us to probe.
The score does not measure everything. What the score does not measure →
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 6 Nov 26 +4
- Security disclosure: fail → unverified ▼ functional
- Stability: unverified → 0.27 ▲ functional
- Package version: 0.2.0 → 0.2.1 functional
- 31 Oct 26 0
- Security disclosure: unverified → fail ▼ functional
- 29 Oct 26 77
First indexed and scored.
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 6 Nov 2026 · Analysed npm/@pipeworx/mcp-unsplash@0.2.1
Provenance Verified
A signed build attestation was found and verified, binding this exact artifact to the source repository it claims to come from.
| Result | Verified |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | npm |
| Reason | Verified |
| Discovered via | Registry attestation endpoint |
| Source repo | pipeworx-io/mcp-unsplash |
| Certificate issuer | https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com |
| Certificate SAN | https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-unsplash/.github/workflows/publish.yml@refs/heads/main |
| Rekor log index | 3706399502 |
| Predicate type | SLSA build provenance https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1 |
| Subject digest | sha512:066498d34cd75294a445820e116f51dd857e070e345d859decdf8a8c6008f36551c13a34809729c8291660aaa71d0c76c88579631651e6d5df33fcc7d |
Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →
Dependencies 0 packages
| Packages resolved | 0 |
|---|---|
| Tree resolution | Complete |
Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
collection ~42
Fetch metadata for a single Unsplash collection by id, including title, description, total photos, tags, cover photo, and curator profile.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
collection_photos ~38
List photos inside a specific Unsplash collection by id; returns paginated photo objects with image URLs and metadata.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
collections ~35
List featured Unsplash collections in paginated order; returns collection id, title, description, total photos, cover photo, and curator info.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_photos ~36
Fetch Unsplash's public editorial feed of recently curated photos in chronological or popular order; returns paginated photo objects with URLs and metadata.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
photo ~51
Fetch full metadata for a single Unsplash photo by id, including all image URLs (raw, full, regular, small, thumb), EXIF, location, tags, and photographer.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
photo_download ~51
Trigger the Unsplash required download-tracking event for a photo by id and return the download URL; must be called before presenting the download link to users per Unsplash API guidelines.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
photo_random ~39
Retrieve one or more random Unsplash photos; supports optional filters (query, orientation, collections, topics, username, content_filter) passed as extra params.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
photo_statistics ~65
Fetch view, download, and like statistics for a single Unsplash photo by id; supports resolution ("days") and quantity (1–30) to control the time-series window.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | yes | – |
| quantity | number | – | – |
| resolution | string | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_photos ~42
Search Unsplash photos by keyword (required); returns paginated results with image URLs, dimensions, photographer info, and alt text.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| query | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
topic ~50
Fetch metadata for a single Unsplash topic by id or slug (e.g. "animals"), including title, description, total photos, cover photo, and top contributors.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id_or_slug | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
topic_photos ~48
List photos belonging to a specific Unsplash topic by id or slug; returns paginated photo objects with image URLs, EXIF, and photographer info.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id_or_slug | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
topics ~40
List Unsplash editorial topics (curated content channels like "nature", "architecture"); returns topic id, slug, title, description, cover photo, and curator.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
user ~47
Fetch the public Unsplash profile for a given username, including bio, location, follower/following counts, total photos/likes/collections, and portfolio URL.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| username | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
user_likes ~41
List photos that a specific Unsplash username has liked; returns paginated photo objects with image URLs, photographer, and metadata.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| username | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
user_photos ~40
List photos uploaded by a specific Unsplash username; returns paginated photo objects with image URLs, likes, and metadata.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| username | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the Unsplash MCP server?
Unsplash runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-unsplash. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
npm · @pipeworx/mcp-unsplash
claude mcp add pipeworx-io-unsplash -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-unsplash
What is the Unsplash MCP server?
Unsplash is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/unsplash. Unsplash MCP. This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-unsplash).
Is the Unsplash MCP server safe to use?
Unsplash scores 81 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 6 November 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. Its build provenance is signed and verified. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the Unsplash MCP server expose?
Unsplash exposes 15 tools: search_photos, photo, photo_random, photo_download, photo_statistics, and 10 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 665 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the Unsplash MCP server still maintained?
Unsplash is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 6 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.
What licence is the Unsplash MCP server under?
Unsplash declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.
What did VerifyMCP test on the Unsplash MCP server?
VerifyMCP ran 15 checks on Unsplash, covering Malware scan, Known CVEs, Install scripts, Dependency health and 11 more. One item could not be completed, a gap on our side rather than a finding about Unsplash: Security disclosure. Endpoint Security and Transport & Reachability do not apply to an npm package, so they were not tested. The score does not measure everything, and the scoring documentation lists what it leaves out.