Find Free Stock Photos and Videos Through Pexels and Your Muse

Through an AnythingMCP custom connector, your muse can search Pexels free stock photos and videos in plain words, filtered by subject, orientation, size, and color, and hand you the file details for your pick.

What it does

The connector adds 9 tools, and they read only. Photo search takes a keyword plus optional filters for orientation, minimum size, color, and language region. Each result carries ready-made image sizes, the photographer's name and profile link, average color, and alt text. A curated list shows team picks, updated at least hourly. Video search works the same way, with a popular list. One call opens a photo or video in full, with every video file by quality and size. The muse can also list featured collections, your own collections, and the media inside one.

How to use it

1. Start an AnythingMCP account and add the Pexels connector.
2. Sign in at Pexels, open the Image and Video API page, fill in the short form about your use, and copy the API key. Enter it only where the connector asks. Never paste it into a chat.
3. In Muse, open Settings, then Connectors, and add a custom connector with the address AnythingMCP gives you. Sign in and approve.
4. Ask for a specific search first, naming the subject, whether you want a photo or a video, and the shape you need, such as wide for a banner or tall for a phone post.
5. Open your favorite result in full before you download it, and note the photographer's name and profile link for credit.

What you need

• A Muse account that can add custom connectors
• An AnythingMCP account with the Pexels connector added
• A Pexels account and its free API key

What to watch for

• The free key allows 200 requests an hour and 20,000 a month. Broad searches in a loop can use that up, so narrow the subject and filters early.
• Pexels asks apps to show a visible link to Pexels and, where possible, credit the photographer with a link to their profile. Doing so can also raise your limits for free on request.
• Collection reading covers featured collections and your own. A public collection from someone else will not open through this connector.
• Check each item's own page before commercial use at scale, and keep the credit details with the file. This is a custom connector, and Meta does not review custom connectors. You can disconnect it in Settings at any time. The muse prepares, you decide.