Shutterstock for VS Code

io.github.fredobumma/shutterstock-mcp

Search Shutterstock photos, footage, music and news images; preview, collect and license them.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install Shutterstock in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "shutterstock-api-key",
      "description": "SHUTTERSTOCK_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "shutterstock-api-secret",
      "description": "SHUTTERSTOCK_API_SECRET",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "shutterstock-api-token",
      "description": "SHUTTERSTOCK_API_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "shutterstock-enable-licensing",
      "description": "SHUTTERSTOCK_ENABLE_LICENSING",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "shutterstock-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "shutterstock-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SHUTTERSTOCK_API_KEY": "${input:shutterstock-api-key}",
        "SHUTTERSTOCK_API_SECRET": "${input:shutterstock-api-secret}",
        "SHUTTERSTOCK_API_TOKEN": "${input:shutterstock-api-token}",
        "SHUTTERSTOCK_ENABLE_LICENSING": "${input:shutterstock-enable-licensing}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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