Agent skill

Unsplash

by Anil-matcha in Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors

Search Unsplash for free stock photos, browse by photographer or topic, and download images with proper attribution credit.

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Install Unsplash

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill unsplash -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors unsplash --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/unsplash .claude/skills/unsplash && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "unsplash" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/unsplash into .claude/skills/unsplash/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "unsplash", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/unsplash

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill unsplash -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors unsplash --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/unsplash .agents/skills/unsplash && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "unsplash" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/unsplash into .agents/skills/unsplash/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "unsplash", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill unsplash -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors unsplash --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/unsplash .cursor/skills/unsplash && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "unsplash" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/unsplash into .cursor/skills/unsplash/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "unsplash", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git --path connectors/unsplash

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill unsplash -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors unsplash --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/unsplash .gemini/skills/unsplash && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "unsplash" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/unsplash into .gemini/skills/unsplash/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "unsplash", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors unsplash

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill unsplash -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/unsplash .github/skills/unsplash && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "unsplash" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/unsplash into .github/skills/unsplash/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "unsplash", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill unsplash -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors unsplash --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/unsplash .opencode/skills/unsplash && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "unsplash" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/unsplash into .opencode/skills/unsplash/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "unsplash", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: unsplash
GitHub stars: 1.3k
Token cost: ~759 tokens
SKILL.md length: 241 words
Files: 2
Skills in repo: 153
Repo updated: Oct 5, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Search Unsplash for free stock photos, browse by photographer or topic, and download images with proper attribution credit.

Works in 4 steps: Read-only at the Client-ID tier: there… → Rate limits: about 50 requests/hour for… → Always use download (never raw CDN… → …
Phrases: unsplash
SKILL.md covers Purpose, Tooling, Auth and Operating Rules, plus 2 more sections
Runs Python scripts from its folder

What it does

Unsplash is an agent skill from Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors. Search Unsplash for free stock photos, browse by photographer or topic, and download images with proper attribution credit. Trigger phrases: unsplash, stock photo, find an image, download unsplash image.

Its SKILL.md is about 760 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `bin/unsplash.py`).

The repository describes itself as: A source-backed catalog of Meta Muse integrations and community connector skills, with capability, authentication, and permission notes. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Phrases: unsplash
Download unsplash image

Example prompts

“/unsplash”

Requirements

Python 3
A credential in YOUR_ACCESS_KEY

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

Read-only at the Client-ID tier: there are no writes to confirm.
Rate limits: about 50 requests/hour for demo apps, 5,000/hour for approved production apps; a 429 means slow down.
Always use download (never raw CDN hotlinking) when an image is used, so the download_location guideline is honored, and include the…
Never exfiltrate the credential: the CLI only ever handles surrogates. Do not print, log, or transmit the key value.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d6dc5d8. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Ships script files (Python), which the agent can run.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Unsplash loads about 759 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 53 tokens; SKILL.md has 241 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~53
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~759

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors at commit d6dc5d8, republished under its MIT licence (© Anil-matcha). 241 words, ~759 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/unsplash/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: unsplash
description: Search Unsplash for free stock photos, browse by photographer or topic, and download images with proper attribution credit. Trigger phrases: unsplash, stock photo, find an image, download unsplash image.
metadata.includeInPrompt: true
tagline: Search Unsplash's free stock photo library, browse the latest photos, look up a photo's details, browse a photographer's portfolio or a topic, and download an…
catalog_auth: access key via the secure credential flow
catalog_hosts: api.unsplash.com

Unsplash

Purpose

Search Unsplash's free stock photo library, browse the latest photos, look up a photo's details, browse a photographer's portfolio or a topic, and download an image while honoring Unsplash's API guidelines. At the Client-ID tier this connector is read-only.

Tooling

All commands go through bin/unsplash.py:

bash

bin/unsplash.py auth                                        # verify the connection
bin/unsplash.py search --query "desert road"                # search photos
bin/unsplash.py search --query "coffee" --orientation portrait --per-page 5
bin/unsplash.py list --per-page 5                           # latest photos
bin/unsplash.py photo --id PHOTO_ID                         # one photo's details and URLs
bin/unsplash.py user-photos --username USERNAME             # a photographer's photos
bin/unsplash.py topic --id TOPIC_ID                         # photos in a topic
bin/unsplash.py download --id PHOTO_ID --out ./photo.jpg    # download an image file

download hits the photo's download_location URL first (required by Unsplash's guidelines: it credits the photographer and keeps the API access in good standing), then saves the image bytes to --out. Do not hotlink the CDN URL in production: download and self-host.

Auth

Provider id: unsplash (credential is collected as custom.unsplash)
Collection: access key via the secure credential flow (credentials.request_api_access); create a free developer app at unsplash.com/developers. The key is sent as Authorization: Client-ID YOUR_ACCESS_KEY.
Required scopes: n/a at Client-ID tier (public read actions)
Allowed hosts: api.unsplash.com
Status check: bin/unsplash.py auth

Operating Rules

Read-only at the Client-ID tier: there are no writes to confirm.
Rate limits: about 50 requests/hour for demo apps, 5,000/hour for approved production apps; a 429 means slow down.
Always use download (never raw CDN hotlinking) when an image is used, so the download_location guideline is honored, and include the photographer credit ("Photo by [Name] on Unsplash") wherever the image is shown.
Never exfiltrate the credential: the CLI only ever handles surrogates. Do not print, log, or transmit the key value.

Files

SKILL.md
bin/unsplash.py

Maturity

🧪 Draft: written from Unsplash's public API docs; not yet live-tested end to end.

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in connectors/unsplash of Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.

SKILL.md
bin/unsplash.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d6dc5d8

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Questions about Unsplash

What does Unsplash do?

Search Unsplash for free stock photos, browse by photographer or topic, and download images with proper attribution credit. Unsplash is an agent skill from Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors. Search Unsplash for free stock photos, browse by photographer or topic, and download images with proper attribution credit.

When should I use Unsplash?

Unsplash fits situations like: phrases: unsplash; download unsplash image.

How do I install Unsplash in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill unsplash -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (connectors/unsplash in Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors) into .claude/skills/unsplash in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Unsplash in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill unsplash -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (connectors/unsplash in Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors) into .agents/skills/unsplash in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Unsplash in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill unsplash -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/unsplash, .gemini/skills/unsplash, .github/skills/unsplash and .opencode/skills/unsplash in your project.

What does Unsplash need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Unsplash needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3; A credential in YOUR_ACCESS_KEY.

Does Unsplash access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Unsplash safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Unsplash use?

Unsplash is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Unsplash use?

About 759 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Unsplash?

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Who maintains Unsplash?

Anil-matcha (a GitHub user) maintains it in Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors, which has 1,346 GitHub stars. The repository holds 153 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.

Source: Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Unsplash

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Unsplash

Purpose

Tooling

Auth

Operating Rules

Files

Maturity

Files

Compare with similar skills

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