Agent skill · marketing growth · mvanhorn
pp-pexels
Every Pexels photo, video, and collection endpoint — plus a local store that adds quota forecasting, dedup-aware bulk download, and one-shot attribution exports no other Pexels tool has. Trigger phrases: `search pexels for photos`, `download stock video b-roll`, `get a stock photo of`, `find royalty-free images`, `export photo attribution credits`, `use pexels`, `run pexels`.
Why this skill is useful
Adds unique commands for Pexels API interactions, including quota forecasting and dedup-aware bulk downloads that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires pexels-pp-cli installed locally. About 8k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-06. 1,890 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Pexels — Printing Press CLI Prerequisites: Install the CLI This skill drives the pexels-pp-cli binary. You must verify the CLI is installed before invoking any command from this skill. If it is missing, install it first: 1. Install via the Printing Press installer. It defaults binaries to $HOME/.local/bin on macOS/Linux and %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\PrintingPress\bin on Windows: 2. Verify: pexels-pp-cli --version 3. Ensure the reported install directory is on $PATH for the agent/runtime that will invoke this skill. If the npx install fails (no Node, offline, etc.), fall back to a direct Go install (requires Go 1.26.6 or newer). This installs into $GOPATH/bin (default $HOME/go/bin), so add that directory to $PATH instead: If --version reports "command not found" after install, the runtime cannot see the binary directory on $PATH. Do not proceed with skill commands until verification succeeds. A single binary for the full Pexels API: search and curated photos, video search and popular feeds, and collections including your own. It mirrors results into a local SQLite store so you can re-search offline, dedup downloads across sessions, forecast your rate budget, pick the best-fit resolution for a target, and export license-compliant attribution in one command. When to Use This CLI Use this CLI when an agent or script needs stock photos or video b-roll from Pexels with deterministic JSON output, license-compliant attribution, and rate-budget awareness. It is the right choice for repeated or bulk media harvesting, re-finding previously pulled media offline, and picking exact resolutions for known media ids. Anti-triggers Do not use this CLI for: Do not use this CLI to upload, like, or modify content on Pexels — the API is strictly read-only. Do not use it as a wallpaper app or to replicate Pexels' core browsing experience; Pexels' guidelines forbid that and gate such clients. Do not use it for non-Pexels stock sources (Unsplash, Pixabay); it only speaks the Pexels API. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills mvanhorn/pexels