Commonkite: Free Image Search API, Creative Commons & CC0

io.github.shawmena-dotcomPublished by GitHub account shawmena-dotcomv1.0.0Updated Oct 24, 2026

Commonkite: free-to-use CC/public-domain images with license + credit line.

VerifiedStreamable HTTPWeb executableWeb Search & Scraping

Overview

AI-generated overview

Lets an assistant search free Creative Commons and public-domain images and return license and credit information.

What you can do
Commonkite is a remote MCP server for finding free-to-use images that are Creative Commons licensed or in the public domain. According to its registry description, it returns images together with license details and a credit line. No individual tools are listed in the supplied manifest, so the exact tool names and parameters are not documented here.
When to use it
Useful when an assistant needs to find reusable images for a document, page, or design and must also report the license and attribution. It is aimed at users who want free-to-use imagery rather than paid stock libraries.
Requirements
It runs as a remote streamable HTTP endpoint at the provider's hosted address, so no local runtime or package installation is needed. The manifest declares no authentication, environment variables, or headers, and no account or API key is shown as required. Network access to the remote endpoint is necessary.
Before you install
The server is hosted by a third party, so search queries are sent to that provider. License and credit information returned by the server should be verified against the original source before the image is used, since reuse terms can vary per image. No credentials, payments, or write actions are indicated in the supplied manifest.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Commonkite: Free Image Search API, Creative Commons & CC0 in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.

Use with an agent

Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.

Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/io.github.shawmena-dotcom%2Fcreative-commons-images/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.

Read the install guide the agent follows

Other MCP clients

Add this to your client's mcpServers config.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "commonkite-free-image-search-api-creativ": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://commonkite.cybermax-tools.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

README

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Tools

1

search_images

Search free-to-use images (Creative Commons, CC0, public domain)

Search openly licensed images by keyword across Openverse, NASA, The Met, Art Institute of Chicago and Cleveland Museum of Art. Each result has the image and thumbnail URL, size, license name and URL, yes/no flags for commercial use, editing and required credit, and a ready attributionText/attributionHtml. Use when you need an image you are allowed to reuse. Up to 12 results.

Parametersqueryrequiredlicensemax_resultsorientation

Version history

1
  1. v1.0.0LatestSep 26, 2026

Score

75% of the applicable checks met

How complete this listing is, computed from the registry entry, the endpoint and public sources. Not a rating of the server and not a statement that it is safe or working today: reachability is a dated check, and no installs or reviews go into the score.

  • Reached in the last 30 daysRequired25 pts
  • Auth declaredRequired10 pts
  • Tools listedRequired15 pts
  • DescriptionRequired15 pts
  • Logo10 pts
  • Documentation15 pts

    Declare a GitHub repository with a README, or serve resource_documentation in the OAuth protected-resource metadata.

  • License10 pts

    Declare a license in the repository or the registry entry.