Pinterest MCP is an open-source MCP Server that gives Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and any other MCP client direct access to Pinterest — search pins, actually look at the images, follow "more like this", read boards, and download originals. It's built for designers and front-end developers who start every task by collecting references.
No Pinterest login. No API key. No headless browser.
❌ Without Pinterest MCP
- You switch to the browser, search, scroll, save images by hand, and drag them back into the chat.
- The AI only gets the images you remembered to paste, without their source, colours or context.
✅ With Pinterest MCP
The agent searches, looks at the thumbnails, explains its picks, saves full-resolution files to disk — and can go straight on to build the screen from them.
Features
- ⚡ Fast — talks to the same JSON endpoints pinterest.com uses; ~2–3 s for 20 pins, no Chrome to launch.
- 👀 The model can see — optional thumbnails are returned as images, so the agent judges style, layout and colour, not just titles.
- 🧾 Rich metadata — title, description, full-size URL and dimensions (thumbnail-only pins flagged
low_res), dominant colour, source site, board, creator, date. Ads are filtered out.
- 🔁 Go deeper — related pins, whole boards, pagination with bookmarks.
- 🛡️ Robust — keeps an anonymous session and retries Pinterest's occasional "fake end of feed".
- 🪶 Token-friendly — hashtag walls collapsed, unusable fields dropped.
- 🎬 Videos too — video pins come with an MP4
video_url; filter to videos only for motion references.
- 📥 Downloads — image originals with automatic 736px fallback and MP4 videos, only from
*.pinimg.com.
Quick start
Requires Node.js ≥ 20.18.
Claude Code
Codex — ~/.codex/config.toml
Claude Desktop — one-click install
Download pinterest-mcp.mcpb from the latest release and double-click it. Claude Desktop shows an install dialog where you can pick a download folder and an optional proxy.
Cursor / Claude Desktop / Windsurf / others — JSON config
Cursor: ~/.cursor/mcp.json · Claude Desktop: claude_desktop_config.json
From source
Tools
search, related_pins and board_pins accept previews: N to attach thumbnails of the first N results, and media: "video" to return only video pins (each with an MP4 video_url) — handy for motion and interaction references.
Example prompts
Tip: English keywords return far more results. Add words like ui, app, dribbble, poster or moodboard to steer the style.
Configuration
Example with Claude Code:
FAQ
Why can't I get details for a search result?
Logged-out search results carry anonymous ids that Pinterest won't resolve. Everything they have is already in the search result; get_pin and related_pins need a real pin link (pinterest.com/pin/<number>/).
Network errors?
If pinterest.com is blocked where you are, set MCP_PINTEREST_PROXY.
Will it break?
It uses Pinterest's web endpoints rather than the official API, so a Pinterest redesign may require an update. Watch the repo or check the changelog.
Development
See CHANGELOG.md for release history. Issues and PRs are welcome.
Disclaimer
Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Pinterest. Use it for personal inspiration at a reasonable request rate, follow Pinterest's Terms of Service, and respect creators' copyright — downloaded images are for reference only.
Acknowledgements
Thanks to terryso/mcp-pinterest for first exploring Pinterest over MCP.
Star History
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License
MIT © sunkimk
