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giphy-mcp-server

MCP server for the Giphy API — search, trending, and random GIFs as tools for AI coding agents.

Tools

Tool

Description

search_gifs

Search for GIFs by query string

get_trending_gifs

Get currently trending GIFs

get_random_gif

Get a random GIF, optionally filtered by tag

get_gif_by_id

Get a specific GIF by its Giphy ID

translate

Translate a word or phrase to the perfect GIF

Related MCP server: Giphy MCP Server

Setup

  1. Get a free API key at developers.giphy.com

  2. Set the GIPHY_API_KEY environment variable

Usage

With Claude Code

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "giphy": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["giphy-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "GIPHY_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

With pip

pip install giphy-mcp-server
giphy-mcp-server

From source

git clone https://github.com/npow/giphy-mcp-server.git
cd giphy-mcp-server
pip install -e .
giphy-mcp-server

Development

pip install -e ".[test]"
pytest

License

MIT

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