memecub

_{Real output of match_article. The model picks the moments; memecub finds the meme and inserts it as Markdown.}

Why memecub

• It places memes, not just finds them. match_article reads a whole post, picks the sentences worth a meme and returns the article with images inserted. Your agent doesn't have to guess where they go.
• Search by feeling. Ask for facepalm, this is fine, it works on my machine, 无语 or 摸鱼 and get the reaction you meant, not a keyword lookalike.
• English memes and Chinese 表情包 in one library. Drake, This Is Fine, Doge and Surprised Pikachu next to 熊猫头, 奶龙, 蘑菇头, 金馆长 and DeepSeek 鲸鱼娘. Chinese queries match whole phrases, so a character name returns that character.
• Zero install. A remote MCP server over Streamable HTTP, or a plain-curl Agent Skill. Searching works without a key.
• License-aware results. Every image says whether it is cleared for commercial use, links its source, and ships a ready Markdown snippet with the credit line when one is required. Ask for commercial-safe only and that's all you get.
• Safe defaults for agents. Memes whose captions contain swearing are left out of agent results unless you ask for them.

Quick start

The server is https://memecub.com/mcp. Pick your client:

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http memecub https://memecub.com/mcp

Cursor (~/.cursor/mcp.json)

{ "mcpServers": { "memecub": { "url": "https://memecub.com/mcp" } } }

VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

{ "servers": { "memecub": { "type": "http", "url": "https://memecub.com/mcp" } } }

Claude Desktop / claude.ai: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → https://memecub.com/mcp

Codex and any agent that reads skills: use the Agent Skill below.

Then just ask:

Add 3 memes to draft.md where they fit.

Find me a facepalm meme, commercial use only.

给这篇文章配几张表情包。

MCP tools

Tool	What it does
search_memes	Search by reaction, feeling or character. Filters: commercial_only, no_credit, kind (meme, gif, emoji, artwork, photo), min_size
match_article	Read an article, pick the spots that deserve a meme, return the article with images inserted (needs a key)
get_meme	Full details for one image: license, source, author, credit line, tags
list_categories	Library categories

You can try it without a key (20 searches a day per IP). Add Authorization: Bearer <key> (run npx memecub login, or create one at memecub.com/dashboard) to use your credits: a free account gets 1,000 a month, a search costs 1 and match_article costs 10. Plans and credit packs: memecub.com/pricing.

Agent skill

skills/memecub/SKILL.md teaches an agent to place memes into writing with plain curl. No MCP, no dependencies, works in Claude Code, Codex and Cursor.

npx skills add liyupi/memecub

Or by hand:

# Claude Code: ~/.claude/skills   Codex: ~/.codex/skills   Cursor: ~/.cursor/skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/memecub
curl -s https://memecub.com/skill.md -o ~/.claude/skills/memecub/SKILL.md

REST API

curl -sG https://memecub.com/api/v1/search --data-urlencode "q=facepalm" -d limit=1

{
  "data": [{
    "title": "Facepalm",
    "url": "https://gpic.code-nav.cn/memecub/public/12vw20qg0awo.jpg",
    "page_url": "https://memecub.com/meme/12vw20qg0awo-facepalm",
    "width": 679, "height": 600, "kind": "meme",
    "license": { "code": "web", "commercial_use": false, "attribution_required": false },
    "markdown": "![Facepalm](https://gpic.code-nav.cn/memecub/public/12vw20qg0awo.jpg)"
  }]
}

All endpoints and limits: memecub.com/developers.

CLI and JS client

memecub on npm, source in cli/. Node 18+.

npx memecub search "facepalm" --limit 5
npm i -g memecub                                  # or install the `memecub` command
memecub search "facepalm" --limit 5
memecub search "mind blown" --commercial          # only images cleared for commercial use
memecub match ./article.md --count 4 > article.with-memes.md

import { MemecubClient } from "memecub";

const client = new MemecubClient("https://memecub.com", process.env.MEMECUB_API_KEY);
const { data } = await client.search({ q: "mind blown", limit: 5, commercialOnly: true });

The website

Everything the agent sees is also browsable at memecub.com: search, topic pages, one-click copy and download, and the article tool in the browser.

Home	Topic page	Agent setup

FAQ

Is it free? Browsing memecub.com is free, and so is light API use: 20 keyless searches a day, or 1,000 credits a month with a free account. Heavier use runs on plans and credit packs.

Can I use the images commercially? Check license.commercial_use on each result. Memes collected from the web are false: copyright belongs to their creators and the source link is kept. Openly licensed images (CC0, public domain, CC BY and similar) are true and come with the credit line when the license needs one. Pass commercial_only: true (MCP) or commercial=1 (REST) to get only those.

Is the website open source? No. This repository holds the integrations (MCP descriptor, Agent Skill, CLI and client). The site and its data pipeline are run by memecub.

Found a problem with an image? Use the report button on its page, or see memecub.com/dmca.

License

Code in this repository is MIT. Images are not covered by MIT; each result carries its own license.

If memecub saves your agent a trip to the image search, a ⭐ helps others find it.