Gif Search

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gif-search

Gif Search is an Agent Skill for documents published in the moltis-org/moltis repository on GitHub: a SKILL.md instruction file an AI agent can load to do this task.

Search and download GIFs from Tenor using curl. No dependencies beyond curl and jq. Useful for finding reaction GIFs, creating visual content, and sending GIFs in chat.

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GIF Search (Tenor API)

Search and download GIFs directly via the Tenor API using curl. No extra tools needed.

Setup

Set your Tenor API key in your environment (add to your environment):

TENOR_API_KEY=your_key_here

Get a free API key at https://developers.google.com/tenor/guides/quickstart — the Google Cloud Console Tenor API key is free and has generous rate limits.

Prerequisites

curl and jq (both standard on macOS/Linux)
TENOR_API_KEY environment variable

Search for GIFs

# Search and get GIF URLs
curl -s "https://tenor.googleapis.com/v2/search?q=thumbs+up&limit=5&key=${TENOR_API_KEY}" | jq -r '.results[].media_formats.gif.url'

# Get smaller/preview versions
curl -s "https://tenor.googleapis.com/v2/search?q=nice+work&limit=3&key=${TENOR_API_KEY}" | jq -r '.results[].media_formats.tinygif.url'

Download a GIF

# Search and download the top result
URL=$(curl -s "https://tenor.googleapis.com/v2/search?q=celebration&limit=1&key=${TENOR_API_KEY}" | jq -r '.results[0].media_formats.gif.url')
curl -sL "$URL" -o celebration.gif

Get Full Metadata

curl -s "https://tenor.googleapis.com/v2/search?q=cat&limit=3&key=${TENOR_API_KEY}" | jq '.results[] | {title: .title, url: .media_formats.gif.url, preview: .media_formats.tinygif.url, dimensions: .media_formats.gif.dims}'

API Parameters

Parameter	Description
`q`	Search query (URL-encode spaces as `+`)
`limit`	Max results (1-50, default 20)
`key`	API key (from `$TENOR_API_KEY` env var)
`media_filter`	Filter formats: `gif`, `tinygif`, `mp4`, `tinymp4`, `webm`
`contentfilter`	Safety: `off`, `low`, `medium`, `high`
`locale`	Language: `en_US`, `es`, `fr`, etc.

Available Media Formats

Each result has multiple formats under .media_formats:

Format	Use case
`gif`	Full quality GIF
`tinygif`	Small preview GIF
`mp4`	Video version (smaller file size)
`tinymp4`	Small preview video
`webm`	WebM video
`nanogif`	Tiny thumbnail

Notes

URL-encode the query: spaces as +, special chars as %XX
For sending in chat, tinygif URLs are lighter weight
GIF URLs can be used directly in markdown: ![alt](url)