gif-search

gif-search is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from john-data-chen/hermes-agent-backup. It costs 15 tokens per session (805 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of gif-search, MIT.

A command-line tool for finding and downloading animated GIFs through Tenor, a GIF search service. It uses standard terminal tools and a Tenor API key.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to find reaction GIFs, retrieve preview or full GIF URLs, and download selected results for visual content.
Why use it?
It removes the need to search for GIFs manually and copy download links. Searches and downloads can be built into scripts or chat workflows.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it to find reaction GIFs, retrieve preview or full GIF URLs, and download selected results for visual content.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/john-data-chen/hermes-agent-backup/gif-search
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Any agent
npx skills add john-data-chen/hermes-agent-backup --skill gif-search
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/john-data-chen/hermes-agent-backup

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 15 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 805 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 1 finding. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin 100% copy Near-identical to another mod in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00015 $0.00805
Opus 5 $0.00008 $0.00402
Sonnet 5 $0.00003 $0.00161
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00081

Measured 8d ago against content hash a8349043740a, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-08, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

gif-search scanned grade A with 1 finding against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 8d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

description: "Search/download GIFs from Tenor via curl + jq."
Origin

This is a copy

100% identical to gif-search — 0 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

skills/media/gif-search/SKILL.md · 92 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 92 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

GIF Search (Tenor API)

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

When to use

Useful for finding reaction GIFs, creating visual content, and sending GIFs in chat.

Setup

Set your Tenor API key in your environment (add to ${HERMES_HOME:-~/.hermes}/.env):

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

Read the full file on GitHub · 92 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 8d ago First seen · 92 lines · 15 tokens per session scan A a8349043740a

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gif-search is a skill published in the GitHub repository john-data-chen/hermes-agent-backup (2 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 15 tokens to every session and 805 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (makes network calls). It is 100% identical to gif-search, differing in 0 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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