MCP Server

The VideoDB MCP Server is a remote MCP server that gives Claude, and any other MCP client, access to a VideoDB account: upload media, index it, search it, cut clips, and get playable stream links from inside a conversation.


Endpoint	`https://mcp.videodb.io/mcp`
Transport	Streamable HTTP
Auth	Your MCP client asks you to log in to your VideoDB account once, when it connects
Tools	89, in 9 toolsets

Prerequisites

A VideoDB Account

Free at console.videodb.io, no credit card required. You log in there when you connect.

An MCP Client

Claude (web, desktop, mobile), Claude Code, Cursor, MCP Inspector, or any client that speaks Streamable HTTP.

Toolsets

Toolset	Tools	Covers
collections	7	List, create, rename and delete collections; account usage and invoices
media	20	Upload from URLs, list and inspect videos, audio and images, thumbnails, transcode, delete
transcripts	3	Get, generate and translate transcripts
indexing	15	Spoken-word and scene indexes, analyzer runs, retrieval-ready v2 indexes
search	7	Search or ask questions in one video or a whole collection; semantic, structured and aggregate queries
streams	6	Clips, supercuts, burned-in subtitles, highlight reels, reframes, MP4 renders
editor	2	Render a multi-track timeline and download the result
rtstream	27	Connect RTSP, RTMP or HLS feeds, index them live, run events and alerts
meetings	2	Send a recorder bot to Zoom, Google Meet or Microsoft Teams

Example Prompt

Upload this YouTube keynote, index it, and find every moment where they demo
the product. Then cut those moments into one highlight reel.

What It Does Not Do

Not available	Use instead
AI image, video, audio or music generation; dubbing and voice cloning	The SDK, which exposes them
Local file uploads. `upload_media` takes public URLs and YouTube links	The SDK or the console
Desktop capture, which needs a local capture client	Agent Skills or the Capture SDKs

Next Steps

Connect the MCP Server

Setup for Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, MCP Inspector and other clients

Tool Reference

Every tool, grouped by toolset, with what it does and what it needs first

Workflows

Recipes: upload to highlight reel, search a collection, live alerts

Auth and Privacy

How login works and what the connector collects

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MCP Server

Prerequisites

Toolsets

Example Prompt

What It Does Not Do

Next Steps

Connect the MCP Server

Tool Reference

Workflows

Auth and Privacy

​Prerequisites

​Toolsets

​Example Prompt

​What It Does Not Do

​Next Steps

Connect the MCP Server

Tool Reference

Workflows

Auth and Privacy

Prerequisites

Toolsets

Example Prompt

What It Does Not Do

Next Steps