> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.videodb.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# MCP Authentication and Privacy

> How the hosted VideoDB MCP Server authenticates you and what the connector collects

When you connect to the hosted server at `https://mcp.videodb.io/mcp`, your client asks you to log in to your VideoDB account once, in a browser tab.

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## How Connecting Works

<Steps>
  <Step title="You add the server to your client">
    See [Connect the MCP Server](/pages/mcp/connect).
  </Step>

  <Step title="A VideoDB page opens">
    It lists what the client will be able to do with your account.
  </Step>

  <Step title="You click Authorize">
    You're taken back to your client, connected.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Your client handles the rest. It holds a token from then on and sends it with every tool call.

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## What the Connector Collects

|                        |                                                                     |
| :--------------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Collected**          | The arguments of the tool call being run, and nothing else          |
| **Not read or stored** | Conversation content, chat history, memory, your files              |
| **Sent to**            | The VideoDB API (`api.videodb.io`) only. Nothing goes anywhere else |

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## Media and Derived Data

Videos you upload, and the transcripts, indexes and streams built from them, live in your VideoDB account under [VideoDB's retention terms](https://videodb.io/legal/privacy): stored until you delete them, with no automatic expiry.

Delete them with `delete_video`, `delete_index`, `delete_collection`, or `remove_video_storage`. See [Security & Privacy](/pages/core-concepts/security-privacy) for retention patterns across the rest of VideoDB.

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## More

* Privacy policy: [videodb.io/legal/privacy](https://videodb.io/legal/privacy)
* Terms: [videodb.io/legal/terms](https://videodb.io/legal/terms)
* Security questions: [hello@videodb.io](mailto:hello@videodb.io)

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## Next Steps

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card icon="server" title="MCP Server" href="/pages/mcp/index">
    What the hosted server is and what it covers
  </Card>

  <Card icon="plug" title="Connect" href="/pages/mcp/connect">
    Setup for Claude, Claude Code, Cursor and other clients
  </Card>

  <Card icon="wrench" title="Tool Reference" href="/pages/mcp/tools">
    Every tool, grouped by toolset
  </Card>
</CardGroup>