See a demo here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG6TMLD8GmA Upload, edit, search, and generate videos from everyone's favorite LLM and Video Jungle. You'll need to sign up for an account at Video Jungle in order to use this tool, and add your API key. The server implements an interface to upload, generate, and edit videos with: - Custom vj:// URI scheme for accessing individual videos and project
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npx mdskills install burningion/video-editing-mcpComprehensive video editing MCP server with multi-modal search, edit generation, and DaVinci Resolve integration
1# Video Editor MCP server23[](https://www.video-jungle.com)45See a demo here: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG6TMLD8GmA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG6TMLD8GmA)67Upload, edit, search, and generate videos from everyone's favorite LLM and [Video Jungle](https://www.video-jungle.com/).89You'll need to sign up for an account at [Video Jungle](https://app.video-jungle.com/register) in order to use this tool, and add your API key.1011[](https://badge.fury.io/py/video-editor-mcp)1213## Components1415### Resources1617The server implements an interface to upload, generate, and edit videos with:18- Custom vj:// URI scheme for accessing individual videos and projects19- Each project resource has a name, description20- Search results are returned with metadata about what is in the video, and when, allowing for edit generation directly2122### Prompts2324Coming soon.2526### Tools2728The server implements a few tools:29- add-video30 - Add a Video File for analysis from a URL. Returns an vj:// URI to reference the Video file31- create-videojungle-project32 - Creates a Video Jungle project to contain generative scripts, analyzed videos, and images for video edit generation33- edit-locally34 - Creates an OpenTimelineIO project and downloads it to your machine to open in a Davinci Resolve Studio instance (Resolve Studio _must_ already be running before calling this tool.)35- generate-edit-from-videos36 - Generates a rendered video edit from a set of video files37- generate-edit-from-single-video38 - Generate an edit from a single input video file39- get-project-assets40 - Get assets within a project for video edit generation.41- search-videos42 - Returns video matches based upon embeddings and keywords43- update-video-edit44 - Live update a video edit's information. If Video Jungle is open, edit will be updated in real time.4546### Using Tools in Practice4748In order to use the tools, you'll need to sign up for Video Jungle and add your API key.4950**add-video**5152Here's an example prompt to invoke the `add-video` tool:5354```55can you download the video at https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RumgYaH5XYw and name it fly traps?56```5758This will download a video from a URL, add it to your library, and analyze it for retrieval later. Analysis is multi-modal, so both audio and visual components can be queried against.5960**search-videos**6162Once you've got a video downloaded and analyzed, you can then do queries on it using the `search-videos` tool:6364```65can you search my videos for fly traps?66```6768Search results contain relevant metadata for generating a video edit according to details discovered in the initial analysis.6970**search-local-videos**7172You must set the environment variable `LOAD_PHOTOS_DB=1` in order to use this tool, as it will make Claude prompt to access your files on your local machine.7374Once that's done, you can search through your Photos app for videos that exist on your phone, using Apple's tags.7576In my case, when I search for "Skateboard", I get 1903 video files.7778```79can you search my local video files for Skateboard?80```8182**generate-edit-from-videos**8384Finally, you can use these search results to generate an edit:8586```87can you create an edit of all the times the video says "fly trap"?88```8990(Currently), the video edits tool relies on the context within the current chat.9192**generate-edit-from-single-video**9394Finally, you can cut down an edit from a single, existing video:9596```97can you create an edit of all the times this video says the word "fly trap"?98```99100## Configuration101102You must login to [Video Jungle settings](https://app.video-jungle.com/profile/settings), and get your [API key](https://app.video-jungle.com/profile/settings). Then, use this to start Video Jungle MCP:103104```bash105$ uv run video-editor-mcp YOURAPIKEY106```107108To allow this MCP server to search your Photos app on MacOS:109110```111$ LOAD_PHOTOS_DB=1 uv run video-editor-mcp YOURAPIKEY112```113## Quickstart114115### Install116117#### Installing via Smithery118119To install Video Editor for Claude Desktop automatically via [Smithery](https://smithery.ai/server/video-editor-mcp):120121```bash122npx -y @smithery/cli install video-editor-mcp --client claude123```124125#### Claude Desktop126127You'll need to adjust your `claude_desktop_config.json` manually:128129On MacOS: `~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`130On Windows: `%APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`131132<details>133<details>134 <summary>Published Server Configuration</summary>135136 ```json137 "mcpServers": {138 "video-editor-mcp": {139 "command": "uvx",140 "args": [141 "video-editor-mcp",142 "YOURAPIKEY"143 ]144 }145 }146 ```147</details>148 <summary>Development/Unpublished Servers Configuration</summary>149150 ```json151 "mcpServers": {152 "video-editor-mcp": {153 "command": "uv",154 "args": [155 "--directory",156 "/Users/YOURDIRECTORY/video-editor-mcp",157 "run",158 "video-editor-mcp",159 "YOURAPIKEY"160 ]161 }162 }163 ```164165 With local Photos app access enabled (search your Photos app):166167 ```json168 "video-jungle-mcp": {169 "command": "uv",170 "args": [171 "--directory",172 "/Users/<PATH_TO>/video-jungle-mcp",173 "run",174 "video-editor-mcp",175 "<YOURAPIKEY>"176 ],177 "env": {178 "LOAD_PHOTOS_DB": "1"179 }180 },181 ```182183</details>184185Be sure to replace the directories with the directories you've placed the repository in on **your** computer.186187## Development188189### Building and Publishing190191To prepare the package for distribution:1921931. Sync dependencies and update lockfile:194```bash195uv sync196```1971982. Build package distributions:199```bash200uv build201```202203This will create source and wheel distributions in the `dist/` directory.2042053. Publish to PyPI:206```bash207uv publish208```209210Note: You'll need to set PyPI credentials via environment variables or command flags:211- Token: `--token` or `UV_PUBLISH_TOKEN`212- Or username/password: `--username`/`UV_PUBLISH_USERNAME` and `--password`/`UV_PUBLISH_PASSWORD`213214### MCP Server Registry215216```217mcp-name: io.github.burningion/video-editing-mcp218```219220### Debugging221222Since MCP servers run over stdio, debugging can be challenging. For the best debugging223experience, we strongly recommend using the [MCP Inspector](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector).224225226You can launch the MCP Inspector via [`npm`](https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm) with this command:227228(Be sure to replace `YOURDIRECTORY` and `YOURAPIKEY` with the directory this repo is in, and your Video Jungle API key, found in the settings page.)229230```bash231npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv run --directory /Users/YOURDIRECTORY/video-editor-mcp video-editor-mcp YOURAPIKEY232```233234235Upon launching, the Inspector will display a URL that you can access in your browser to begin debugging.236237Additionally, I've added logging to `app.log` in the project directory. You can add logging to diagnose API calls via a:238239```240logging.info("this is a test log")241```242243A reasonable way to follow along as you're workin on the project is to open a terminal session and do a:244245```bash246$ tail -n 90 -f app.log247```248
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