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AutoClip

AutoClip is an MCP server that adds tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Clip long videos into short clips with covers and captions. It has 10,074 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx autoclip-mcp.

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Install AutoClip

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "autoclip": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "autoclip-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AUTOCLIP_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env AUTOCLIP_API_KEY=your-value --transport stdio autoclip -- uvx autoclip-mcp

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "autoclip": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "autoclip-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AUTOCLIP_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "autoclip_api_key",
      "description": "AUTOCLIP_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "autoclip": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "autoclip-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AUTOCLIP_API_KEY": "${input:autoclip_api_key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

Environment variables

Variables the server reads at startup.

NameRequiredDescription
AUTOCLIP_API_KEYsecretNoModel API key. Optional when desktop settings already include one.

About AutoClip

开源，在你的电脑上剪辑与渲染。贴一个链接，选好平台，生成 视频、封面和发布文案 ， 适配抖音、小红书、TikTok、Reels、YouTube Shorts、B 站与 YouTube。 软件免费，云端模型按量计费；需要调整时可进入编辑器。 最新正式版，桌面、CLI 与 MCP 同步更新。版本以 autoclip --version 和 MCP getversion 为准。一键出片、字幕分页、人物取景与长视频队列修复见 更新日志。旧版用户请升级。

  • ai-video-editor
  • ai-agent
  • content-repurposing
  • desktop-app
  • douyin
  • instagram-reels
  • mcp
  • open-source
  • podcast
  • subtitles

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How do I install the AutoClip MCP server?

Add the command uvx autoclip-mcp to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is AutoClip free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is AutoClip actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Nov 3, 2026. The latest release is v1.5.8, published Nov 2, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.