Claude Real Video

Claude Real Video is an MCP server that lets any LLM watch a video locally — and search everything it has ever watched. It has 2,263 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx claude-real-video.

github.com/HUANGCHIHHUNGLeo/claude-real-video (opens in a new tab)

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Install Claude Real Video

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Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "claude-real-video": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "claude-real-video"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio claude-real-video -- uvx claude-real-video

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "claude-real-video": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "claude-real-video"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "claude-real-video": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "claude-real-video"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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).

About Claude Real Video

▶ 100-second demo: ChatGPT and Gemini can watch video, Claude can't. Here's what Claude answers once crv turns the video into frames plus a timestamped transcript.

claude
claude-code
cli
ffmpeg
keyframe-extraction
llm
multimodal
python
scene-detection
transcription

Key facts

GitHub stars	2,263
License	MIT
Language	Python
Transport	stdio (local)
Packages	PyPI: `claude-real-video`
Auth	None declared
Works with	Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code
Latest release	v0.10.7 (Sep 26, 2026)
Last commit	Oct 8, 2026
MCP registry name	`io.github.HUANGCHIHHUNGLeo/claude-real-video`

Project health

ActiveActive: last commit Oct 8, 2026, last release Sep 26, 2026.

Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub

Raw inputs behind the health label
Last commit	Oct 8, 2026
Latest release	v0.10.7 (Sep 26, 2026)
Releases, last 12 months	10 or more
Releases, all time	31
Open issues	1
Open pull requests	1
Good first issues	0
Contributing guide	Yes
Security policy	Yes
Created	Jun 30, 2026

Health as of Oct 26, 2026, from the GitHub API. A label describes activity, not quality or security. How we label project health · Report a data error

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