Claude Video Vision
Claude Video Vision is an MCP server that gives Claude the ability to watch and understand videos — Claude Code plugin with frame extraction and multimodal audio analysis. It has 1,422 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y claude-video-vision.
github.com/jordanrendric/claude-video-vision (opens in a new tab)
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Install Claude Video Vision
Generated from the server's published package. Replace your-value with your own values.
Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"claude-video-vision": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"claude-video-vision"
]
}
}
}Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport stdio claude-video-vision -- npx -y claude-video-visionCursor
{
"mcpServers": {
"claude-video-vision": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"claude-video-vision"
]
}
}
}Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.
VS Code
{
"servers": {
"claude-video-vision": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"claude-video-vision"
]
}
}
}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).
Tools (6)
Parsed from the Tools section of the README; check the repository for the current list.
video_watchExtract frames + process audio (main tool)
video_analyzeAnalyze video structure with ffmpeg filters before extraction
video_detailDrill into specific cached or newly extracted moments
video_infoGet video metadata without processing
video_configureChange settings
video_setupCheck and guide dependency installation
About Claude Video Vision
Give Claude the ability to watch and understand videos. A Claude Code plugin that extracts frames via ffmpeg and processes audio via multiple backends (Gemini API, local Whisper, or OpenAI API). Claude receives frames as images and audio transcription with timestamps — the plugin is a perception layer, not an interpretation layer.
- claude-code
- claude-code-plugin
- ffmpeg
- gemini
- mcp
- mcp-server
- multimodal
- video-analysis
- whisper
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How do I install the Claude Video Vision MCP server?
Add the command npx -y claude-video-vision 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 Claude Video Vision free?
The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.
Is Claude Video Vision actively maintained?
The most recent commit was on Oct 6, 2026. The latest release is v1.4.0, published Oct 6, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.