# Claude Video Vision (MCP server)

> 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 1,347 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y 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.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/jordanrendric/claude-video-vision |
| GitHub stars | 1,347 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Transport | stdio |
| Packages | npm: claude-video-vision |
| Remote URL | none |
| Needs API key | no |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code |
| Category | Developer tools |
| Latest release | v1.4.0 (Oct 6, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 6, 2026 |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```json
{
  "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

```sh
claude mcp add --transport stdio claude-video-vision -- npx -y claude-video-vision
```

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "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 (.vscode/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "claude-video-vision": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "claude-video-vision"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Config formats checked against the official docs on 2026-10-07.

## Tools

- `video_watch`: Extract frames + process audio (main tool)
- `video_analyze`: Analyze video structure with ffmpeg filters before extraction
- `video_detail`: Drill into specific cached or newly extracted moments
- `video_info`: Get video metadata without processing
- `video_configure`: Change settings
- `video_setup`: Check and guide dependency installation

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