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Glif

Glif is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. Generate images, video, and audio with Glif's media-generation agent. It has 212 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs as a remote server at https://glif.app/api/mcp.

github.com/glifxyz/glif-mcp-server (opens in a new tab)

Install Glif

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

Claude Desktop

Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector
URL: https://glif.app/api/mcp

Remote servers are added as a custom connector, not in claude_desktop_config.json.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http glif "https://glif.app/api/mcp"

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "glif": {
      "url": "https://glif.app/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "glif": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://glif.app/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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 Glif

Glif is a creative agent. Describe what you want to make, and it picks the models and does the work across images, video and audio. It also transcribes, renders HTML, searches the web, runs code and chains multi-step media jobs.

  • generative-ai
  • glif
  • mcp
  • mcp-server
  • mcp-servers
  • workflows
  • agent-skills
  • claude-code-plugin
  • gemini-cli-extension

FAQ

Glif FAQ

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What is Glif?

Glif is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. Generate images, video, and audio with Glif's media-generation agent. It has 212 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs as a remote server at https://glif.app/api/mcp. The source code is at github.com/glifxyz/glif-mcp-server.

How do I install the Glif MCP server?

It is a remote MCP server at https://glif.app/api/mcp. Add it with claude mcp add --transport http in Claude Code, as a url entry in .cursor/mcp.json or .vscode/mcp.json, or as a custom connector in the Claude apps.

Is Glif free?

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

Is Glif actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 7, 2026. The latest release is v0.9.11, published Jan 7, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.