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MCP Video Analyzer

MCP Video Analyzer is an MCP server that turns any video — YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Loom, X, Vimeo, direct URLs, local files — into transcripts, key frames, OCR text, and metadata for AI agents. It has 102 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y mcp-video-analyzer.

github.com/guimatheus92/mcp-video-analyzer (opens in a new tab)

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Install MCP Video Analyzer

Generated from the server's published package. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-video-analyzer": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-video-analyzer"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio mcp-video-analyzer -- npx -y mcp-video-analyzer

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-video-analyzer": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-video-analyzer"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-video-analyzer": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-video-analyzer"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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 (4)

Parsed from the Tools section of the README; check the repository for the current list.

  • detail

    analysis depth: "brief" (metadata + truncated transcript, no frames), "standard" (default), "detailed" (dense…

  • fields

    array of specific fields to return, e.g. ["metadata", "transcript"].

  • threshold

    scene-change sensitivity

  • model

    / language / initialPrompt — per-call Whisper overrides for the transcription fallback (override WHISPERMODEL /…

About MCP Video Analyzer

Turn any video — YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Loom, X, Vimeo, direct links, local files — into transcripts, key frames, OCR text, and metadata for AI agents.

  • ai
  • claude
  • frames
  • loom
  • mcp
  • mcp-server
  • model-context-protocol
  • ocr
  • transcript
  • video-analysis

FAQ

MCP Video Analyzer FAQ

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How do I install the MCP Video Analyzer MCP server?

Add the command npx -y mcp-video-analyzer 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 MCP Video Analyzer free?

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

Is MCP Video Analyzer actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 25, 2026. The latest release is v0.11.0, published Oct 13, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.