OpusClip MCP
Turn long videos into AI-curated short clips — from your agent. Submit a video file orURL and OpusClip finds the best moments, adds captions, reframes to vertical, and returnsready-to-post clips. It can also generate thumbnails and social copy, pull transcripts,and schedule posts to your connected social accounts.
OpusClip is a hosted (remote) MCP server — nothing to build or run locally.Authentication is OAuth, handled in the browser on first use. No API keys required.
- Endpoint:
https://mcp.opus.pro/mcp(Streamable HTTP + OAuth) - Docs: https://help.opus.pro/api-reference/agent-setup
Quick start
Add OpusClip to your MCP client's config:
{
"mcpServers": {
"opusclip": {
"url": "https://mcp.opus.pro/mcp"
}
}
}
For stdio-only clients, use the npm launcher instead:
{
"mcpServers": {
"opusclip": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@opusclip/mcp"]
}
}
}
On the first tool call, a browser window opens to sign in to your OpusClip account andapprove access.
Per-client setup
| Client | How |
|---|---|
| Claude.ai / Claude Desktop | Settings → Connectors → add a custom connector with the URL above |
| Cursor | Settings → Tools & MCP → New MCP Server, or the one-click Add to Cursor button in our docs |
| Cline | Add the config above to cline_mcp_settings.json (see llms-install.md) |
| Claude Code | claude mcp add --transport http opusclip https://mcp.opus.pro/mcp |
What you can do
- Curate — submit a video (file or URL) and get AI-picked clips scored for virality
- Edit — apply an editing script (trim, reframe, layout, captions) to a clip
- Caption & transcript — pull the transcript, generate styled captions
- Thumbnails — generate thumbnail options for a clip
- Social copy — generate titles, descriptions, and hashtags per platform
- Collections — group clips and export them
- Schedule & publish — post or schedule clips to connected social accounts
- Usage — check your remaining credits and plan
See the full tool reference in the OpusClip API docs.
Registry
This server is listed in the official MCP Registry as io.github.opus-pro/opusclip(see server.json).
License
MIT © Opusclip Inc.