Ilovevideoeditor runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 77 installs a week from npm. Last commit 15 Jul 2026.
Render videos from JSON with motion-design templates, effects and batch rendering
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Today is the operative word: we check Ilovevideoeditor every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add mcp-server -e 'VF_API_KEY=<VF_API_KEY>' -- npx -y @ilovevideoeditor/mcp-server{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@ilovevideoeditor/mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"VF_API_KEY": "<VF_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.mcp-server]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@ilovevideoeditor/mcp-server"]
env = { VF_API_KEY = "<VF_API_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@ilovevideoeditor/mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"VF_API_KEY": "<VF_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"mcp-server": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@ilovevideoeditor/mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"VF_API_KEY": "<VF_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<VF_API_KEY> (iLoveVideoEditor API key (generate at ilovevideoeditor.com/dashboard/account/api)).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
VF_API_BASE_URL (API base URL override).
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