ClipAI runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 442 installs a week from npm.
Turn long videos into scored, captioned 9:16 clips and schedule them to social platforms.
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check ClipAI 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 clipai-mcp -e 'CLIPAI_API_KEY=<CLIPAI_API_KEY>' -- npx -y clipai-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"clipai-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"clipai-mcp"
],
"env": {
"CLIPAI_API_KEY": "<CLIPAI_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.clipai-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "clipai-mcp"]
env = { CLIPAI_API_KEY = "<CLIPAI_API_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"clipai-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"clipai-mcp"
],
"env": {
"CLIPAI_API_KEY": "<CLIPAI_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"clipai-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"clipai-mcp"
],
"env": {
"CLIPAI_API_KEY": "<CLIPAI_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<CLIPAI_API_KEY> (ClipAI API key (Settings -> API keys in ClipAI)).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
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ClipAI — questions
Answers built from our own checks of this server.