Video Vision MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 173 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 6 Aug 2026.
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What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.
proc = subprocess.run(
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We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.
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 video-vision-mcp -- uvx video-vision-mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"video-vision-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"video-vision-mcp"
]
}
}
}
[mcp_servers.video-vision-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["video-vision-mcp"]
{
"mcpServers": {
"video-vision-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"video-vision-mcp"
]
}
}
}
{
"servers": {
"video-vision-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"video-vision-mcp"
]
}
}
}
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
VIDEO_MCP_ENV (Optional path to a .env file with config (API keys, tuning)), GEMINI_API_KEY (Enables tier-3 native Gemini video analysis (default when set)), OPENAI_API_KEY (Enables tier-2 OpenAI Whisper transcription), GROQ_API_KEY (Enables tier-2 Groq whisper-large-v3 transcription).
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