Frame Lens MCP Server

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Frame Lens runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 315 installs a week from npm. Last commit 10 Nov 2026.

Eyes and ears for AI agents: measured cuts, easing, palette, beats and transcripts from any video.

Installs per day peak 315 · avg 10

a month agotoday

315

Installs / week

npm · framelens

Stars

0 open issues

10 Nov 2026

Last commit

from GitHub

MIT

License

TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Frame Lens 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 Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add framelens -- npx -y framelens

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "framelens": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "framelens"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.framelens]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "framelens"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "framelens": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "framelens"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "framelens": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "framelens"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: GEMINI_API_KEY (Optional. Google Gemini API key, only for the Gemini YouTube tools; the local tools need no key), GEMINI_MODEL_NAME (Optional. Gemini model for the Gemini tools), FRAMELENS_WORKSPACE (Optional. Folder for results; defaults to .framelens in the working folder (or ~/.framelens)), FRAMELENS_AUTO_INSTALL (Optional. Set to 0 to stop the automatic, hash-checked download of a missing ffmpeg or yt-dlp).

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Frame Lens — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Frame Lens?

Frame Lens runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package framelens was installed 315 times last week.

How do I connect Frame Lens?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls framelens straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Frame Lens?

The npm package framelens was installed 315 times in the last week. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Frame Lens open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 1 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.