Runway ML runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 65 installs a week from npm. Last commit 2 Nov 2026.
Runway ML MCP server: AI video, image, audio, voice generation, and task management
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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-runway -e 'RUNWAYML_API_SECRET=<RUNWAYML_API_SECRET>' -- npx -y @mindstone/mcp-server-runway{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-server-runway": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@mindstone/mcp-server-runway"
],
"env": {
"RUNWAYML_API_SECRET": "<RUNWAYML_API_SECRET>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.mcp-server-runway]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@mindstone/mcp-server-runway"]
env = { RUNWAYML_API_SECRET = "<RUNWAYML_API_SECRET>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-server-runway": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@mindstone/mcp-server-runway"
],
"env": {
"RUNWAYML_API_SECRET": "<RUNWAYML_API_SECRET>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"mcp-server-runway": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@mindstone/mcp-server-runway"
],
"env": {
"RUNWAYML_API_SECRET": "<RUNWAYML_API_SECRET>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<RUNWAYML_API_SECRET> (Runway API key (from dev.runwayml.com)).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
RUNWAY_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS (Outbound HTTP request timeout in milliseconds (max 1800000)), RUNWAY_UPLOAD_TIMEOUT_MS (Signed-URL upload timeout for large local files in milliseconds), RUNWAY_ALLOWED_ROOT (Sandbox root for local-file inputs to upload tools. Defaults to os.tmpdir()), RUNWAY_DOWNLOAD_ROOT (Sandbox root for downloaded outputs. Defaults to ~/Downloads/runway-mcp).
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