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Vidgrid — eyes for video MCP Server

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Vidgrid — eyes for video runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 46 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 20 Jun 2026.

Give an AI agent eyes for video: turn a clip into a numbered frame grid + transcript.

Installs per day peak 12 · avg 6 · -6% w/w
a month agotoday
46
Installs / week
pypi · vidgrid-mcp
0
Stars
0 open issues
20 Jun 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 1 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

In the project's build, not in the package

Found in continuous integration, deployment or infrastructure files, or in a neighbouring package of the same monorepo. None of this is installed when you add the server: it describes how the project is built and released. We list it because a leaked key in a build pipeline is still a real problem, but it is not something this server does on your machine.

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Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Vidgrid — eyes for video every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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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.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add vidgrid -- uvx vidgrid-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vidgrid": {
      "args": [
        "vidgrid-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.vidgrid]
command = "uvx"
args = ["vidgrid-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vidgrid": {
      "args": [
        "vidgrid-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vidgrid": {
      "args": [
        "vidgrid-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: VIDGRID_API_KEY (Vidgrid API key (vg_live_...). Free starter credits at https://vidgrid.site/api). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Vidgrid — eyes for video — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Vidgrid — eyes for video?
Vidgrid — eyes for video 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 pypi package vidgrid-mcp was installed 46 times last week.
How do I connect Vidgrid — eyes for video?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls vidgrid-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Vidgrid — eyes for video?
The pypi package vidgrid-mcp was installed 46 times in the last week. Week over week that is -6%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Vidgrid — eyes for video open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python and 0 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.