ClipSpeed MCP — clip any video from your AI chat

What is the ClipSpeed MCP server?

ClipSpeed MCP is a hosted remote server that plugs your video-clipping engine directly into any AI assistant that speaks the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Connect once, and your AI gains six real tools: find trending videos, turn any URL into vertical clips, poll for the finished clips, pull titles + hooks + posting times, browse caption styles, and publish to YouTube.

One endpoint powers all of it — POST https://api.clipspeed.ai/mcp — a stateless Streamable HTTP server. That means the same connection string works in Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, OpenClaw, Hermes and Codex. Set it up in one command and clip from wherever you already work.

First: get your ClipSpeed API key

Every setup below needs your personal API key (it looks like csai_live_...). Grab it in seconds.

Connect in one command — pick your client

<API_KEY> is a placeholder. The in-app generator (Account → API & Integrations → Generate API Key) fills it in for you. Every command has a one-click copy button.

npx clipspeed-mcp@1.0.0 install --key <API_KEY>

claude mcp add --transport http clipspeed https://api.clipspeed.ai/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>"

~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{
  "servers": {
    "clipspeed": {
      "url": "https://api.clipspeed.ai/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <API_KEY>" }
    }
  }
}

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json:
{
  "servers": {
    "clipspeed": {
      "serverUrl": "https://api.clipspeed.ai/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <API_KEY>" }
    }
  }
}

# Coming soon — OAuth 'Sign in with ClipSpeed'
# (ChatGPT's connector GUI has no static-key field yet)

# Fastest:
npx clipspeed-mcp@1.0.0 install --key <API_KEY>

# Or manual (any CLI/config MCP client):
#   url:     https://api.clipspeed.ai/mcp
#   header:  Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>

On Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw or Hermes, the CLI / config route is the fast path — it's shown in each tab above.

The tools ClipSpeed MCP gives your AI

Six real tools, exposed to your assistant the moment you connect. Each card shows the tool name, what it does, its inputs, and a plain-English example. This is the end-to-end creator loop — not a pile of generic gen-models.

Prompts to copy — paste these into your AI

Once connected, just talk. Copy any prompt below into Claude, Cursor or Windsurf and watch ClipSpeed run. These prove the value in one line: discovery, batch clipping, caption styles, titles, and one-command publishing.

Tip: Your AI remembers the projectId — say "check my clips" to poll.

Who clips with ClipSpeed MCP

Three playbooks, not five vague category cards. Each is a real workflow you can run today from your AI chat.

In your AI vs. tab-switching vs. thin connector pages

Most MCP connector pages give you one generic flow and a login button. ClipSpeed gives you six documented tools, per-client commands that actually work today, and the full discover → clip → caption → publish loop — inside the AI you already use.

Pricing & access

Start with a $1 trial for 3 days — full MCP access, real clips, no bait-and-switch. After that, MCP tools are included on every paid plan ($29 and $49 tiers). Your API key inherits your plan: your credits, your watermark rules, your connected YouTube.

No credit-card-only wall to read the docs — the whole page is free to browse. You only need the trial or a plan when you actually generate clips.