vidlens-mcp

local MCP server

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add io-github-thatsrajan-vidlens-mcp -e YOUTUBE_API_KEY=... -e GEMINI_API_KEY=... -e OPENAI_API_KEY=... -e SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY=... -e BRAVE_API_KEY=... -- npx -y vidlens-mcp

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-thatsrajan-vidlens-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "vidlens-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "YOUTUBE_API_KEY": "...",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "...",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "...",
        "SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY": "...",
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

Summary

Video as a queryable local asset for AI agents — 47 tools for YouTube, social, and local media.

Questions

vidlens-mcp is a local MCP server distributed as the npm package vidlens-mcp.

Run: claude mcp add io-github-thatsrajan-vidlens-mcp -e YOUTUBE_API_KEY=... -e GEMINI_API_KEY=... -e OPENAI_API_KEY=... -e SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY=... -e BRAVE_API_KEY=... -- npx -y vidlens-mcp

Run: codex mcp add io-github-thatsrajan-vidlens-mcp --env YOUTUBE_API_KEY=... --env GEMINI_API_KEY=... --env OPENAI_API_KEY=... --env SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY=... --env BRAVE_API_KEY=... -- npx -y vidlens-mcp

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