Keyflow
Contact

Search Keyflow

Find a shortcut, workflow, MCP server or skill

openshorts

remote (hosted) MCP server

openshorts is a remote (hosted) MCP server: Turn long videos into viral vertical shorts and publish them to TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. Connect any MCP client to https://mcp.openshorts.app/mcp.

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add --transport http openshorts https://mcp.openshorts.app/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"

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

Claude Desktop

Open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste https://mcp.openshorts.app/mcp.

Cursor & other clients

Add to .cursor/mcp.json or your client's MCP config.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openshorts": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.openshorts.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Needs an API key or token in the request headers. Get one from the vendor first.

What you need

  • Runtime: Nothing, it's hosted.
  • MCP client: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Claude Desktop, Cursor or any other client that speaks MCP over streamable HTTP.
  • Credentials: a bearer token or API key from www.openshorts.app, sent in the Authorization header.

Summary

Turn long videos into viral vertical shorts and publish them to TikTok, Instagram and YouTube.

openshorts vs similar servers

ServerStarsTypeAPI keyRuntime
openshorts5,745HostedYesNone
Taisly Social Media Posting215HostedYesNone
mcp-youtube-transcript484LocalNomcpb
MCP Registry Server7,291HostedNoNone
Agent-Native Assets6,874HostedNoNone

Questions

Yes. The hosted endpoint expects a token in the Authorization header.

Only an MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop or Cursor. openshorts is hosted, so there is nothing to install.

openshorts is a remote (hosted) MCP server served at https://mcp.openshorts.app/mcp.

Run: claude mcp add --transport http openshorts https://mcp.openshorts.app/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"

Run: codex mcp add openshorts --url https://mcp.openshorts.app/mcp --bearer-token-env-var TOKEN

Similar MCP servers

NameStars
  1. Taisly Social Media Postingio.github.taisly/agent215
  2. mcp-youtube-transcriptio.github.jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript484
  3. MCP Registry Serverai.com.mcp/registry7,291
  4. Agent-Native Assetsio.github.BuilderIO/agent-native-assets6,874
  5. NotFairio.github.nowork-studio/notfair3,873
  6. brave-search-mcp-serverio.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server1,477
  7. yutuio.github.eat-pray-ai/yutu694
  8. video-editing-mcpio.github.burningion/video-editing-mcp290