Contendeo MCP MCP server

Contendeo is an AI video comprehension service that provides a remote MCP server for Claude. It converts video URLs into structured JSON containing timestamped transcripts, keyframe descriptions, OCR text, and entity extraction. The server supports multimodal analysis including transcription, vision, and OCR for platforms like YouTube, Instagram, and Vimeo, enabling agents to understand visual content beyond audio transcripts.

Endpoint and access

OAuth sign-in: the first time you connect, your client opens the vendor's own authorization prompt in a browser.

OAuth sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-10-05Operated by Contendeo

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://contendeo.app/mcp/

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Transcribe audio from video URLs using Groq Whisper Turbo
Extract visual context and chart data from keyframes using Claude Vision
Perform OCR on text burned into video frames
Analyze specific video segments by timestamp range

Connect from your client

Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers a Streamable HTTP server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.

Claude Code configuration

claude mcp add --transport http contendeo-mcp https://contendeo.app/mcp/

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).

Codex configuration

codex mcp add contendeo-mcp --url https://contendeo.app/mcp/

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable contendeo-mcp in your MCP settings.

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "contendeo-mcp": {
      "url": "https://contendeo.app/mcp/"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure). The type must be streamableHttp for a remote HTTP server.

Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "contendeo-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://contendeo.app/mcp/",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start contendeo-mcp and inspect its tools.

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "contendeo-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://contendeo.app/mcp/"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.

Gemini CLI configuration

gemini mcp add --transport http contendeo-mcp https://contendeo.app/mcp/

Claude Desktop

Merge this into claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\), then restart Claude Desktop.

Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "contendeo-mcp": {
      "url": "https://contendeo.app/mcp/"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.

Windsurf configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "contendeo-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://contendeo.app/mcp/"
    }
  }
}

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