Video Grab MCP

Video Grab is an official MCP server by OpenKrill that allows AI agents to search for freely licensed videos from Wikimedia Commons and the Internet Archive, and retrieve public metadata for YouTube videos. It assists users in finding reusable media and downloading their own uploaded content, without downloading others' videos or removing watermarks.

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No sign-in: your client connects and lists tools immediately, with no account or key.

No sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-10-18Operated by OpenKrill

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://videograb.openkrill.app/mcp

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Find freely licensed video of ocean waves
Download my own YouTube videos
Search Wikimedia Commons for media
Retrieve public YouTube video metadata

Tools advertised by the last live check:

search_free_videos
own_video_export
video_metadata
submit_feedback
get_feedback_reply

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 video-grab-mcp https://videograb.openkrill.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 video-grab-mcp --url https://videograb.openkrill.app/mcp

Cursor

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

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "video-grab-mcp": {
      "url": "https://videograb.openkrill.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": {
    "video-grab-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://videograb.openkrill.app/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "video-grab-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://videograb.openkrill.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 video-grab-mcp https://videograb.openkrill.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": {
    "video-grab-mcp": {
      "url": "https://videograb.openkrill.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": {
    "video-grab-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://videograb.openkrill.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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