videoctx MCP
An open-source MCP server that indexes video content locally into a portable .vctx format, allowing AI agents to query text layers and fetch frames on demand without re-tokenizing the entire video for every question.
Package and access
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You'll need Python, ffmpeg, and an Anthropic API key for question-answering
Vendor documentation What you can do with it
- Summarize lectures and courses
- Find specific moments in meetings with timestamps
- Identify errors in screen recordings
- Generate chapter markers for video archives
Source and maintenance
Community listingRegistry 0.1.5
- Maintenance checked
Packages and installation
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videoctx 0.1.5
pypiuvx
videoctx package definition
{
"version": "0.1.5",
"transport": "stdio",
"identifier": "videoctx",
"runtimeHint": "uvx",
"registryType": "pypi",
"packageArguments": [
{
"type": "positional",
"value": "mcp"
}
]
}Tools
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Connect from your client
Each snippet configures the same source-provided package; replace placeholders before use.
Cursor
Cursor configuration
{
"mcpServers": {
"videoctx-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"videoctx==0.1.5",
"mcp"
]
}
}
}Cline
Cline configuration
{
"mcpServers": {
"videoctx-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"videoctx==0.1.5",
"mcp"
]
}
}
}VS Code
VS Code configuration
{
"servers": {
"videoctx-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"videoctx==0.1.5",
"mcp"
]
}
}
}Claude Desktop
Claude Desktop configuration
{
"mcpServers": {
"videoctx-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"videoctx==0.1.5",
"mcp"
]
}
}
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