Transcodely MCP Server

Name: Transcodely
Author: transcodely

Video transcoding and hosting for AI agents, over the Model Context Protocol.

Transcodely is agent-native video infrastructure: transcode, host, and get a playable link back from one natural-language prompt. Connect with one OAuth click — no API key to create or paste — then hand your agent a video URL.

Server URL (streamable HTTP): https://mcp.transcodely.com/mcp
Product page: https://www.transcodely.com/mcp
Connect guide: https://www.transcodely.com/docs/guides/mcp
Registry identifier: com.transcodely/mcp

This is the public home of the hosted server: connect instructions, the tool surface, and the registry manifest. The server itself is a hosted service — there is nothing to install or run.

Connect

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http transcodely https://mcp.transcodely.com/mcp

Then run /mcp inside Claude Code and pick Authenticate — your browser opens, you approve, and the tools are live. No Transcodely account yet? One is created for you during authorization.

claude.ai / Claude desktop — Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → https://mcp.transcodely.com/mcp.

Cursor — add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "transcodely": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.transcodely.com/mcp" }
  }
}

Any other client that supports remote MCP servers over streamable HTTP works the same way. For headless use (CI, server-side agents), attach a Transcodely API key as a bearer token instead — see the connect guide.

Tools (7)

Tool	Effect
`create_video_from_url`	Ingest an `https://` video, transcode it into an adaptive ladder, host it — returns a video that becomes playable when ready
`create_job`	Create a transcoding job writing renditions to a storage origin you own
`generate_captions`	AI captions (WebVTT) for a hosted video; idempotent per video + language
`get_video`	Status, renditions, and the playable link for a hosted video
`get_job_status`	Concise job status/progress snapshot, built for polling
`list_jobs`	Jobs for the authenticated app, newest first, with pagination
`get_usage`	Usage and cost for a billing month, per-line and total, in EUR

Nothing on this surface deletes or modifies existing data: four tools only read, three create work.

Try it

"Transcode and host this video and give me a link: https://www.transcodely.com/videos/bbb-30s.mp4"
"Generate English captions for that video."
"What's the status of my last job?"
"How much have I spent on video this month, and which day cost the most?"

Run locally (stdio bridge)

Remote-capable clients should connect straight to the hosted endpoint above — that's the one-click OAuth path. For stdio-only clients, sandboxes, and headless use, this repo is also a runnable bridge that serves the same 7 tools over stdio and forwards calls to the hosted server:

# with an API key (create one in the Transcodely dashboard):
TRANSCODELY_API_KEY=ak_... npx github:transcodely/mcp

# or via Docker:
docker build -t transcodely-mcp .
docker run -i --rm -e TRANSCODELY_API_KEY=ak_... transcodely-mcp

Without TRANSCODELY_API_KEY the bridge still starts and answers introspection (initialize, tools/list); tool calls return an error pointing at the two auth paths. tools.json is generated from the hosted server's own tools/list response and is re-vendored on every server release that changes the tool surface.

Auth and guardrails

OAuth 2.1 with PKCE via browser consent; the server implements RFC 9728 Protected Resource Metadata and RFC 8707 resource indicators.
Every tool call is scoped to a single Transcodely app and writes the same audit trail as REST calls.
The MCP server is free to connect; work an agent starts is billed at the ordinary Transcodely rates. Read-only tools are free to call.

Manifest

server.json is the manifest published to the official MCP registry.