api.video Alternative MCP. Manage video uploads, analytics, and streams from chat.

The api.video Alternative MCP Server lets you run your whole video pipeline through your AI agent. You just talk to your agent, and it handles everything—uploading, managing, streaming, and crunching the analytics. You'll manage video assets, broadcast live streams, analyze performance data, enrich content, and customize the player experience, all without leaving your chat window.

Managing Video Assets

• You can use create_video and list_videos to make and see all your video containers. You'll also use update_video to change general video parameters and get_video to pull all the details on a specific container. If you need to start fresh, you can delete_video to trash a container or list_videos to see what's there. You can also update_thumbnail to set a specific frame as the video's thumbnail.
• You bring in new videos using upload_video_source, which accepts a file or a URL. To keep things clean, you can get_video_status to check if an upload or encode job finished. You can also delete_watermark to remove a configured watermark, and you'll use list_watermarks to check what's on there.
• For video security, you can create_upload_token to generate a secure token for uploads, and you'll use get_upload_token to check the token's details, or list_upload_tokens to see all active and expired tokens. If you're done with a token, you use delete_upload_token.

Streaming Live Broadcasts

• You use create_live_stream to set up a new broadcast object, and you can get_live_stream to check its current status. When you're done, you'll use complete_live_stream to stop the broadcast. You can list_live_streams to see all your active and past streams, and if you mess up, you can delete_live_stream to trash it. You can also update_live_stream to tweak the settings of a live broadcast, and list_players shows you all the player themes you've set up.

Enriching Video Content

• You can create_summary to generate an abstract and key takeaways summary for a video, and you'll use list_summaries to see all summaries in your project. You can retrieve the original text used for a summary with get_summary_source, and if you need to remove it, you use delete_summary. You can also use get_caption to get a specific caption's text and details, and list_captions lists all captions for a video. You'll use get_chapter to retrieve chapter details, and list_chapters lists all chapters for a given video. If you want to remove a caption, you use delete_caption, and if you want to remove a chapter, you use delete_chapter.

Analyzing Performance

• You pull analytics data using get_metrics for aggregated stats on a video or project. For deeper dives, you use get_metrics_breakdown to get a detailed breakdown of specific metrics, and get_metrics_timeseries retrieves analytics over a specific time range. You can check the status of a video's discarded assets with get_discarded_video or list them using list_discarded_videos, and if video restore is on, you can restore_discarded_video.

Customizing the Player

• You create and change player themes using create_player and update_player to set the look and feel. You can retrieve the current settings with get_player or see all existing themes with list_players. You also have delete_player to trash a theme, and delete_player_logo removes a logo from a player theme. You can also list_tags to see all video tags used in your project, and list_watermarks shows all configured watermarks.

Automation and Webhooks

• You set up webhooks using create_webhook to subscribe to specific events and manage automation. You can check the details and secret signature with get_webhook, or list all configured webhooks using list_webhooks. If you need to delete a webhook, you use delete_webhook, and you can also list_webhooks to see what's there. You also use create_webhook to manage webhooks for automation. You'll use list_webhooks to see what's there.
• For complex workflows, you can create_webhook to manage webhooks for automation. You can check the details and secret signature with get_webhook, or list all configured webhooks using list_webhooks. If you need to delete a webhook, you use delete_webhook.