api.video MCP Server for ClineGive Cline instant access to 9 tools to Create Video Object, Delete Video, Get Video Analytics, and more
Cline is an autonomous AI coding agent inside VS Code that plans, executes, and iterates on tasks. Wire api.video through Vinkius and Cline gains direct access to every tool. from data retrieval to workflow automation. without leaving the terminal.
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The api.video app connector for Cline is a standout in the Developer Tools category — giving your AI agent 9 tools to work with, ready to go from day one.
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{
"mcpServers": {
"apivideo": {
"url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
}
}
}
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About api.video MCP Server
Connect your api.video account to any AI agent and take full control of your professional video hosting infrastructure and automated media workflows through natural conversation.
Cline operates autonomously inside VS Code. it reads your codebase, plans a strategy, and executes multi-step tasks including api.video tool calls without waiting for prompts between steps. Connect 9 tools through Vinkius and Cline can fetch data, generate code, and commit changes in a single autonomous run.
What you can do
- Video Orchestration — List and manage your entire high-fidelity video library programmatically, or create new video objects to prepare for uploads in real-time
- Asset Intelligence — Retrieve detailed high-fidelity status and direct asset URLs for players, thumbnails, and navigation markers (chapters) directly through your agent
- Deep Analytics Tracking — Monitor performance metrics like total plays and impressions using high-fidelity aggregation tools to coordinate your content strategy
- Multilingual Captions — Access and manage subtitle tracks across multiple languages to maintain a perfectly coordinated global viewer experience
- Infrastructure Monitoring — Access your directory of custom player themes and store-level metadata directly through your agent for instant operational reporting
The api.video MCP Server exposes 9 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to Cline in under two minutes — no API keys to rotate, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.
All 9 api.video tools available for Cline
When Cline connects to api.video through Vinkius, your AI agent gets direct access to every tool listed below — spanning video-hosting, video-streaming, encoding, and more. Every call is secured with network, filesystem, subprocess, and code evaluation entitlements inside a sandboxed runtime. Beyond a simple connection, you get a full AI Gateway with real-time visibility into agent activity, enterprise governance, and optimized token usage.
Set title and description here. Initialize a new video
video. Permanently delete a video
Retrieve performance metrics
Get metadata for a video
List custom player themes
List captions for a video
List chapters for a video
Supports filtering by title or tags. List your api.video videos
Modify video metadata
Connect api.video to Cline via MCP
Follow these steps to wire api.video into Cline. The entire setup takes under two minutes — your credentials stay safe behind the Vinkius.
Open Cline MCP Settings
Add remote server
Enable the server
Start using api.video
Why Use Cline with the api.video MCP Server
Cline provides unique advantages when paired with api.video through the Model Context Protocol.
Cline operates autonomously. it reads your codebase, plans a strategy, and executes multi-step tasks including MCP tool calls without step-by-step prompts
Runs inside VS Code, so you get MCP tool access alongside your existing extensions, terminal, and version control in a single window
Cline can create, edit, and delete files based on MCP tool responses, enabling end-to-end automation from data retrieval to code generation
Transparent execution: every tool call and file change is shown in Cline's activity log for full visibility and approval before committing
api.video + Cline Use Cases
Practical scenarios where Cline combined with the api.video MCP Server delivers measurable value.
Autonomous feature building: tell Cline to fetch data from api.video and scaffold a complete module with types, handlers, and tests
Codebase refactoring: use api.video tools to validate live data while Cline restructures your code to match updated schemas
Automated testing: Cline fetches real responses from api.video and generates snapshot tests or mocks based on actual payloads
Incident response: query api.video for real-time status and let Cline generate hotfix patches based on the findings
Example Prompts for api.video in Cline
Ready-to-use prompts you can give your Cline agent to start working with api.video immediately.
"List the last 5 videos in my api.video account."
"Show the play count analytics for all videos this month."
"Get the player link and captions for video ID 'vi123'."
Troubleshooting api.video MCP Server with Cline
Common issues when connecting api.video to Cline through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.
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api.video + Cline FAQ
Common questions about integrating api.video MCP Server with Cline.