StoryCut

npx add-mcp 'https://app.storycut.com/mcp'

Make Short Clips From Claude or ChatGPT

StoryCut is a remote MCP server. Add it to your AI assistant once, paste a YouTube link in the chat, and an AI Clips run starts on your StoryCut account: the best moments found, reframed to 9:16, captioned and scored.

Updated November 4, 2026

What is the StoryCut MCP server?

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is the open standard AI assistants use to work with outside tools. StoryCut runs a hosted MCP server at https://app.storycut.com/mcp. Add that address to your assistant, sign in to your StoryCut account once, and the assistant can start AI Clips runs, tell you which clip is best and check what your plan has left.

Everything happens on your own StoryCut account, with your plan’s normal rules. Your videos, clips and exports stay on StoryCut: the chat is a faster way to start the work and find the result.

What your assistant can do

Make clips

create_clips starts an AI Clips run from a YouTube link or a Google Drive or Dropbox share link, with your caption style, clip length, a topic to look for or a part of the video.

Find the best clip

list_clips and get_clip give each clip’s virality score out of 100, its length, headline and preview link; clips_status follows a run while it works.

Edit by chat

update_clip renames a clip and changes its headline or caption style; apply_edit_style adds the zooms and sound effects of your edit style (Pro).

Export

export_clip renders a clip as an MP4 with your plan’s quality, and get_export gives the download link. write_post_text writes its title and captions.

Try it with one prompt

“Turn this YouTube video into shorts”

Paste the link after it. The run starts on your account and takes about 10 to 15 minutes.

“Make 30 to 60 second clips from this podcast”

The assistant picks the medium clip length for you. Long clips run 60 to 89 seconds.

“Which of my clips is the best?”

You get the clips of your latest run ranked by score, with a link to open the top one.

“How many videos do I have left?”

Your remaining AI Clips videos and hours of video this month, plus eye contact and video slots.

From a message to finished clips

Ask in plain words. The assistant calls StoryCut, the run starts on your account, and you get the link to watch, edit and export the clips: captions, reframing and virality scores included. Open any clip in the StoryCut editor to change the caption style, add zooms, music or eye contact correction.

How to connect StoryCut to Claude

Claude on the web and the desktop app, every plan (the Free plan allows one custom connector).

1. 1

   Open Connectors

   In Claude, go to Customize → Connectors (claude.ai/customize/connectors), click + and choose Add custom connector.
2. 2

   Paste the address

   Name it StoryCut, paste https://app.storycut.com/mcp as the remote MCP server URL, and click Add.
3. 3

   Sign in once

   A StoryCut page opens: continue with Google, Apple or your email and password, and allow access.
4. 4

   Turn it on in a chat

   In a conversation, click + → Connectors and switch StoryCut on. Then paste a YouTube link and ask for shorts.

Claude Code, ChatGPT and Cursor

Claude Code: run claude mcp add --transport http storycut https://app.storycut.com/mcp in your terminal, then type /mcp inside Claude Code to sign in to StoryCut.

ChatGPT: custom MCP servers with full access work in ChatGPT Business and Enterprise/Edu workspaces, on the web, where an admin or owner adds them: Plugins → + → Add custom MCP server, name it StoryCut, paste https://app.storycut.com/mcp and sign in. On ChatGPT Pro, custom servers can only read, so they can’t start a run.

Cursor and other MCP clients: add a remote (streamable HTTP) MCP server with the URL https://app.storycut.com/mcp. The client opens the StoryCut sign-in page the first time it connects.

Video clipping MCP servers compared

Feature	StoryCut	OpusClip
Hosted remote MCP server	Yes, https://app.storycut.com/mcp	Yes, https://mcp.opus.pro/mcp
Sign-in	OAuth with your StoryCut account, no API key	OAuth with your OpusClip account, no API key
Free use	Free plan: 1 long video a month (any 30 min of it)	No: Pro Beta, Max or Business plan, up to 15 hours a month
Clients	Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT (Business and Enterprise workspaces), Cursor	Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex, Cline
What the tools do	Clip runs from YouTube, Google Drive or Dropbox links; rank clips by score; change titles, headlines, caption styles, zooms and sound effects; export MP4s; post text; auto import	Clip, find viral moments, caption, reframe, repurpose, schedule posts
After the clips are made	Full StoryCut editor: 1,000+ caption styles, zooms, music, sound effects, eye contact fix	OpusClip editor

Checked on November 4, 2026 from each product’s public pages.Sources 5

1. OpusClip MCP server opus.pro
2. OpusClip agent setup (plans) help.opus.pro
3. opus-pro/opusclip-mcp on GitHub github.com
4. ChatGPT custom MCP servers developers.openai.com
5. Claude custom connectors support.claude.com

StoryCut MCP server: questions

What is the StoryCut MCP server?

A hosted Model Context Protocol server at https://app.storycut.com/mcp. It lets AI assistants like Claude and ChatGPT start AI Clips runs on your StoryCut account, rank the clips and check your plan, right from the chat.

Is it free?

Yes. The connector costs nothing and works on every StoryCut plan, the free plan included. What it starts follows your plan’s normal rules: on the free plan, 1 AI Clips video a month, processing any 30 minutes of a longer video: the first 30, or the part you ask for.

Do I need an API key?

No. You sign in once on a StoryCut page (OAuth with PKCE). The assistant only ever holds a short-lived access token, never your password.

Which AI assistants work with it?

Any client that supports remote MCP servers: Claude (web, desktop, mobile and Claude Code), Cursor, and ChatGPT Business and Enterprise/Edu workspaces, where an admin adds it on the web. On Claude’s Free plan you can add one custom connector.

What can the assistant do on my account?

Start AI Clips runs from YouTube, Google Drive or Dropbox links, list a run’s clips with their scores, change a clip’s title, headline or caption style, add your edit style’s zooms and sound effects, export clips and give you the download link, write post text, set up auto import for a YouTube channel, change your edit style and read what your plan has left.

It cannot delete videos, buy anything or see your payment details, and it never uses an extra AI Clips video you bought without asking you.

Can I upload a video file through the chat?

A file can’t be sent through the chat itself. Share it as a Google Drive or Dropbox link set to “Anyone with the link” and the assistant makes clips from it, or upload it at app.storycut.com.

How long does a run take?

About 10 to 15 minutes for a long video. Ask “are my clips ready?” at any time, or open the clips page link the assistant gives you.

Where do my clips live?

On your StoryCut account, exactly as if you had started the run on the website: the same clips page, editor and exports. Removing the connector from your assistant ends its access; your clips stay.

How is it different from OpusClip’s MCP server?

Both are hosted servers with OAuth sign-in. StoryCut’s works on a free plan, and every clip opens in StoryCut’s full editor with 1,000+ animated caption styles, zooms, music, sound effects and AI eye contact correction. OpusClip’s server exposes more tools, including scheduling posts.

Clips without leaving the chat

Create a free StoryCut account, add https://app.storycut.com/mcp to your assistant, and turn the next video you share into shorts.

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