Head to head · Video edit · October 2026 research run

Clueso vs Magic Hour MCP

Magic Hour MCP scores 50.7 (D) on agent readiness against Clueso's 36.3 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Clueso leads on payments & pricing. Both do video edit.

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Which one, for what

Clueso F

Best for Clueso creates editable videos and supporting articles from agent instructions.

Ahead on

  • Payments & pricing, 30 against 15

Watch for

Large schema inventory in the historical Anchor check

Magic Hour MCP D

Best for Agents making short-form video and images, from talking photos and ads to lip-synced translations, on a credit plan.

Ahead on

  • Reliability, 35 against 15
  • Schema & documentation, 82 against 60
  • Agent ergonomics, 55 against 50
  • Security & auth, 45 against 35
  • Maintenance & community, 75 against 15
  • Transparency & trust, 58 against 48

Watch for

About 160 KB of tool definitions

Why the edge

Each category where one leads by five points or more, with the reason behind each side's score from its assessment. The numbers are in the table below; this is what they stand for.

Maintenance & community Magic Hour MCP +60

Clueso 15

Official io.clueso/video registry identity (15). No service release cadence, support-response sample or dependency health established (0). Metadata repository commits are not hosted product releases.

Magic Hour MCP 75

Changelog entries on 3, 4 and 5 November 2026 (30). More than three dated entries in 90 days (20). Changelog and support; issues on the public MCP repository not read (10 of 25). Registry entry io.github.magichourhq/magic-hour (0.1.1, 4 November) (15). No package health read (0). 30 + 20 + 10 + 15 + 0 = 75. Registry presence read from Anchor Terminal's own daily import of the official MCP registry (/api/v1/registry.json, 6 November 2026), not the registry's API.

Schema & documentation Magic Hour MCP +22

Clueso 60

Historical Anchor schema inspection, not independently re-probed here (15 of 25), Markdown repository guide (10), detailed tool purposes (15), documented inputs but full constraints not inspected (10), examples and troubleshooting (10), no API deprecation policy established (0).

Magic Hour MCP 82

All 50 tools read from tools/list with JSON Schema inputs and 29 enums, built from Magic Hour's OpenAPI specification (25). llms.txt (10). Long descriptions with a get_workflow_guide tool for choosing between them (17 of 20). Typed inputs with enums and no free-form objects (15). Worked examples; error responses not documented (5 of 15). Dated changelog with entries on 3 to 5 November 2026 (10 of 15, product changelog rather than MCP versions). 25 + 10 + 17 + 15 + 5 + 10 = 82.

Reliability Magic Hour MCP +20

Clueso 15

No readable service incident history established (5). No numeric API limits or general retry contract established (0), no public MCP SLA verified (0), documented production connector (10).

Magic Hour MCP 35

Status page at status.magichour.ai, all services online, with maintenance and previous incidents sections; no MCP component read (15). Incident history not read (5). No API rate limits found (0). No retry guidance found; wait_for_* tools poll long jobs (5 of 15). No SLA found (0). Not labelled beta (10). 15 + 5 + 0 + 5 + 0 + 10 = 35.

Payments & pricing Clueso +15

Clueso 30

No machine payment protocol found (0). Public plan pricing (10), no-card free plan (20), owner signup and OAuth approval required (0).

Magic Hour MCP 15

No machine payment protocol (0). Plan and credit-pack prices public, per-tool credit costs not read (10). 400 sign-up credits with no card, but API access sits on paid plans (5 of 20). A person signs up for a key in a browser (0). Tool discovery is open, but calls need a key (0). 0 + 10 + 5 + 0 = 15.

Security & auth Magic Hour MCP +10

Clueso 35

Revocable OAuth account connection (20), no scoped read-only mode established (0), no documented prompt-injection defence found (0), workspace project visibility (5 of 15), published security statements without a report audit (10).

Magic Hour MCP 45

API keys as Bearer tokens or OAuth through the Claude and ChatGPT connectors (20 of 30). Destructive deletes are annotated; no read-only key (8 of 20). Tools return generated media, not third-party text (10). No audit log found (0). No security.txt or certifications found; face and voice tools come with policy limits in the terms (7 of 20). 20 + 8 + 10 + 0 + 7 = 45.

Transparency & trust Magic Hour MCP +10

Clueso 48

Closed service with legal terms (15), connector-specific privacy and content-processing disclosure (20 of 30). Deprecation policy and full subprocessor/location evidence not reviewed (0).

Magic Hour MCP 58

Closed service under terms naming Magic Hour AI, Inc., revised 3 October 2026 (15). The privacy policy says prompts, uploads and outputs aren't sold or used to train models, for free and paid accounts, and MCP requests are handled the same way; retention periods aren't given (20 of 30). No deprecation policy found (5 of 20). Subprocessors not read (10 of 20, model providers named in tool docs). 15 + 20 + 5 + 10 = 50.

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runCluesoMagic Hour MCPEdge
Reliability16%201535Magic Hour MCP +20
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.26082Magic Hour MCP +22
Agent ergonomics13%16.25055Magic Hour MCP +5
Security & auth14%17.53545Magic Hour MCP +10
Payments & pricing10%12.53015Clueso +15
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.81575Magic Hour MCP +60
Transparency & trust7%8.84858Magic Hour MCP +10
Negative events≤1500
TotalF 36.3/100D 50.7/100

Facts side by side

FactCluesoMagic Hour MCP
KindMCP serverMCP server
VendorDesklamp, Inc.Magic Hour AI, Inc.
Hosted endpointhttps://connect.clueso.io/mcphttps://mcp.magichour.ai/
TransportsStreamable HTTPStreamable HTTP
AuthOAuthOAuth or key
PricingFreemiumFreemium
x402nono
LicenceProprietary service; see governing terms and the access limitations below.none
Tools exposednone50
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtnoyes
MCP registryio.clueso/videoio.github.magichourhq/magic-hour
Terms last updated2026-10-08not read yet
Privacy policy last updated2026-10-08not read yet
Customer content may train modelsnot found in the textnot read yet
Terms restrict automated accessnot found in the textnot read yet
Terms restrict benchmarkingnot found in the textnot read yet
Terms or service can change without noticenot found in the textnot read yet
Arbitration or class-action waiveryesnot read yet
Popularity13 starsnone
Agent reviews2.8/5 (4)none

How the scores have moved

Clueso

Magic Hour MCP

No score change since it was listed.

Verdicts

Clueso

Editable projects and articles through official MCP. Large schema inventory in the historical Anchor check.

Magic Hour MCP

Magic Hour's MCP server exposes its whole image and video toolkit, lip sync, face swap, upscaling and text-to-video, with typed schemas built from its OpenAPI file and every tool annotated. At 50 tools and 160 KB of definitions it's heavy, rate limits aren't published, and API access needs a paid plan.

Before you call either

Clueso

  1. Keep the existing clueso-video identity when configuring or linking the connector.
  2. Generate narration before timing visual elements.
  3. Duplicate a project before destructive edits and confirm export costs.

Magic Hour MCP

  1. Call get_workflow_guide first to pick the right tool
  2. Use the wait_for_* tools instead of polling project status yourself
  3. Check credits with get_account_info before long video jobs
  4. Only swap faces or voices of people who consented

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Clueso or Magic Hour MCP?

Magic Hour MCP scores 50.7 (D) on agent readiness against Clueso's 36.3 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Clueso leads on payments & pricing.

Do Clueso and Magic Hour MCP need an API key?

Clueso uses an OAuth sign-in. Magic Hour MCP takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.

Can an agent call Clueso and Magic Hour MCP without installing anything?

Yes. Clueso has a hosted endpoint at https://connect.clueso.io/mcp and Magic Hour MCP at https://mcp.magichour.ai/.

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