# Clueso vs Magic Hour MCP

> Magic Hour MCP scores 50.7 (D) to Clueso's 36.3 (F) for video edit. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Updated: 2026-11-07

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.

- Clueso: grade F, 36.3/100, rank #1389 of 1510. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/clueso-video.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/clueso-video.json
- Magic Hour MCP: grade D, 50.7/100, rank #1053 of 1510. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/magic-hour-mcp.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/magic-hour-mcp.json
- Best video generation for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/video-generation/index.md
- All 183 video comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/video-generation/index.md

## Which one, for what

### Clueso (F)

Good 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)

Good 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

### 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

| Category | Weight | Clueso | Magic Hour MCP | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 15 | 35 | Magic Hour MCP +20 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 60 | 82 | Magic Hour MCP +22 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 50 | 55 | Magic Hour MCP +5 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 35 | 45 | Magic Hour MCP +10 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 15 | Clueso +15 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 15 | 75 | Magic Hour MCP +60 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 48 | 58 | Magic Hour MCP +10 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **36.3 · F** | **50.7 · D** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Clueso | Magic Hour MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | MCP server |
| Vendor | Desklamp, Inc. | Magic Hour AI, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://connect.clueso.io/mcp` | `https://mcp.magichour.ai/` |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Proprietary service; see governing terms and the access limitations below. | none |
| Tools exposed | none | 50 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| MCP registry | `io.clueso/video` | `io.github.magichourhq/magic-hour` |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-08 | not read yet |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-08 | not read yet |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not read yet |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not read yet |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not read yet |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not read yet |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not read yet |
| Popularity | 13 stars | none |
| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | none |

## How the scores have moved

### Clueso

- +0.3 on 27 October 2026: checklist

### 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/.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clueso-video-vs-magic-hour-mcp.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clueso-video-vs-magic-hour-mcp.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "clueso-video", "b": "magic-hour-mcp"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare clueso-video magic-hour-mcp`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/clueso-video.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/magic-hour-mcp.json

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