# HyperFrames vs Magic Hour MCP (slim)

> Magic Hour MCP scores 50.7 (D) to HyperFrames's 39.7 (E) for video generation. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Magic Hour MCP scores 50.7 (D) on agent readiness against HyperFrames's 39.7 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. HyperFrames leads on agent ergonomics and payments & pricing. Both do video generation.

- HyperFrames: E 39.7, rank #1334 of 1510 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperframes.min.md
- Magic Hour MCP: D 50.7, rank #1053 of 1510 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/magic-hour-mcp.min.md
- HyperFrames, good for HyperFrames turns HTML compositions into videos through a local CLI and preview studio. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 60 against 55; Payments & pricing, 20 against 15. Also No key needed to call it.
- Magic Hour MCP, 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 30; Schema & documentation, 82 against 65; Security & auth, 45 against 20; Maintenance & community, 75 against 50; Transparency & trust, 58 against 34. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | HyperFrames | Magic Hour MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 30 | 35 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 65 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 60 | 55 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 20 | 45 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 15 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 50 | 75 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 34 | 58 |

| Fact (where they differ) | HyperFrames | Magic Hour MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Agent framework | MCP server |
| Vendor | HeyGen | Magic Hour AI, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://mcp.magichour.ai/` |
| Transports |  | Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 local project; hosted HeyGen connector has separate terms. | none |
| Tools exposed | none | 50 |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.magichourhq/magic-hour` |
| Last release | 2026-10-19 | none |
| Terms last updated | no date given | not read yet |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 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 | not found in the text | not read yet |
| Popularity | 67k stars | none |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (4) | none |

Why the edge:
- Security & auth, Magic Hour MCP +25: HyperFrames 20 (Local execution under operator permissions (10), published security disclosure policy (10). No project sandbox or externally supplied HTML isolation guarantee established (0).); 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.)
- Maintenance & community, Magic Hour MCP +25: HyperFrames 50 (19 October release within 30 days (30), at least three recent release entries (20). Support response and dependency-health checks were not completed (0).); 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.)
- Transparency & trust, Magic Hour MCP +24: HyperFrames 34 (Apache-2.0 source (30), local versus hosted processing distinction documented (10). Full hosted retention and deprecation terms were not assessed (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.)
- Schema & documentation, Magic Hour MCP +17: HyperFrames 65 (Markdown docs (10), typed CLI and project configuration described but not exhaustively inspected (15), purpose and workflow (15), command examples (15), dated version history (10).); 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 +5: HyperFrames 30 (Official npm package and Node/FFmpeg requirements (20), versioned 0.x releases (10). Recent sampled CI needed approval, not a verified passing default-branch test. Issue resolution and stable 1.0 not established (0).); 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.)
- Agent ergonomics, HyperFrames +5: HyperFrames 60 (Project-based commands (20), preview and file output (20), debugging guidance (10), local setup defaults (10). General render idempotency and full error recovery were not established (0).); Magic Hour MCP 55 (50 tools totalling about 160 KB of definitions (5). list_saved_items and project getters; limited size controls (10 of 20). Error handling not documented (5 of 20). Every tool annotated, 14 read-only and the three deletes marked destructive (20). Few required inputs and SDKs (Python, Node and others listed in the docs) (15). 5 + 10 + 5 + 20 + 15 = 55.)