# clipkit (slim)

> clipkit, an MCP server by clipkit.dev, listed from the official MCP registry. Indexed, not reviewed: facts and our own checks, no score or ranking. MCP server for Clipkit — gives AI agents a video toolbox via the Clipkit schema.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/clipkit.md (~1,250 tokens) · this version ~1,180 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/clipkit.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/clipkit
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-04

# clipkit

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- Kind: MCP server, by clipkit.dev (https://clipkit.dev)
- Listed because: It's published in the registry under clipkit.dev, a namespace the registry only gives to whoever proves they control that domain.
- What the official MCP registry says: MCP server for Clipkit — gives AI agents a video toolbox via the Clipkit schema.

## Facts

- MCP registry: `dev.clipkit/clipkit` 1.0.0
- Endpoint: https://www.clipkit.dev/mcp (streamable HTTP)
- Source: https://github.com/clipkit-video/clipkit
- GitHub stars: 17
- Registry entry updated: 2026-07-16

## Tools

- Tools it lists (15, about 7,481 tokens of context, `tools/list` without credentials over MCP 2025-11-25, checked 2026-10-04 22:24 UTC):
  - `read_docs` (read-only): Return a canonical Clipkit doc as text. topic "card" = the ~8KB compact authoring card — the recommended context for authoring; "pattern-lighting" = the…
  - `get_schema` (read-only): Return the authoritative JSON Schema for a Clipkit Source — exact field names, types, and enums, generated from the protocol. Call with no argument for the…
  - `create_project` (writes): Create a new, blank Clipkit project with the given dimensions and duration, and return its project_id. Defaults: 1920×1080, 10 seconds, 30 fps, output_format…
  - `get_project` (read-only): Return the full current Clipkit source as JSON. Use this to inspect the project, pass it to a render pipeline, or compose follow-up edits.
  - `describe_project` (read-only): Return a compact, human-readable summary of the current project — dimensions, fps, duration, an element breakdown by type, a per-track timeline (paint order…
  - `set_project` (writes): Replace the entire project with the given source JSON, returning its project_id. This is the PRIMARY way to build: use it to create a composition or to…
  - `add_element` (writes): Append a single element to an existing project — a TWEAK, e.g. dropping in one more caption or shape. By default it is added at the top level; pass parent_id…
  - `edit_element` (writes): Change fields on the element with the given id by merging in a partial element — only the keys you include change. The id may be any element ANYWHERE in the…
  - `delete_element` (writes): Delete the element with the given id, anywhere in the tree (including one nested inside a group or its mask) — a tweak to an existing composition. (The project…
  - `validate_project` (read-only): Run the @clipkit/protocol validator against the current project AND surface render-time warnings even when the JSON is valid — things that pass the schema but…
  - `preview_still` (read-only): Render a single frame of the current project to a PNG and return it as an image you can look at. This is how you check your work — in chat there is no other…
  - `create_promo` (writes): Assemble a designed-looking promo/intro/product/data video from the Clipkit pattern library: give an ordered list of SCENES and the words, and it bakes in the…
  - `open_in_editor` (writes): Validate the current project and create a link that opens it in the Clipkit web editor, where the user can preview and refine it. This shares the PROJECT…
  - `ingest_asset` (writes): Fetch a remote media URL (image/video/audio) and HOST it on Clipkit, returning a stable asset_url to put in an element's `url`. Use this so the project's media…
  - `load_project` (writes): Import a previously shared project as the current project, by its share id or its editor URL (e.g. https://clipkit.dev/editor?id=…), returning its project_id.…
- How its tools read to an agent (0 errors, 2 warnings, 1 note, about 7,481 tokens; rules at https://www.anchorterminal.com/check.md; not part of the score):
  - warn TC15 create_promo: inputSchema uses $ref/$defs
  - warn TC22 create_promo: the definition is about 1,843 tokens
  - note TC24 server: 4 of 15 tools have no outputSchema

- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/clipkit.json
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