creativai-mcp

MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for the CreativAI Video Intelligence Platform.

Connect any MCP-compatible AI assistant (Claude, Cursor, VS Code Copilot, etc.) directly to your CreativAI video library — search, index, extract knowledge, manage collections, run live streams, import from YouTube, and more — all through natural language.

Installation

pip install creativai-mcp

Quick Start

creativai-mcp --api-key YOUR_API_KEY

Or set the environment variable:

export CREATIVAI_API_KEY=YOUR_API_KEY
creativai-mcp

Claude Desktop

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "creativai": {
      "command": "creativai-mcp",
      "args": ["--api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY"]
    }
  }
}

VS Code / GitHub Copilot

Add to your VS Code settings.json:

{
  "mcp": {
    "servers": {
      "creativai": {
        "type": "stdio",
        "command": "creativai-mcp",
        "args": ["--api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY"]
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "creativai": {
      "command": "creativai-mcp",
      "args": ["--api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY"]
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

Collections

Tool	Description
`list_collections`	List all video collections in your account
`create_collection`	Create a new video collection (`video_only` or `multimodal`)
`get_collection`	Get full details for a single collection
`update_collection`	Rename a collection
`delete_collection`	⚠️ Permanently delete a collection and all its data

Media

Tool	Description
`list_media`	List all media files in a collection with preprocessing status
`get_upload_url`	Get a presigned S3 upload URL for a single file
`get_upload_urls`	Get presigned S3 upload URLs for multiple files at once
`upload_from_url`	Import a video from an external URL or S3 URI (async)
`get_transfer_status`	Poll the status of a URL-to-collection transfer job
`delete_media`	⚠️ Permanently remove specific media files from a collection

Search

Tool	Description
`search_collection`	Semantic search over an indexed collection — vision, audio, or hybrid

Indexing

Tool	Description
`start_indexing`	Start an async indexing job to make a collection searchable
`get_indexing_status`	Poll the status of a running indexing job
`estimate_indexing_cost`	Estimate credit cost before starting indexing
`cancel_indexing`	Cancel a running indexing job
`index_and_wait`	Start indexing and block until completion (convenience tool)

Agentic Chat

Tool	Description
`ask_collection`	Ask a natural-language question about a collection — one-shot
`create_chat_session`	Create a multi-turn chat session for a collection
`send_chat_message`	Send a follow-up message to an existing chat session
`get_chat_history`	Get the full message history of a chat session
`list_chat_sessions`	List chat sessions, optionally filtered by collection
`delete_chat_session`	Delete a chat session

Data Plates

Tool	Description
`list_data_plates`	List all data plates in a collection
`get_data_plate`	Get a data plate with its paginated segments
`create_data_plate_from_collection`	Create a data plate from all indexed segments (async)
`get_data_plate_job`	Poll the status of a data plate creation job
`delete_data_plate`	⚠️ Permanently delete a data plate and its extracted data

Knowledge Extraction

Tool	Description
`query_knowledge_plate`	Ask a natural-language question against a knowledge plate
`add_extraction_columns`	Add AI extraction questions as columns to a knowledge plate
`list_extraction_columns`	List all extracted columns in a knowledge plate
`get_knowledge_extraction_job`	Poll the status of a knowledge extraction job
`get_plate_charts`	Get auto-generated charts and visualizations for a plate

Live Stream

Tool	Description
`create_live_stream_session`	Create a live stream session for real-time video analysis
`list_live_stream_sessions`	List live stream sessions, optionally filtered by collection
`get_live_stream_session`	Get full details for a live stream session
`stop_live_stream_session`	Stop an active live stream session
`add_live_stream_questions`	Add real-time analysis questions to a running session
`get_live_stream_status`	Check if a live stream session is ready (workers + MediaMTX)

Online Search (Web Video Import)

Tool	Description
`start_online_search`	Start a web search job to find publicly available videos
`get_online_search_status`	Poll the status of an online search job
`list_online_search_candidates`	List candidate videos found by an online search
`confirm_online_search`	Confirm all candidates and start importing + indexing
`search_and_import`	Blocking convenience tool: search web and return candidates

YouTube

Tool	Description
`start_youtube_search`	Start a YouTube search — refines query into optimized search terms
`get_youtube_search_status`	Poll the status of a YouTube search job
`list_youtube_candidates`	List candidate YouTube videos found for a search job
`confirm_youtube_search`	Confirm all YouTube candidates and trigger import + indexing
`confirm_selected_youtube_videos`	Confirm only specific YouTube videos for import

Organizations & Projects

Tool	Description
`list_organizations`	List all organizations you are a member of
`get_organization`	Get details for a specific organization
`list_projects`	List all projects in an organization
`get_project`	Get a project and its collections

Tasks

Tool	Description
`list_tasks`	List annotation/review tasks in a collection
`get_task`	Get detailed information about a specific task
`my_tasks`	List all tasks assigned to you across all collections
`update_task_status`	Update the status of a task
`add_task_comment`	Add a comment to a task

Account & Users

Tool	Description
`get_account_info`	Get your account info (credits, plan, uploaded hours)
`get_credits`	Get your current credit balance and usage stats
`get_current_user`	Get the current authenticated user's ID and email

Transports

stdio (default — for desktop AI clients):

creativai-mcp --transport stdio --api-key YOUR_API_KEY

SSE (for remote/web clients):

creativai-mcp --transport sse --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8090 --api-key YOUR_API_KEY

Requirements

Python 3.10+
A CreativAI API key — get one at creativ-ai.com

License

Proprietary — © CreativAI

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