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Claude Code#

Wire ClipKit into Claude Code — Anthropic's terminal coding agent — so Claude can author, validate, preview, and render ClipKit videos from your shell.

ClipKit's connector is open (no sign-in, no API key) and speaks Streamable HTTP at https://www.clipkit.dev/mcp. Claude Code supports it natively.

Add the connector#

One command:

claude mcp add --transport http clipkit https://www.clipkit.dev/mcp

That adds it for the current project (just you). To make ClipKit available in every project, use the user scope:

claude mcp add --transport http clipkit https://www.clipkit.dev/mcp -s user

Prefer to edit config by hand? Add this to .mcp.json (project) or ~/.claude.json (user):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "clipkit": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.clipkit.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Verify#

Run /mcp inside Claude Code — clipkit should show as connected with a tool count. From the shell, claude mcp list shows its status. Then ask Claude to "list the ClipKit tools."

Notes#

  • The flag is --transport http, not --transport streamable-http. (streamable-http is only valid as a type alias inside JSON config.)
  • Don't use --transport sse — SSE is deprecated, and ClipKit's connector is single-endpoint Streamable HTTP.
  • No auth needed. Don't pass a --header or token; a key (CLIPKIT_API_KEY) only ever unlocks the optional paid render_video tool.
  • A checked-in project-scoped .mcp.json server starts as "pending approval" — approve it once in an interactive claude session.

New to the tools? The MCP server overview has the full tool list and how projects work.