# Instavar Video Templates and Studio

Connects coding assistants to Remotion video templates, creative rules, and VideoSpec schemas. Useful for scripting programmatic video without cloud signups.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI
- Author: instavar
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/instavar/mcp-server
- Updated: 2026-10-19
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/instavar-video-templates-and-studio

## What it does

The package supplies coding assistants with structured Remotion templates and design recommendations. Functions like `list_templates`, `scaffold_video_spec`, and `get_render_instructions` let models construct deterministic video specifications and troubleshoot build problems directly in your workspace. Local design, schema inspection, and compilation rely on your own machine without requiring an API key.

Adding `INSTAVAR_API_KEY` activates hosted Studio endpoints. These tools monitor cloud rendering runs and summarize infrastructure expenses. The server operates strictly as an HTTP bridge, retaining zero local database state and storing no persistent assets.

Drafting video structures never initiates a paid cloud render automatically.

## Requirements
- Needs: Node.js (commands run via npx)
- Environment variables: `INSTAVAR_API_KEY`, `INSTAVAR_BASE_URL` — keys and tokens: ask the human for the values, never commit them or put them in shared files.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Platform CLI**
```bash
claude mcp add --env INSTAVAR_API_KEY=<INSTAVAR_API_KEY> --env INSTAVAR_BASE_URL=<INSTAVAR_BASE_URL> --transport stdio instavar-video-templates-and-studio -- npx -y @instavar/mcp-server
```
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### Codex

**Platform CLI**
```bash
codex mcp add instavar-video-templates-and-studio --env INSTAVAR_API_KEY=<INSTAVAR_API_KEY> --env INSTAVAR_BASE_URL=<INSTAVAR_BASE_URL> -- npx -y @instavar/mcp-server
```
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### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "instavar-video-templates-and-studio": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@instavar/mcp-server"
            ],
            "env": {
                "INSTAVAR_API_KEY": "<INSTAVAR_API_KEY>",
                "INSTAVAR_BASE_URL": "<INSTAVAR_BASE_URL>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
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### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "instavar-video-templates-and-studio": {
            "type": "stdio",
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@instavar/mcp-server"
            ],
            "env": {
                "INSTAVAR_API_KEY": "<INSTAVAR_API_KEY>",
                "INSTAVAR_BASE_URL": "<INSTAVAR_BASE_URL>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
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### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini mcp add -e INSTAVAR_API_KEY=<INSTAVAR_API_KEY> -e INSTAVAR_BASE_URL=<INSTAVAR_BASE_URL> instavar-video-templates-and-studio npx -y @instavar/mcp-server
```
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## When to use it
- Scaffold structured VideoSpec files for Remotion compositions
- Inspect local video compilation errors and troubleshooting steps
- Query remote render job progress and asset delivery links
- Retrieve creative guidelines before writing video copy

## Example prompts
- Show available Remotion video templates and prepare a VideoSpec skeleton.
- Inspect my local rendering error output and suggest a fix.
- Check the status of my latest rendering job in Studio.

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