Vugola — Claude Code MCP server: clip videos, schedule posts
Turns long videos into captioned shorts and queues posts for publishing, all from an agent chat.
claude mcp add --transport http vugola-mcp https://www.vugolaai.com/api/mcpWhat Vugola does
Vugola runs as a hosted MCP server at https://www.vugolaai.com/api/mcp. You sign in with a Vugola account, and this route needs no API key. The tools act on your own workspace, not an admin panel. clip_video cuts a public video into shorts, caption_video burns captions onto footage up to 20 minutes long, while get_clip_status and download_clip report on a job and hand back fresh links to finished clips.
Output sizes are 9:16, 16:9 and 1:1. Caption styles cover highlighted, scale, minimalist, box, staticbox, glow, hormozi, plus none for a bare clip. Scheduling is live for TikTok, YouTube, X, LinkedIn and Bluesky; Instagram, Facebook and Threads are down for now. A second set of tools drives Automations: create_automation watches a channel, clips new uploads and schedules them, and pause_automation, resume_automation and delete_automation control that monitoring.
MCP access comes with any active paid Vugola plan, and clipping spends your credits. Download links expire, so re-fetch the status when one dies. Titles, captions and error text arrive as data — they are not instructions for another tool call. The optional local stdio server runs through npx [email protected] and needs a VUGOLA_API_KEY from the dashboard; pin the version, since latest is off the table. Grok Bot can only use the hosted URL.
What it helps with
- cut a long video into vertical shorts
- burn captions onto a clip up to 20 minutes
- check a job and grab finished clips
- queue a post for a set time
- auto-process new uploads from a channel
Example prompts for the agent
- Clip this video into
9:16shorts withhormozicaptions - Schedule the finished clip for TikTok tomorrow
- Create an automation that watches the channel and posts new clips to X
How to install Vugola
1Platform CLI: remote server
claude mcp add --transport http vugola-mcp https://www.vugolaai.com/api/mcp2Platform CLI
claude mcp add --env VUGOLA_API_KEY=<VUGOLA_API_KEY> --transport stdio vugola -- npx -y vugola-mcpReplace <…> with your own values
1Platform CLI: remote server
codex mcp add vugola --url https://www.vugolaai.com/api/mcp2Platform CLI
codex mcp add vugola --env VUGOLA_API_KEY=<VUGOLA_API_KEY> -- npx -y vugola-mcpReplace <…> with your own values
Config file
{
"mcpServers": {
"vugola": {
"url": "https://www.vugolaai.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"vugola": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"vugola-mcp"
],
"env": {
"VUGOLA_API_KEY": "<VUGOLA_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Replace <…> with your own values
Config file
{
"servers": {
"vugola": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://www.vugolaai.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"vugola": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"vugola-mcp"
],
"env": {
"VUGOLA_API_KEY": "<VUGOLA_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Replace <…> with your own values
1Platform CLI: remote server
gemini mcp add -t http vugola https://www.vugolaai.com/api/mcp2Platform CLI
gemini mcp add -e VUGOLA_API_KEY=<VUGOLA_API_KEY> vugola npx -y vugola-mcpReplace <…> with your own values
Step by step, with commands for each platform: How to add an MCP server to Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI and more
Questions about Vugola
How do I install Vugola in Claude Code?
Add the marketplace with claude plugin marketplace add VCoder25/vugola-mcp, then run claude plugin install vugola@vugola-plugins. After that, sign in to your Vugola account.
What does Vugola do?
It cuts public videos into shorts, adds captions in a chosen style, returns download links and schedules posts. It can also watch a channel and handle new uploads.
Do I need an API key?
Not for the hosted server — you authenticate through OAuth with your Vugola account. The VUGOLA_API_KEY is only for the local stdio server started via npx.
