# Your Move Exercise Video API

An MCP server that gives your coding agent a searchable exercise library with videos, plus workout and program generation.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI · ★ 1
- Author: ymove-app
- License: MIT · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/ymove-app/exercise-api-mcp
- Updated: 2026-10-09
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/your-move-exercise-video-api

## What it does

The server wraps the YMove Exercise Video API and exposes six tools. `search_exercises` filters by muscle group, equipment, difficulty and type; `get_exercise` returns video links, instructions and the muscles involved. Two more tools build training content: `generate_workout` for a single session with sets, reps and rest, `generate_program` for a multi-week plan with periodization. The `list_muscle_groups` and `list_exercise_types` tools report what is in the library and how much of it.

You can connect either way. The hosted endpoint at `https://exercise-api.ymove.app/mcp` needs no install, and the key travels in the `X-API-Key` header. The local route runs `npx ymove-exercise-mcp` and reads `YMOVE_API_KEY` from the environment. Keys come from the API docs, which offer a free trial.

No key, no server — that applies to both routes, header or environment variable. The local route also expects Node.js with `npx` available. Config files for Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, Gemini CLI and Claude Desktop differ only in shape.

## Requirements
- Needs: Node.js (commands run via npx)
- Remote server: `https://exercise-api.ymove.app/mcp`
- Environment variables: `YMOVE_API_KEY` — keys and tokens: ask the human for the values, never commit them or put them in shared files.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Platform CLI**
```bash
claude mcp add exercise-api -e YMOVE_API_KEY=<YMOVE_API_KEY> -- npx -y ymove-exercise-mcp
```
Replace <…> with your own values

2. **Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
claude mcp add --transport http your-move-exercise-video-api https://exercise-api.ymove.app/mcp
```

### Codex

1. **Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
codex mcp add your-move-exercise-video-api --url https://exercise-api.ymove.app/mcp
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
codex mcp add your-move-exercise-video-api --env YMOVE_API_KEY=<YMOVE_API_KEY> -- npx -y ymove-exercise-mcp
```
Replace <…> with your own values

### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "your-move-exercise-video-api": {
            "url": "https://exercise-api.ymove.app/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "your-move-exercise-video-api": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "ymove-exercise-mcp"
            ],
            "env": {
                "YMOVE_API_KEY": "<YMOVE_API_KEY>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
Replace <…> with your own values

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "your-move-exercise-video-api": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://exercise-api.ymove.app/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "your-move-exercise-video-api": {
            "type": "stdio",
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "ymove-exercise-mcp"
            ],
            "env": {
                "YMOVE_API_KEY": "<YMOVE_API_KEY>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
Replace <…> with your own values

### Gemini CLI

1. **Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
gemini mcp add -t http your-move-exercise-video-api https://exercise-api.ymove.app/mcp
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini mcp add -e YMOVE_API_KEY=<YMOVE_API_KEY> your-move-exercise-video-api npx -y ymove-exercise-mcp
```
Replace <…> with your own values

## When to use it
- find exercises for a given muscle group and piece of equipment
- pull up a video link and form instructions for one movement
- build a single workout with sets, reps and rest periods
- lay out a training plan spanning several weeks
- see which muscle groups and exercise types the library covers

## Example prompts
- Find dumbbell exercises that target the chest
- Build a six-exercise back workout at intermediate level
- Write a four-week muscle building program with four sessions a week

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