# Zvid

Zvid connects an agent to tools for building videos and images from JSON projects. Use it to validate a draft before approving a render.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI
- Author: Zvid-io
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/Zvid-io/zvid-mcp
- Updated: 2026-09-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/zvid

## What it does

The MCP server helps an agent plan a project, find assets, assemble its JSON payload, and check for errors or layout warnings. Once the project passes validation, the agent can save a draft. Creating media does not spend credits; rendering requires a user-approved signed quote.

Projects can also become reusable templates with variables and safe default values. The Creator profile rejects `create_media` and `revise_media` requests without a complete `payload`, so a brief alone is not enough to create media. Connect to the hosted service with OAuth or an API key. Local stdio requires an API key and Node.js 18 or later.

## Requirements
- Needs: Node.js (commands run via npx)
- Remote server: `https://mcp.zvid.io/mcp`
- Environment variables: `ZVID_API_KEY`, `ZVID_API_URL` — 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: remote server**
```bash
claude mcp add --transport http mcp https://mcp.zvid.io/mcp
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
claude mcp add --env ZVID_API_KEY=<ZVID_API_KEY> --env ZVID_API_URL=<ZVID_API_URL> --transport stdio zvid -- npx -y @zvid/mcp
```
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### Codex

1. **Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
codex mcp add zvid --url https://mcp.zvid.io/mcp
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
codex mcp add zvid --env ZVID_API_KEY=<ZVID_API_KEY> --env ZVID_API_URL=<ZVID_API_URL> -- npx -y @zvid/mcp
```
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### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "zvid": {
            "url": "https://mcp.zvid.io/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "zvid": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@zvid/mcp"
            ],
            "env": {
                "ZVID_API_KEY": "<ZVID_API_KEY>",
                "ZVID_API_URL": "<ZVID_API_URL>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
Replace <…> with your own values

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "zvid": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.zvid.io/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "zvid": {
            "type": "stdio",
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@zvid/mcp"
            ],
            "env": {
                "ZVID_API_KEY": "<ZVID_API_KEY>",
                "ZVID_API_URL": "<ZVID_API_URL>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
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### Gemini CLI

1. **Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
gemini mcp add -t http zvid https://mcp.zvid.io/mcp
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini mcp add -e ZVID_API_KEY=<ZVID_API_KEY> -e ZVID_API_URL=<ZVID_API_URL> zvid npx -y @zvid/mcp
```
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## When to use it
- build a video or image from a JSON project
- validate a layout and fix warnings before saving a draft
- turn a project into a reusable parameterized template
- request a render after approving its signed quote

## Example prompts
- Build a video from this JSON project, validate it, and save a draft for review.
- Prepare an image project and fix any validation errors or layout warnings before saving.
- Save this project as a template with variables, then render it after I approve the quote.

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