# twelvelabs

Connect Claude Code to TwelveLabs to index videos, search their contents, and analyze clips. The plugin requires a TwelveLabs API key.

- plugin · `type=plugin` · Claude Code · ★ 26
- Author: twelvelabs-io
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/twelvelabs-io/twelve-labs-claude-code-plugin
- Updated: 2026-10-08
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/plugins/twelvelabs

## What it does

Search indexed videos with natural-language descriptions of scenes, actions, sounds, or on-screen text. You can also search with a reference image, combine an image with text, or look for a person or object. Index local files, URLs, and Google Drive links, then check an indexing task’s status while it runs.

The plugin offers synchronous and asynchronous video analysis. Sync returns a result inline and handles videos up to one hour; async supports videos up to two hours, structured JSON output, and metadata extraction by segment. It can also create video embeddings and manage indexes and entity collections. Set `TWELVELABS_API_KEY` in your environment first; without the key, Claude Code cannot connect to TwelveLabs.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Plugin marketplace**
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin install twelvelabs@claude-community
```

## When to use it
- index a video file, URL, or Google Drive link
- search clips for a scene described in plain language
- find videos visually similar to a reference image
- summarize a clip or extract action items
- locate a person across indexed videos

## Example prompts
- Index `/path/to/video.mp4` with `/twelvelabs:index-video`.
- Use `/twelvelabs:search` to find clips where a presenter mentions AI.
- Analyze a video URL and return the result with `/twelvelabs:sync-analyze`.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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# TwelveLabs Claude Code Plugin

Index, search, and analyze videos directly from Claude Code using [TwelveLabs](https://www.twelvelabs.io/) multimodal AI.

## Install

1. Set your TwelveLabs API key as an environment variable (get one at [twelvelabs.io](https://www.twelvelabs.io/)):

```bash
export TWELVELABS_API_KEY=your_api_key_here
```

Add this to your `~/.zshrc` or `~/.bashrc` to persist it.

2. In Claude Code, add the plugin marketplace:

```
/plugin marketplace add twelvelabs-io/twelve-labs-claude-code-plugin
```

3. Then install the plugin:

```
/plugin install twelvelabs@twelvelabs-plugins
```

You may need to restart Claude Code after installing for the plugin and MCP to take effect.

The plugin configures the MCP server, slash commands, skills, and hooks automatically.

## What You Can Do

**Index videos** from local files, remote URLs, or Google Drive links. Once a video is indexed, it becomes searchable and analyzable. Indexing is asynchronous — you can check on progress at any time.

**Search across your videos** using natural language descriptions of what you're looking for — visual elements, actions, sounds, or on-screen text. You can also search using a reference image to find visually similar content, combine an image with text for refined results, or search for specific people and objects using entity recognition.

**Analyze video content** to generate summaries, extract key topics, answer questions, list action items, or perform any open-ended analysis guided by a custom prompt. Both analyze commands accept indexed `videoId`s, direct URLs, asset IDs, or local files (auto-uploaded as assets). Two modes:

- `/twelvelabs:sync-analyze` — returns the result inline. Pegasus 1.5 by default for URL/asset/file inputs; falls back to Pegasus 1.2 only when analysing an existing indexed `videoId` or when the user explicitly requests 1.2. Cap: ≤1 hour video.
- `/twelvelabs:async-analyze` — fire-and-forget for longer videos (up to 2 hours), Pegasus 1.5 throughout. Also supports **time-based metadata extraction** (`analysisMode: "time_based_metadata"` + `segmentDefinitions`) for per-segment structured output, multimodal prompting with reference images (`promptV2`), and structured JSON output (`jsonSchema`).

**Create video embeddings** for use in downstream applications like similarity search, clustering, or recommendation systems.

**Manage indexes** to organize your videos into separate collections. Each index can be configured with different model capabilities — Marengo for search or Pegasus for text generation.

**Set up entity search** by creating collections of people or objects with reference images. Once configured, you can find exactly when and where a specific person appears across all your indexed videos.

## Usage

### Commands

| Command | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| `/twelvelabs:index-video <path-or-url> [index-id]` | Index a local video, URL, or Google Drive link |
| `/twelvelabs:index-video status [task-id]` | Check indexing task status |
| `/twelvelabs:indexes` | List all indexes |
| `/twelvelabs:indexes create <name> [model]` | Create a new index (models: `marengo`, `pegasus`, or both) |
| `/twelvelabs:indexes delete <index-id>` | Delete an index |
| `/twelvelabs:videos [index-id]` | List indexed videos |
| `/twelvelabs:search <query> [index-id]` | Text search across videos |
| `/twelvelabs:search <image> [text] [index-id]` | Image or composed (image + text) search |
| `/twelvelabs:search <@entity_id> [action] [index-id]` | Entity search for specific people/objects |
| `/twelvelabs:sync-analyze <video-id-or-url-or-asset-or-path> [prompt]` | Synchronous analysis. Pegasus 1.5 by default; Pegasus 1.2 forced for `videoId` |
| `/twelvelabs:async-analyze <url-or-path-or-asset> [prompt]` | Async analysis (Pegasus 1.5, ≤2 hours; supports time-based metadata, `promptV2`, `jsonSchema`) |
| `/twelvelabs:async-analyze status [task-id]` | Check async-analyze task status |
| `/twelvelabs:async-analyze list` | List async-analyze tasks |
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