The MCP Server provides a robust solution for generating short-form videos by combining text-to-speech, automatic captions, background videos, and music. This tool allows you to create engaging content without requiring heavy GPU resources or expensive third-party APIs.
Three Docker images are available to suit different use cases:
docker run -it --rm --name short-video-maker -p 3123:3123 -e LOG_LEVEL=debug -e PEXELS_API_KEY=your_key_here gyoridavid/short-video-maker:latest-tiny
docker run -it --rm --name short-video-maker -p 3123:3123 -e LOG_LEVEL=debug -e PEXELS_API_KEY=your_key_here gyoridavid/short-video-maker:latest
docker run -it --rm --name short-video-maker -p 3123:3123 -e LOG_LEVEL=debug -e PEXELS_API_KEY=your_key_here --gpus=all gyoridavid/short-video-maker:latest-cuda
version: "3"
services:
short-video-maker:
image: gyoridavid/short-video-maker:latest-tiny
environment:
- LOG_LEVEL=debug
- PEXELS_API_KEY=your_key_here
ports:
- "3123:3123"
volumes:
- ./videos:/app/data/videos # expose the generated videos
While Docker is recommended, you can run with npm on supported platforms:
Note: Windows is not currently supported.
A user-friendly web interface is available at http://localhost:3123 for generating videos through your browser.
Basic Configuration:
| Variable | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| PEXELS_API_KEY | Your free Pexels API key | |
| LOG_LEVEL | Pino log level | info |
| WHISPER_VERBOSE | Whether to forward whisper.cpp output | false |
| PORT | Server listening port | 3123 |
System Configuration:
| Variable | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| KOKORO_MODEL_PRECISION | Model size (fp32, fp16, q8, q4, q4f16) | Varies by image |
| CONCURRENCY | Number of parallel browser tabs for rendering | Varies by image |
| VIDEO_CACHE_SIZE_IN_BYTES | Cache size for video frames | Varies by image |
| Option | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| paddingBack | End screen duration after narration (ms) | 0 |
| music | Background music mood | random |
| captionPosition | Caption position (top, center, bottom) | bottom |
| captionBackgroundColor | Active caption background color | blue |
| voice | Kokoro voice to use | af_heart |
| orientation | Video orientation (portrait/landscape) | portrait |
| musicVolume | Background music volume (low/medium/high/muted) | high |
/mcp/sse/mcp/messagescreate-short-video: Creates a short video with AI-determined configurationget-video-status: Checks video generation statusCreate a Short Video
curl --location 'localhost:3123/api/short-video' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
"scenes": [
{
"text": "Hello world!",
"searchTerms": ["river"]
}
],
"config": {
"paddingBack": 1500,
"music": "chill"
}
}'
Check Video Status
curl --location 'localhost:3123/api/short-video/{id}/status'
Get Generated Video
curl --location 'localhost:3123/api/short-video/{id}'
List All Videos
curl --location 'localhost:3123/api/short-videos'
Delete a Video
curl --location --request DELETE 'localhost:3123/api/short-video/{id}'
Get Available Voices
curl --location 'localhost:3123/api/voices'
Get Available Music Tags
curl --location 'localhost:3123/api/music-tags'
When connecting with n8n, use the appropriate URL based on your setup:
http://localhost:3123 or service namehttp://localhost:3123http://host.docker.internal:3123http://{YOUR_IP}:3123To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:
claude mcp add-json "short-video-maker" '{"command":"npx","args":["-y","short-video-maker"]}'See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.
There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.
If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.
To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".
When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:
{
"mcpServers": {
"short-video-maker": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"short-video-maker"
]
}
}
}To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.
Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.
The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.
You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.
To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:
1. Find your configuration file:
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json2. Add this to your configuration file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"short-video-maker": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"short-video-maker"
]
}
}
}3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect