VideoDB Director

By VideoDB GitHub

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Overview

What is VideoDB Director?

VideoDB Director is an AI-powered toolkit designed to create automated video workflows, including features like automatic editing, content moderation, voice cloning, highlight generation, and searchable video moments, all accessible through simple APIs and chat-based interfaces.

How to use VideoDB Director?

To use VideoDB Director, developers can clone the toolkit repository from GitHub and follow the setup instructions provided in the config.yaml file to integrate VideoDB contexts into their LLM-powered applications.

Key features of VideoDB Director?

Automatic video editing and content moderation.
Voice cloning capabilities.
Highlight generation for key moments in videos.
Searchable video moments for easy access to content.
Integration with AI-driven IDEs and chat agents.

Use cases of VideoDB Director?

Automating video editing for content creators.
Enhancing customer support with AI-driven video responses.
Generating highlights for sports or event videos.
Creating searchable video libraries for educational content.

FAQ from VideoDB Director?

Can VideoDB Director handle all types of video content?

Yes! VideoDB Director is designed to work with various video formats and content types.

Is there a cost associated with using VideoDB Director?

VideoDB Director is free to use, but may require an API key for certain features.

How can I ensure I have the latest version of the toolkit?

You can update the MCP server using the command uvx videodb-director-mcp@latest --api-key=<VIDEODB_API_KEY>.

Content

The VideoDB MCP Server connects with the Director backend framework, providing a single tool for many workflows. For development, it can be installed and used via uvx for isolated environments. For more details on MCPs, please visit here

To add the MCP server in any config driven MCP Client, following is how the commands and arguments will look like

Install `uv`

We need to install uv first.

For macOS/Linux:

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

For Windows:

powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"

You can also visit the installation steps of uv for more details here

Run the MCP Server

You can run the MCP server using uvx using the following command

uvx videodb-director-mcp --api-key=VIDEODB_API_KEY

Add the VideoDB Director MCP Server in your favorite Client

Claude Desktop

To configure VideoDB Director MCP server in Claude, you can run the following command

uvx videodb-director-mcp --install=claude

You can manually configure the MCP Server by following these steps:

Open the claude_desktop_config.json file

In MacOS/Linux:

code ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

In Windows:

code $env:AppData\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Add the VideoDB Director MCP Server inside the mcpServers key:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "videodb-director": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["videodb-director-mcp", "--api-key=<VIDEODB-API-KEY>"]
    }
  }
}

Cursor

To configure VideoDB Director MCP server in Cursor, you can run the following command

uvx videodb-director-mcp --install=cursor

You can manually configure the MCP Server by following these steps:

Inside Cursor, go to Settings > Cursor Settings
Click on MCP
Click on Add new Global MCP Server

Add the VideoDB Director MCP Server under the mcpServers key

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "videodb-director": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["videodb-director-mcp", "--api-key=<VIDEODB-API-KEY>"]
    }
  }
}

Install in Claude and Cursor at the same time.

You can configure VideoDB Director MCP server in Claude and Cursor together, by running the following command

uvx videodb-director-mcp --install=all

Install for Claude Code

claude mcp add videodb-director uvx -- videodb-director-mcp --api-key=<VIDEODB_API_KEY>

Update VideoDB Director MCP package

To ensure you're using the latest version of the MCP server with uvx, start by clearing the cache:

uv cache clean

This command removes any outdated cached packages of videodb-director-mcp, allowing uvx to fetch the most recent version.

If you always want to use the latest version of the MCP server, update your command as follows:

uvx videodb-director-mcp@latest --api-key=<VIDEODB_API_KEY>

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