How do I use VIDEO AI ME with Claude Code?
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Connect Claude Code to VIDEO AI ME with one command: claude mcp add --transport http videoaime https://videoai.me/api/v1/mcp with your API key as a Bearer header. Create the key at videoai.me/developers (Pro or Premium plan required), and Claude Code can then generate, caption, and publish videos for you.
How do I connect Claude Code to VIDEO AI ME?
1.Create an API key
Log in at videoai.me and open /developers (Developers in the sidebar). Create a key, optionally with a budget cap in dollars so an agent can never overspend, and copy the full va_live_... value immediately: it is shown exactly once. API keys require an active Pro ($99/month) or Premium ($199/month) subscription.
2.Add the MCP server
The server is hosted and speaks streamable HTTP, so there is nothing to install. Register it with your key in the Authorization header:
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claude mcp add --transport http videoaime https://videoai.me/api/v1/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer va_live_YOUR_KEY"3.Verify and start making videos
Run /mcp inside Claude Code to confirm videoaime is connected, then ask for a video in plain language, for example: "Make a 30 second 9:16 UGC ad for my product". Claude Code calls list_templates first, quotes the credit cost, and only starts the run after you confirm.
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claude mcp list
What can Claude Code do once connected?
Every skill in the VIDEO AI ME registry: maker skills that generate UGC-style ads, product ads, explainers, and talking-head clips, publishing skills that post and schedule finished videos to your connected social accounts, free discovery skills for templates, actors, voices, and brand memory, and check_run for polling long runs. The full catalog with credit costs and typical durations is on the skill center page, and the REST API equivalent of every tool is described at https://videoai.me/api/v1/openapi.json.
What does access cost?
The API and MCP server are included with the Pro ($99/month) and Premium ($199/month) plans; there is no separate API price. Maker skills spend video credits from the plan's monthly allowance at 1 credit = 1 cent, always quoting the estimate first, and each API key can carry its own budget cap in dollars. Plans and allowances are on the pricing page.
Claude Code setup questions
Direct answers about connecting Claude Code to VIDEO AI ME.
Do I need a paid plan to use the VIDEO AI ME MCP server in Claude Code?
Yes. The MCP server and REST API require an active Pro ($99/month) or Premium ($199/month) subscription. Keys created on other plans are refused with a subscription_required error. Plans are listed at videoai.me/pricing, and every video comes with a full commercial license.
How do I stop Claude Code from overspending my video credits?
Two guards are built in. First, every maker skill quotes its estimated credit cost (1 credit = 1 cent) and pauses until the cost is confirmed. Second, you can create the API key with a budget cap in dollars at videoai.me/developers; once the key's spend reaches the cap, further maker runs are refused until you raise it.
Which skills can Claude Code call once connected?
Every skill in the registry: makers such as make_ugc_ad, make_product_ad, make_explainer, and make_talking_head, publishing skills such as publish_video and schedule_post, free discovery skills such as list_templates and list_actors, and check_run for polling. The full table with costs and typical durations is at videoai.me/skills.
Can Claude Code publish the videos it makes to TikTok or Instagram?
Yes. Once your social accounts are connected inside the VIDEO AI ME app, the publish_video and schedule_post skills post finished videos to them directly. Publishing is an outward action on real accounts, so the agent always confirms the exact platform list with you before posting.
Does the videoaime MCP server work in Claude Code on a shared machine?
Use claude mcp add with the default local scope so the server and your key stay in your own project configuration rather than a shared file. If a key does leak, revoke it at videoai.me/developers and create a new one; revocation is immediate.