@clipform/mcp-server

MCP server for Clipform - build and manage video-style forms from any MCP client (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.).

Install

There are two ways to connect: remote (recommended, uses your Clipform account) and local (anonymous, free-tier limits).

Remote (recommended)

Use this if you have a Clipform account. Forms are created directly in your workspace and your plan tier applies (no 3-node cap on Pro).

Claude (claude.ai): Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → enter https://mcp.clipform.io

ChatGPT: Settings → Connectors → Advanced → enable Developer Mode → Create connector → enter https://mcp.clipform.io (requires Pro/Team/Enterprise)

Any MCP client with OAuth: Point it at https://mcp.clipform.io - discovery, registration, and auth are handled automatically via OAuth 2.1 + Dynamic Client Registration (RFC 7591).

Local - Claude Code / Claude Desktop / Cursor / etc.

Use this for stdio-based MCP clients. Pass your API key to authenticate with your workspace and plan tier.

Claude Code:

claude mcp add clipform -e CLIPFORM_API_KEY=cf_xxx -- npx -y @clipform/mcp-server

Claude Desktop / Cursor / Windsurf / OpenClaw - add to your MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "clipform": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@clipform/mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "CLIPFORM_API_KEY": "cf_xxx",
        "API_URL": "https://api.clipform.io"
      }
    }
  }
}

Generate an API key in your Clipform dashboard under Developers > API keys. The local server always needs one - to try Clipform without an account, connect to https://mcp.clipform.io instead (see "How it works").

Environment variables

Variable	Required	Purpose
CLIPFORM_API_KEY	For workspace auth	Bearer key - forms land in the key's workspace with its plan limits. Also unlocks the creative tools (search, TTS, video rendering). Required by the local server.
API_URL	Yes	Clipform API base URL (https://api.clipform.io, or your local/self-hosted API).

Tools

Your MCP client lists these automatically on connect (via tools/list). Full reference - arguments, schemas, and examples - is in the docs.

Tool	Description
clipform_create_form	Create a new Clipform (interactive video-style form).
clipform_import_form	Convert a public Google Form, Typeform, or Tally form into a new Clipform.
clipform_list_forms	List forms in your workspace with optional filtering.
clipform_whoami	Show the current identity: auth mode (api key, oauth, session, or anonymous), active workspace, and plan limits.
clipform_get_form	Retrieve a form's details including all nodes in sequential order and their routing.
clipform_update_form	Update a form's title, publish status, settings, or tags.
clipform_delete_form	Move a form and all its nodes to the trash.
clipform_get_results	View response counts, choice/action answer breakdowns, and recent open-text answers for a form.
clipform_get_responses	List a Clipform form's individual responses (submissions) with time filtering - complements clipform_get_results (aggregates).
clipform_add_node	Add a new node to an existing form.
clipform_update_node	Update one or more existing nodes' text, type, config, or options.
clipform_delete_node	Delete a node from a form.
clipform_upload_media_asset	Put one or more media files into your workspace media library (max 10, uploaded sequentially).
clipform_complete_media_upload	Confirm a signed-PUT still image upload finished, after PUTting the bytes to the upload_url returned by clipform_upload_media_asset.
clipform_attach_node_media	Attach an existing workspace media asset (from clipform_upload_media_asset) to one or more nodes (max 10).
clipform_get_node_media	Get the media attached to a node, including processing status.
clipform_delete_node_media	Remove media from a node.
clipform_set_logic	Set the next node for one or more nodes, wiring a linear route (A to B to C).
clipform_log_generation	Internal audit step run by a form-generation workflow.
clipform_search_news	Search recent news articles from NewsAPI and The Guardian and return them as structured results.
clipform_generate_tts	Generate narration audio from text with word-level captions.
clipform_search_media	Search images or stock video clips.
clipform_render_composition	Render a specialised video composition to MP4 or PNG - custom animated visuals that a video template can't provide, such as geography animations or designed motion graphics.
clipform_search_music	Search for royalty-free music tracks and ambient sounds.
clipform_list_compositions	Browse available video compositions and their expected props schemas.
clipform_list_video_templates	Browse available video templates - curated Scene arrangements (bed + overlay + sane defaults) that render through the Scene composition from a small controls object.
clipform_render_video_template	Render a curated video template (a pre-arranged Scene: bed + overlay + sane defaults) to MP4 or PNG from a small controls object, instead of hand-assembling Scene layers.
clipform_list_assets	List available creative assets (sound effects, animations, fonts) for video compositions.
clipform_check_render	Check the status of render jobs started by clipform_render_video_template or clipform_render_composition.
clipform_fetch_boundary	Fetch a GeoJSON boundary polygon for a country, city, or region.
clipform_get_guide	Retrieve craft knowledge for building a specific form type.
clipform_get_workflow	Retrieve a step-by-step build workflow for creating a specific form type.

Example

Create a Clipform called "Customer Feedback" with a choice question asking "How would you rate our service?" with options Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor, then an open-ended question asking "Any additional comments?", and finish with an end screen saying "Thanks for your feedback!"

How it works

Remote (OAuth): Bearer tokens are audience-bound to https://mcp.clipform.io (RFC 8707) and scoped to mcp only. Forms land directly in the workspace you approved during consent by default. One connection reaches every workspace you belong to in the same company: pass workspace_id (ids from clipform_whoami) on clipform_create_form, clipform_import_form, clipform_list_forms, clipform_upload_media_asset, or clipform_generate_tts, or a form_id from another workspace on any form tool - including clipform_upload_media_asset, clipform_generate_tts, and clipform_complete_media_upload, where it's a routing hint only (the result still lands in that workspace's media library, not on a node). Membership is re-checked on every call, and results name the workspace.

Local with API key: The CLIPFORM_API_KEY is sent as a standard Authorization: Bearer header. Forms are created directly in the key's workspace with your plan tier limits.

Remote anonymous (no sign-in): Connecting to https://mcp.clipform.io without signing in builds into a temporary account of the session's own. Forms stay drafts with a private preview link - nothing goes live - and while unclaimed, the form UUID is the credential to edit it. Build results include a one-time claim URL that signs you into that account (on the first form, periodically after, and at the form limit); free-plan limits apply. The local stdio server always needs CLIPFORM_API_KEY.

These tools need a signed-in Clipform account (OAuth, or an API key): clipform_list_forms, clipform_whoami, clipform_get_results, clipform_get_responses, clipform_delete_form. An anonymous remote session that calls one is asked to sign in instead. Everything else, including clipform_get_guide, clipform_get_workflow and clipform_list_assets, works without an account.

Forms are created with a start node and end screen automatically - you just add the nodes in between.

Links

• Clipform - Create interactive video forms
• Documentation - Full guide with node types and more

Craft guides (clipform://guides/*, clipform_get_guide) are fetched from the Clipform API at runtime, so the server needs a reachable API_URL and valid CLIPFORM_API_KEY to serve them.