Panda Video MCP server
Connect Panda Video to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and any other MCP client. Upload, organize and configure your videos, read their analytics, generate subtitles and Shorts — from the conversation.
The server is hosted by us: there is nothing to install and no code in this repository. Point your client at the URL below and sign in with your Panda Video account.
https://mcp.pandavideo.com/mcp
What you can do with it
| Area | Examples |
|---|---|
| Videos | List and search videos, read one video, rename it, import a video from a URL |
| Folders and playlists | Create folders, move videos, build playlists |
| Analytics | Views, retention curve, top videos, account totals |
| Subtitles and thumbnails | Read subtitles, generate them with AI, add thumbnails |
| Player | Read and change the player and per-video configuration |
| Shorts | Import a video and list the Shorts cut from it |
Video listings already carry the public embed URL (video_player) and the HLS URL
(video_hls), so the assistant can hand you a link that plays.
Tools that change or remove something are marked destructiveHint: true, so your
assistant asks before running them. Read-only tools are marked readOnlyHint: true.
Two endpoints
| Endpoint | Tools | For |
|---|---|---|
https://mcp.pandavideo.com/mcp | Full catalogue (177 tools) | Power users, Claude Code, Cursor, scripts |
https://mcp.pandavideo.com/mcp/directory | 29 core tools: videos, folders, playlists, analytics, subtitles, thumbnails, player, Shorts | Chat assistants (ChatGPT, Claude) |
The directory endpoint leaves out credits, billing, users and sub-accounts.
Connecting
Claude
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste:
https://mcp.pandavideo.com/mcp/directory
Claude opens the Panda Video sign-in page, you approve the access, and the tools appear in the conversation. No API key to copy.
ChatGPT
Settings → Apps & Connectors → Create (Developer Mode), same URL and OAuth as the authentication. Same sign-in flow.
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http panda-video https://mcp.pandavideo.com/mcp \
--header "Authorization: panda-YOUR_API_KEY"
Cursor
~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"panda-video": {
"url": "https://mcp.pandavideo.com/mcp",
"headers": { "Authorization": "panda-YOUR_API_KEY" }
}
}
}
Anything else
The server speaks Streamable HTTP (stateless) at /mcp and /mcp/directory.
Two ways to authenticate:
OAuth 2.1 — recommended, and what the chat clients above use. Discovery follows the specs, so a compliant client needs nothing but the URL:
| Document | URL |
|---|---|
| Protected resource metadata (RFC 9728) | https://mcp.pandavideo.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource |
| Authorization server metadata (RFC 8414) | https://mcp.pandavideo.com/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server |
Dynamic client registration (RFC 7591) and PKCE with S256 are supported, with public
clients (token_endpoint_auth_method: none). Scopes are videos:read (read-only tools)
and videos:write.
API key — for scripts and local clients. Copy it in the Panda Video dashboard under
Settings → Advanced → API Key and send it as is in the Authorization header. Treat
it like a password:
curl -X POST https://mcp.pandavideo.com/mcp \
-H "Authorization: panda-YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"panda_list_videos","arguments":{"limit":5}}}'
initialize and tools/list answer without credentials, so a directory can read the
catalogue before anyone signs in. Every call that touches your account requires
authentication; without it the server answers 401 with a WWW-Authenticate header
pointing to the OAuth metadata.
Requests are limited to 60 per minute per account.
Accounts
You need a Panda Video account. See pandavideo.com for the plans.
Policies and support
- Privacy: https://www.pandavideo.com/our-terms/privacy
- Terms: https://www.pandavideo.com/our-terms/terms
- Help center: https://help.pandavideo.com
- API reference: https://docs.pandavideo.com/reference/mcp
- Something wrong with this server: open an issue here
Why this repository has no code
Directories ask for a repository URL, and this is it. The server runs on our
infrastructure, so listing it does not require shipping the implementation — what a
client needs is the URL above and the discovery documents, both public. This repository
holds the registry descriptor (server.json), the logos and these instructions.
Panda Video is a product of PANDA VIDEOS LTDA.