# Shotstack MCP

> Cloud video editing and template rendering through Shotstack's official MCP.

- **Category:** Editing & Post
- **Vendor:** Shotstack (official)
- **Pricing:** freemium
- **Verified:** 2026-06-29

## What it does

Shotstack's MCP server exposes its cloud video editing API to agents: create renders from JSON timelines, save reusable templates, render merge-field variants, inspect media, and poll render status. For filmmaker-agents it is the programmable render farm lane: fast campaign variants, data-driven video, and cloud assembly jobs that should not depend on a local NLE being open.

## Connect

- Remote endpoint: `https://mcp.shotstack.io/`
- Claude Code: `claude mcp add shotstack -e SHOTSTACK_API_KEY=YOUR_KEY -- npx -y @shotstack/shotstack-mcp-server`
- Local: `npx -y @shotstack/shotstack-mcp-server`

**Auth:** api_key (env `SHOTSTACK_API_KEY`) — https://app.shotstack.io

## Capabilities

`cloud-render` · `template-rendering` · `programmatic-video` · `media-inspection` · `json-timeline` · `remote-mcp`

## Sample tools

`render_video` · `get_render_status` · `create_template` · `list_templates` · `get_template` · `render_template` · `delete_template` · `inspect_media`

## Field notes

Official npm package @shotstack/shotstack-mcp-server 1.1.0, MIT, Node >=18, published by author Shotstack with a shotstack.io maintainer; latest modified May 8 2026. Local stdio uses SHOTSTACK_API_KEY; the hosted endpoint at https://mcp.shotstack.io/ responds as an OAuth-protected MCP resource for web clients. No public source repo was advertised in npm metadata, so verify behavior against package docs and the live endpoint rather than GitHub stars.

## Verification

- Status: Freshly checked (checked today)
- Added: 2026-06-29
- Last verified: 2026-06-29
- Machine JSON: https://mcp.film/api/mcps/shotstack.json

## Links

- Site: https://shotstack.io
- Docs: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@shotstack/shotstack-mcp-server

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Structured data: https://mcp.film/api/mcps/shotstack.json · Directory: https://mcp.film