Rendley MCP

Name: Rendley MCP
Author: rendleyhq

by rendleyhqversion 1.0.1i★ –iRuns in the cloud

Registry nameio.github.rendleyhq/rendley-mcp

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Create videos with prompts, and use Rendley’s video editor to adjust anything you need.

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UsageiVery new★ –

What you can do with it

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Connection: Runs in the cloud
Transport: Streamable HTTP
Category: Design, images & audio

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on the maker’s server: what you ask it goes through their server.
You fill in yourself: Authorization

You need

Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

This address needs a key in a request header, which the add-connector menu cannot set. Use Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code instead.

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add --transport http rendley https://mcp.rendley.com/mcp --header 'Authorization: Bearer {rendley_api_key}'

Fill in the empty values before running it.

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rendley": {
      "url": "https://mcp.rendley.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer {rendley_api_key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "rendley": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.rendley.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer {rendley_api_key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

This address needs a key in a request header, which the add-connector menu cannot set. Use Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code instead.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

Values you fill in

Authorization HTTP header
Provide your Rendley API key, or skip it if your client supports OAuth.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

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Basic checksi

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Compared with others in Design, images & audioi

More stars than 0% of the other 2792 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 13% of the other 2792 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 2792 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is Rendley MCP safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs in the maker’s cloud. Connect over the internet with nothing to install, but what you send passes through the maker’s servers.

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (1.0.1) reached the registry 5 months ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. It connects by URL, so apps that accept remote MCP servers work too, such as ChatGPT in developer mode.

What can I use instead?

In the same category: Figma Context MCP, Claude Real Video, Figma MCP Server

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Install

README from the maker

Open the README

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Rendley MCP

The MCP server for Rendley. It gives an AI assistant a full video editor: connect it once, then create and edit video by describing what you want, in the same chat you already work in. Under the hood it drives the hosted Rendley editor in a browser and calls the hosted Rendley API on your behalf:

Editor: https://app.rendley.com
API: https://api.rendley.com/v1

The same agent is also reachable over plain HTTP (POST /v1/agent) for backends that don't speak MCP. See REST example.

There are two ways to use it:

Use the hosted server at https://mcp.rendley.com/mcp. Nothing to run. See Connect a client.
Self-host this server against the hosted Rendley API. See Self-host the server.

📖 Full documentation, with step-by-step setup guides and screenshots: [docs.rendley.com/mcp](https://docs.rendley.com/mcp)

Connect a client

Any client that speaks remote MCP can connect. Point it at the endpoint and authenticate by signing in or with an API key:

https://mcp.rendley.com/mcp

Sign in with Rendley (recommended): the client opens a Rendley sign-in tab and you approve access. Nothing to copy, and you can revoke it later.
API key: the client sends an Authorization: Bearer YOUR_RENDLEY_API_KEY header. Create one at Settings → API Keys; see Get an API key.

Most clients accept a JSON config like this:

"mcpServers": { "rendley": { "url": "https://mcp.rendley.com/mcp", "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_RENDLEY_API_KEY" } } } }

For sign-in, drop the headers block and let the client run the browser flow.

The docs have illustrated, per-client walkthroughs:

[Claude](https://docs.rendley.com/mcp/claude): desktop, web, and Claude Code.
[Codex](https://docs.rendley.com/mcp/openai): the Codex desktop app and CLI.
[Other clients](https://docs.rendley.com/mcp/other-clients): any other client that speaks remote MCP, plus the mcp-remote bridge for local-only clients.

For Claude Code specifically:

claude mcp add --transport http rendley https://mcp.rendley.com/mcp \

--header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_RENDLEY_API_KEY"

Try it

Ask the client what it can do, then try a simple request:

What can Rendley do here?

List my projects.

If it lists the Rendley tools and your projects, you're connected. From there, describe the video you want and the assistant creates a project, builds the edit, and returns a link.

Self-host the server

This repo is the MCP server only; it does not run the full Rendley stack locally. It talks to the hosted Rendley API and editor. When you self-host, point clients at your own https:// /mcp instead of https://mcp.rendley.com/mcp.

Requirements

Bun >= 1.1 (or Docker)
A Rendley account to connect with. Clients authenticate per request with their own API key (Settings → API Keys, guide) or OAuth sign-in. The server stores no key of its own.

Run locally

git clone https://github.com/rendleyhq/rendley-mcp.git

cd rendley-mcp

bun install bun dev # http://localhost:8787

API_BASE_URL and APP_BASE_URL default to the hosted Rendley API and editor, so the server boots out of the box with no .env at all; copy .env.example only to point at a different stack. The server holds no credentials of its own: every request authenticates with the caller's own API key or OAuth token.

By default the server drives the editor with a local Chrome (BROWSER_MODE=local), so no extra infrastructure is needed. bun install downloads a bundled Chromium; with USE_CHROME_CHANNEL=true it prefers your installed Google Chrome and falls back to the bundled browser. Set HEADLESS=false to watch the editor in a visible window, and CPU_ONLY=true on machines without a usable GPU.

Verify it's up:

curl http://localhost:8787/health

{"status":"ok","browser_mode":"local"}

Docker

docker compose up -d --build

curl http://localhost:8787/health

Connecting a client to your instance

Use the same client steps as the hosted server, but swap the endpoint for your host (e.g. http://localhost:8787/mcp) and authenticate with your API key as a bearer token:

"mcpServers": { "rendley": { "url": "http://localhost:8787/mcp", "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_RENDLEY_API_KEY" } } } }

OAuth. OAuth sign-in is always on. Clients that support it (Claude connectors, ChatGPT, codex mcp login rendley) can sign in via the hosted login flow instead of pasting a key; the server advertises the authorization server through RFC 9728 protected-resource metadata. Set MCP_PUBLIC_URL to this server's public URL so discovery points at the right host.

Remote browser mode

For hosted deployments, set BROWSER_MODE=remote and point the server at a deployed remote browser worker. The server mints a short-lived editor session token and posts it to the worker, so the caller's credential never leaves this process:

BROWSER_MODE=remote

BROWSER_WORKER_URL=https:// BROWSER_WORKER_TOKEN=

Configuration

All configuration is via environment variables; start from .env.example, which documents every option. The essentials:

Variable	Default	Purpose
`API_BASE_URL`	`https://api.rendley.com/v1`	Rendley API root. Override for staging or a self-hosted stack.
`APP_BASE_URL`	`https://app.rendley.com`	Rendley editor root. Override for staging or a self-hosted stack.
`MCP_PUBLIC_URL`	none	This server's public URL, advertised for OAuth discovery.
`BROWSER_MODE`	`local`	`local` = in-process Playwright Chrome; `remote` = remote browser worker.
`HEADLESS`	`true`	Local mode only; `false` shows the browser window.
`USE_CHROME_CHANNEL`	`true`	Local mode only; prefer installed Chrome over bundled Chromium.
`CPU_ONLY`	`false`	Force software WebGL (SwiftShader) on hosts without a GPU.
`QUEUE_CONCURRENCY`	`120`	Max concurrent browser-backed jobs per container.
`CORS_ORIGINS`	none	CSV allowlist of browser origins. Empty disables CORS.

Endpoints

Method	Path
`POST`	`/mcp`	MCP Streamable HTTP transport
`POST`	`/v1/agent`	Start an async edit job
`GET`	`/v1/jobs/:id`	Poll a job
`GET`	`/health`	Liveness

REST example

You don't need an MCP client to drive the agent. The same agent is available over plain HTTP. Start a job, get an id back, and poll until the video is ready. Full reference: docs.rendley.com/mcp/api-access.

# Start a job (swap in http://localhost:8787 for a self-hosted instance)

curl -X POST https://mcp.rendley.com/v1/agent \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $RENDLEY_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "prompt": "Create a 9:16 slideshow from these files", "files": [ { "url": "https://cdn.example.com/photo1.jpg" }, { "url": "https://cdn.example.com/photo2.jpg" } ] }'

Poll it

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $RENDLEY_API_KEY" \ https://mcp.rendley.com/v1/jobs/

Runtime notes

Single tenant per instance.
The browser launches lazily on the first browser-backed request; concurrent requests reuse it via separate tabs, which close on completion.
Media attachments are public URLs only. The editor imports them via the batch upload API (no local-file uploads through MCP).
REST jobs are asynchronous and must be polled. Job state is held in memory: completed records are retained for 1 hour, and a restart drops all job state (in-flight jobs are lost, finished results become unfetchable).
/health is healthy whenever the server can serve; browser launch failures surface on browser-backed requests.

Scripts

bun dev          # watch mode, pretty logs

bun start # production start bun run typecheck

Rendley MCP

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

Values you fill in

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Design, images & audioi

Common questions

Alternatives

Figma Context MCP

Claude Real Video

Figma MCP Server

README from the maker

Rendley MCP

Connect a client

Try it

Self-host the server

Requirements

Run locally

{"status":"ok","browser_mode":"local"}

Docker

Connecting a client to your instance

Remote browser mode

Configuration

Endpoints

REST example

Poll it

Runtime notes

Scripts

License