Connect your agent

Install once. Start shipping video.

Connect the MCP server to your client, ask for a template, and get a render job back. No SDK ceremony required.

Access

Create your API key

Rendering happens through the iLoveVideoEditor API. Create a key in your dashboard and keep it in the client environment, never in the prompt.

Open dashboard

Use VF_API_KEY. The MCP server reads it automatically.

Configure

Add the server to your client

Choose a client below. The command stays the same; only the location of the config file changes.

Claude Code.claude/settings.json

recommended

terminal

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ilovevideoeditor": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@ilovevideoeditor/mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "VF_API_KEY": "vf_live_your_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Anthropic Claude Code with MCP support. Add the server to your project or global config.

Verify

Ask your agent for a template

Restart the client, then try a request that proves discovery, variables, and rendering are connected.

terminal

List the available video templates.
Then render the product-promo template with:
{ title: "Ship faster", cta: "Start now" }

Server connected 14 tools available 250+ templates discoverable

Optional intelligence layer

Teach your agent video craft.

Skills add the reasoning patterns behind good video: structure, timing, effects, templates, creative direction, and render review.

terminal

npx skills add ilovevideoeditor/frames

# Or install focused knowledge
npx skills add ilovevideoeditor/frames --skill videojson-core --skill videojson-animation

Understand the architecture

Connected — your agent now has 14 tools.Try the preview