OpusClip MCP: long videos to short clips, from your AI app

Turn a long podcast or webinar recording into short clips from a chat: OpusClip's MCP server picks clips with AI, then captions, reframes, adds thumbnails, schedules and publishes them. ContextGate connects it to Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor, and you can switch off scheduling and publishing so finished clips wait for a person to post them.

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How to add OpusClip to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

  1. 1Click Connect OpusClip free and sign in with your OpusClip account.
  2. 2Every OpusClip tool is on when you connect. Making clips, captions and thumbnails is low-stakes; scheduling and publishing put clips in front of your audience, so switch those off if each post needs a person's approval.
  3. 3Add ContextGate to your AI app as a connector or MCP server. The steps for each app are on the Works with page.
  4. 4Ask your AI app to cut a long video into captioned short clips, then check Activity for the OpusClip calls.

Clip jobs to hand to OpusClip

  • Turn a long video into short clips that OpusClip's AI picks out.
  • Caption and reframe each clip.
  • Create a thumbnail for every clip.
  • Schedule and publish clips once they're ready.

Control what goes out

  • Switch off the scheduling and publishing tools; your AI app can still make and caption clips.
  • Use a policy to warn or block before a clip is published.
  • Activity keeps a record of every clip, schedule and publish call.

What you get with OpusClip and ContextGate

  • Your AI apps can use OpusClipClaude, Cursor, ChatGPT and other AI apps reach OpusClip through the one ContextGate connection you add to them.
  • You choose which tools they can useSwitch off any OpusClip tool you don't want used. It's hidden from your AI apps and refused if called.
  • Every call is checked and recordedYour policies check each call (for example, personal data is hidden and secrets are blocked), and Activity keeps a record of it.

ContextGate sees only the tool calls that go through it, not your AI app's built-in tools or your chats.

OpusClip tools

OpusClip's own MCP server shows its tools once you sign in. When you connect it, they are listed and synced in your workspace.