LABSCO SUMMARY

The install is the story: one command, and it writes the client config for you.

Running the installer against Claude Desktop, Cursor, or both together removes the step where people mistype a JSON path and give up — and the manual snippets are there when you want to see exactly what was written. Worth remembering after an update: uvx serves from its cache, so clear it or pin the latest tag rather than assuming you picked up a new release.

What it is

The MCP server from VideoDB's agent toolkit. It runs through uvx with your VideoDB API key on the command line, and installs itself into the common clients rather than making you hand-edit config files.

What you get

A VideoDB Director connection available inside your MCP client
One-command installation into Claude Desktop, Cursor, or both at once
A Claude Code registration line for terminal users
Manual config snippets if you would rather write the entry yourself

Requirements

uv installed, and a VideoDB API key passed as a command-line argument. Nothing to clone or build. Because uvx caches packages, clear the cache or pin the latest tag when you want to be sure you are running the current server.

Setup effort

One command plus a key — uvx videodb-director-mcp --api-key=VIDEODB_API_KEY, then supply credentials

See installation options

USE CASES

01

Getting VideoDB into your editor quickly

Run the installer for your client with your API key and restart it — no config file to edit.

02

Using the same setup in two clients

Run the install once with the all target so Claude and Cursor share the configuration.

03

Making sure you are on the current version

Clear the uv cache or pin the latest tag in your command, so a stale cached build is not what runs.

BEFORE YOU INSTALL

What to know first

Requires

VIDEODB_API_KEY in your environment

Where it runs

All 3 documented clients run the server on your machine.

INSTALLATION

Connect your client

Server setup

TERMINAL

uvx videodb-director-mcp --api-key=VIDEODB_API_KEY

MCP Clients

Claude Desktop, Cursor

JSON

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "videodb-director": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "videodb-director-mcp",
        "--api-key=<YOUR_VIDEODB_API_KEY>"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

CLAUDE CODE · TERMINAL

claude mcp add videodb-director uvx -- videodb-director-mcp --api-key=<YOUR_VIDEODB_API_KEY>

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