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Plainly Videos MCP

Officialby Plainly Videospaidverified Aug 28, 2026

Render After Effects-backed video templates from an agent with Plainly's API.

What it does

Plainly's official MCP server lets agents browse renderable designs and custom projects, inspect required template parameters, submit renders, and poll output status. It is a practical fit for brand-safe, repeatable film marketing assets: trailers, lower-third variants, social cutdowns, and personalized deliverables built from After Effects templates rather than free-form generation.

Connect

Claude Code

claude mcp add plainly -e PLAINLY_API_KEY=YOUR_KEY -- npx -y @plainly-videos/mcp-server@latest

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "plainly-videos": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@plainly-videos/mcp-server@latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PLAINLY_API_KEY": "YOUR_KEY_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "plainly-videos": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@plainly-videos/mcp-server@latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PLAINLY_API_KEY": "YOUR_KEY_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

Auth: api_key · env PLAINLY_API_KEY — https://app.plainlyvideos.com/dashboard/user/settings/general

Tools you'll see

list_renderable_itemsget_renderable_items_detailsrender_itemcheck_render_status

Field notes

Official, npm @plainly-videos/mcp-server 1.0.5 (MIT, Node >=18) released Jan 8 2026 and still the latest of six published versions; the repo has 6 stars and was last pushed Jan 30 2026 — seven months without a commit, so this is a shipped-and-parked vendor integration rather than a living project. Four focused tools around template discovery and rendering, no prompts or resources. Templates must already exist in a paid Plainly account; the MCP renders them, it does not author them.

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