# AI Photo Animator (remote · aiphotoanimator.ai)

Animate photos into AI videos: viral effects, old photo restoration, text to video, AI images.

- Trust score: 76/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +38
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `aiphotoanimator.ai`: 76/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-aiphotoanimator-photo-animator/api-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-aiphotoanimator-photo-animator/api-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://aiphotoanimator.ai/api/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `required`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Endpoint Security**: 94/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation is enforced on tool calls, advertised via RFC 9728 protected-resource metadata. Discovery is public, which costs nothing: no tool can be invoked without a token.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
  - The authorisation server offers only Dynamic Client Registration (RFC 7591), which MCP 2026-07-28 deprecated in favour of Client ID Metadata Documents.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 43/100
  - 0% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1403 tokens (~127/item across 11 items; 10 tools + 1 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 20/100
  - Stability observed for 6 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 98/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 94% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 10 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 12 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.
  - Supports UI / widget rendering.

## Install

### How do I install the AI Photo Animator MCP server?

AI Photo Animator is a hosted endpoint at https://aiphotoanimator.ai/api/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http ai-aiphotoanimator-photo-animator 'https://aiphotoanimator.ai/api/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-aiphotoanimator-photo-animator": {
      "url": "https://aiphotoanimator.ai/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "ai-aiphotoanimator-photo-animator": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://aiphotoanimator.ai/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.ai-aiphotoanimator-photo-animator]
url = "https://aiphotoanimator.ai/api/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "ai-aiphotoanimator-photo-animator": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://aiphotoanimator.ai/api/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add ai-aiphotoanimator-photo-animator --url 'https://aiphotoanimator.ai/api/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  ai-aiphotoanimator-photo-animator:
    url: "https://aiphotoanimator.ai/api/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "ai-aiphotoanimator-photo-animator": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://aiphotoanimator.ai/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add ai-aiphotoanimator-photo-animator -t streamable-http -u 'https://aiphotoanimator.ai/api/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-aiphotoanimator-photo-animator": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://aiphotoanimator.ai/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-04 (score 76, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 13 to 17. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 4 days of observed history at the previous scan, 5 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-02 (score 75, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-31 (score 74, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-30 (score 73, +35)

- [security improvement] Transport: unverified → pass
- [security improvement] Injection markers: unverified → pass
- [security] First check of Judged manipulation: pass
- [security] Authorization: Authorisation is enforced on tool calls, advertised via RFC 9728 protected-resource metadata. Discovery is public, which costs nothing: no tool can be invoked without a token.
- [functional improvement] Schema quality: unverified → 0
- [functional improvement] MCP protocol: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: unverified → 100
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: fail
- [functional] First check of Destructive annotations: pass
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: fail
- [functional] First check of Capabilities: pass
- [functional] First check of Tool coverage: 94
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: good

### 2026-10-29 (score 38)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (10)

### `list_effects` (~45 tokens)

List video effects

List video effect templates (dance, sports, meme scenes, etc.). Use the returned `effect` id with animate_photo. `photos` is how many photos the effect needs.

### `animate_photo` (~139 tokens)

Animate a photo

Turn photo(s) into a short video. With `effect` (from list_effects) the effect decides the motion; without it the photo is animated following `prompt`. Costs credits. Returns a task_id; poll get_video for the result (usually 1–5 minutes).

Input parameters:

- `effect` (string): Effect id from list_effects. Omit for a free-form animation.
- `image_urls` (array, required): Public https image URLs (or data:image/...;base64 URLs), in the order the effect asks for. Usually one photo.
- `prompt` (string): Motion description for free-form animation, or extra instructions for an effect.

### `create_video` (~102 tokens)

Create a video from text

Generate a short video (5 seconds, 720p, with sound) from a text description only, no photo needed. Costs credits. Returns a task_id; poll get_video.

Input parameters:

- `aspect_ratio` (string): 9:16 for TikTok / Reels / Shorts (default), 16:9 for landscape, 1:1 square.
- `prompt` (string, required): What happens in the video: subject, action, setting, camera, mood.

### `edit_video` (~146 tokens)

Edit a video

Edit an existing video clip (MP4, up to 15 seconds, 50 MB) following instructions: put the person from a photo into the clip, change outfit, style, background or scene, while keeping the motion and timing. Costs credits (based on clip length). Returns a task_id; poll get_video.

Input parameters:

- `image_urls` (array): Optional reference photos, referred to as image 1, image 2… in the prompt.
- `prompt` (string, required): What to change, e.g. "Replace the dancer with the person in image 1, keep the moves".
- `video_url` (string, required): Public https URL of the MP4 clip to edit.

### `create_image` (~125 tokens)

Create or edit an image

Generate a new image from text, or edit photo(s) following instructions (change background, outfit, style, lighting, combine several photos). Uses Nano Banana 2 at 1K. Costs credits. Usually returns the image directly; if status is pending, call get_image later.

Input parameters:

- `aspect_ratio` (string): auto (default) keeps the input photo's shape.
- `image_urls` (array): Photos to edit or combine. Omit to generate from text only.
- `prompt` (string, required): The image to create, or the edit to make to the photo(s).

### `restore_photo` (~118 tokens)

Restore an old photo

Repair an old or damaged photo: remove scratches, dust, creases and fading, recover sharp faces, keep everyone exactly as they are. Optionally colorize a black-and-white photo. Costs credits. Returns the restored image (or pending → get_image). Tip: animate the result with animate_photo afterwards.

Input parameters:

- `colorize` (boolean): Also colorize a black-and-white or sepia photo. Default false.
- `image_url` (string, required): Public https URL of the old photo (a scan or phone photo of a print is fine).

### `get_image` (~52 tokens)

Get image status

Check an image task from create_image or restore_photo. status is pending, success (image_url ready) or failed (credits refunded).

Input parameters:

- `task_id` (string, required): task_id returned by create_image or restore_photo

### `get_video` (~49 tokens)

Get video status

Check a generation task. status is pending, success (video_url ready) or failed (credits refunded).

Input parameters:

- `task_id` (string, required): task_id returned by animate_photo, create_video or edit_video

### `list_my_videos` (~27 tokens)

List my videos

The user's most recent video generations, newest first.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer)

### `get_credits` (~18 tokens)

Get credits

Remaining credits and plan of the connected account.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-aiphotoanimator-photo-animator/api-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 76
- 2026-11-04: 76
- 2026-11-03: 75
- 2026-11-02: 75
- 2026-11-01: 74
- 2026-10-31: 74
- 2026-10-30: 73
- 2026-10-29: 38

## Common questions

### What is the AI Photo Animator MCP server?

AI Photo Animator is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as ai.aiphotoanimator/photo-animator. Animate photos into AI videos: viral effects, old photo restoration, text to video, AI images. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://aiphotoanimator.ai/api/mcp).

### Is the AI Photo Animator MCP server safe to use?

AI Photo Animator scores 76 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the AI Photo Animator MCP server expose?

AI Photo Animator exposes 10 tools: list_effects, animate_photo, create_video, edit_video, create_image, and 5 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 821 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the AI Photo Animator MCP server require authentication?

Yes. AI Photo Animator asked us for credentials when we connected, so you will need to authorise it in your MCP client before it can do anything.

### Is the AI Photo Animator MCP server still maintained?

AI Photo Animator is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://aiphotoanimator.ai/api/mcp
- Website: https://aiphotoanimator.ai/mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-aiphotoanimator-photo-animator/api-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-aiphotoanimator-photo-animator/api-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-aiphotoanimator-photo-animator/api-mcp