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Instavar Video Templates and Studio

NPM · @INSTAVAR/MCP-SERVER · SCANNED SEP 25

Free Remotion video templates and creative guides; optional hosted Studio rendering and publishing.

+31 this week 69 Trust /100
Trust breakdown (7 categories)

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →

Supply Chain Security98
  • No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
  • No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
  • No install/post-install scripts declared.Pass
  • 31 of 96 dependencies flagged as unhealthy. View diagnostics → Partial
Provenance & Transparency45
Schema Quality & AI Usability83
  • 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).Pass
  • AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
  • Tool/resource definitions use about 389 tokens (~29/item across 13 items; 9 tools + 4 resources), lean.Pass
  • Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management0
  • Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).Unverified
Tool Coverage67
  • 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
  • 0% of tool parameters carry a description.Fail
Tool Safety100
  • No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
  • We read all 9 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
  • An AI judge read all 11 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
  • Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass

Unverified: 1 category

A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.

Install

How do I install the Instavar Video Templates and Studio MCP server?

Instavar Video Templates and Studio runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @instavar/mcp-server. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

npm · @instavar/mcp-server

# add to Claude Code
claude mcp add com-instavar-mcp-server -- npx -y @instavar/mcp-server
// .cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-instavar-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@instavar/mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
// .vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-instavar-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@instavar/mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
# add to Codex CLI
codex mcp add com-instavar-mcp-server -- npx -y @instavar/mcp-server
// opencode.json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-instavar-mcp-server": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@instavar/mcp-server"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
# add to OpenClaw
openclaw mcp add com-instavar-mcp-server --command npx --arg -y --arg @instavar/mcp-server
# ~/.hermes/config.yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-instavar-mcp-server:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "@instavar/mcp-server"]
// ~/.netclaw/config/netclaw.json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-instavar-mcp-server": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "@instavar/mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
# add to Vellum
assistant mcp add com-instavar-mcp-server -t stdio -c npx -a -y @instavar/mcp-server
// mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-instavar-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@instavar/mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
Changelog

Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.

  • 25 Sept 26 0
    • We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
  • 20 Sept 26 +31
    • Injection markers: unverified → pass ▲ security
    • First check of Judged manipulation: pass security
    • Stability: Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window). security
    • Tool safety: Tool safety not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the tool definitions this version of the package serves yet. security
    • Stability: Stability not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the MCP schema this version of the package serves yet. security
    • Tool coverage: unverified → 100 ▲ functional
    • MCP protocol: unverified → pass ▲ functional
    • Schema quality: unverified → 100 ▲ functional
    • First check of Tool coverage: 0 functional
    • First check of Schema quality: fail functional
    • First check of Destructive annotations: pass functional
    • First check of Schema quality: pass functional
    • First check of Schema quality: good functional
    • Capabilities: Protocol version not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the MCP handshake this version of the package performs yet. functional
    • Tool coverage: Tool coverage not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the tool definitions this version of the package serves yet. functional
    • Schema quality: Schema quality not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the MCP schema this version of the package serves yet. functional
    • Package version: 0.3.0 → 0.5.0 functional
  • 26 Aug 26 0
    • We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
  • 12 Aug 26 0
    • Security disclosure: unverified → fail ▼ functional
  • 11 Aug 26 0
    • We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
  • 8 Aug 26 0
    • Known CVEs: partial → pass ▲ security
    • Dependency health: partial → 0.85 functional
  • 2 Aug 26 0
    • Provenance: fail → unverified ▼ security
    • Install scripts: pass → unverified ▼ security
    • Known CVEs: unverified → partial ▲ security
    • Malware scan: unverified → pass ▲ security
    • Stability: Stability not yet verified: our sandbox run of this package did not complete, so we have no schema to compare. security
    • License: pass → unverified ▼ functional
    • Maintenance: pass → unverified ▼ functional
    • Dependency health: unverified → partial ▲ functional
    • Schema quality: Schema quality not yet verified: our sandbox run of this package did not complete, so we have no schema to assess. functional
    • Capabilities: Protocol version not yet verified: our sandbox run of this package did not complete, so we never saw its MCP handshake. functional
    • Tool coverage: Tool coverage not yet verified: our sandbox run of this package did not complete, so we have no tool definitions to assess. functional
    • Licence: MIT functional
  • 1 Aug 26 0
    • Stability: Stability not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the MCP schema this version of the package serves yet. security
    • Capabilities: Protocol version not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the MCP handshake this version of the package performs yet. functional
    • Tool coverage: Tool coverage not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the tool definitions this version of the package serves yet. functional
    • Schema quality: Schema quality not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the MCP schema this version of the package serves yet. functional
Diagnostics

Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.

Captured 25 Sept 2026 · Analysed npm/@instavar/mcp-server@0.5.0

Provenance No attestation

The registry publishes no build provenance for this version, so there is nothing to verify.

Result No attestation
Ecosystem npm

Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →

Dependencies 96 packages
Packages resolved 96
Stale 31
Tree resolution Complete

Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →

MCP tools · 9 exposed · ~279 tokens

The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →

Tool Tokens
diagnose_render_error ~26

Classify a local validation or render error.

NameTypeReqDescription
errorTextstringyes–

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_capabilities ~21

Call first. Reports free local features and optional account features.

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_creative_guide ~65

Read practical guidance before drafting concise plain or poetic copy, choosing carousel stories, designing visuals or recording human feedback. Returns guidance for the calling assistant to apply, not generated copy or saved feedback. Omit guideId to list guides.

NameTypeReqDescription
guideIdstring––

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_example ~24

Return a starter example for one template.

NameTypeReqDescription
templateIdstringyes–

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_render_instructions ~30

Return clone, install, validate, preview, and render commands.

NameTypeReqDescription
clientstring––

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_template ~22

Get one public template contract.

NameTypeReqDescription
templateIdstringyes–

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_video_schema ~17

Return the public VideoSpec JSON Schema.

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

list_templates ~25

List public templates, optionally filtered by aspect ratio.

NameTypeReqDescription
aspectstring––

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

scaffold_video_spec ~49

Return a deterministic VideoSpec skeleton without writing files.

NameTypeReqDescription
aspectstring––
mediaSrcstring––
templateIdstringyes–
titlestringyes–

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

Common questions

What is the Instavar Video Templates and Studio MCP server?

Instavar Video Templates and Studio is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.instavar/mcp-server. Free Remotion video templates and creative guides; optional hosted Studio rendering and publishing. This page covers its npm package (@instavar/mcp-server).

Is the Instavar Video Templates and Studio MCP server safe to use?

Instavar Video Templates and Studio scores 69 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 25 September 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. 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 Instavar Video Templates and Studio MCP server expose?

Instavar Video Templates and Studio exposes 9 tools: get_creative_guide, get_capabilities, list_templates, get_template, get_video_schema, and 4 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 279 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

Is the Instavar Video Templates and Studio MCP server still maintained?

Instavar Video Templates and Studio is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 25 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

What licence is the Instavar Video Templates and Studio MCP server under?

Instavar Video Templates and Studio declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.