# vid2llm (npm · vid2llm-mcp)

Read public videos (TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, X) as text. Pay per video with x402.

- Trust score: 64/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-18

## Components

- npm · `vid2llm-mcp`: 64/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-vid2llm-mcp/vid2llm-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-vid2llm-mcp/vid2llm-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `vid2llm-mcp`
- Version: `0.3.0`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

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. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-10-18.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 99/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - 31 of 112 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 19/100
  - Repository check failed: no source repository is declared.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 5 days ago).
  - Security-disclosure policy not yet verified: we couldn't inspect the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 72/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 462 tokens (~231/item across 2 items; 2 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% 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 2 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 3 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.

**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 vid2llm MCP server?

vid2llm runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y vid2llm-mcp. 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 dev-vid2llm-mcp -- npx -y vid2llm-mcp
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dev-vid2llm-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "vid2llm-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "dev-vid2llm-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "vid2llm-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add dev-vid2llm-mcp -- npx -y vid2llm-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "dev-vid2llm-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "vid2llm-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add dev-vid2llm-mcp --command npx --arg -y --arg vid2llm-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  dev-vid2llm-mcp:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "vid2llm-mcp"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "dev-vid2llm-mcp": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "vid2llm-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add dev-vid2llm-mcp -t stdio -c npx -a -y vid2llm-mcp
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dev-vid2llm-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "vid2llm-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## 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.

### 2026-10-13 (score 64)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (2)

### `video_price` (~86 tokens)

Check a video's price

Free. Returns a video's title, author, length and what watch_video would cost with and without visuals. Use it before watch_video when the video may be long.

Input parameters:

- `url` (string, required): The video URL: TikTok, YouTube/Shorts, Instagram Reels or X, or any other public page or direct video file link (read only if that site allows automated access).

### `watch_video` (~147 tokens)

Watch a video

Read a public video as text: author, description, stats and a timestamped transcript of the audio. Use this whenever the user shares a video link. Costs a small fee that grows with the video's length, paid automatically; failed lookups are not charged.

Input parameters:

- `url` (string, required): The video URL: TikTok, YouTube/Shorts, Instagram Reels or X, or any other public page or direct video file link (read only if that site allows automated access).
- `visuals` (boolean): Also describe what is shown and read on-screen text. Costs several times more; use when the video's content is visual (screen recordings, demos, text overlays) rather than spoken.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-vid2llm-mcp/vid2llm-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-18: 64
- 2026-10-17: 64
- 2026-10-16: 64
- 2026-10-15: 64
- 2026-10-14: 64
- 2026-10-13: 64

## Common questions

### What is the vid2llm MCP server?

vid2llm is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as dev.vid2llm/mcp. Read public videos (TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, X) as text. Pay per video with x402. This page covers its npm package (vid2llm-mcp).

### Is the vid2llm MCP server safe to use?

vid2llm scores 64 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 18 October 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 vid2llm MCP server expose?

vid2llm exposes 2 tools: video_price, watch_video. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 233 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the vid2llm MCP server still maintained?

vid2llm is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 18 October 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 vid2llm MCP server under?

vid2llm declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/vid2llm-mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/vid2llm-mcp
- Website: https://vid2llm.dev/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-vid2llm-mcp/vid2llm-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-vid2llm-mcp/vid2llm-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-vid2llm-mcp/vid2llm-mcp