# Reelary (npm · reelary)

Search your own videos and photos by meaning and cut them into a video, 100% local.

- Trust score: 70/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- npm · `reelary`: 70/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/reelary-cli/reelary.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/reelary-cli/reelary)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `reelary`
- Version: `0.1.1`
- 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 2026-11-05.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 100/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - 0 of 3 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 45/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 12 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 62/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (fair).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 713 tokens (~50/item across 14 items; 14 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 40/100
  - Stability observed for 12 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 75/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 26% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 75/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - 0 of 1 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation; "reelary_remove_folder" implies "remove" and declares no destructiveHint at all, which the MCP spec reads as destructive by default.
  - An AI judge read all 14 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.

## Install

### How do I install the Reelary MCP server?

Reelary runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y reelary. 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 reelary-cli -- npx -y reelary
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reelary-cli": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "reelary"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "reelary-cli": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "reelary"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add reelary-cli -- npx -y reelary
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add reelary-cli --command npx --arg -y --arg reelary
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  reelary-cli:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "reelary"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "reelary-cli": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "reelary"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add reelary-cli -t stdio -c npx -a -y reelary
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reelary-cli": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "reelary"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## 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 70, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 33 to 37. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 10 days of observed history at the previous scan, 11 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-02 (score 69, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 27 to 30. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 8 days of observed history at the previous scan, 9 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-31 (score 68, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 20 to 23. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 6 days of observed history at the previous scan, 7 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-29 (score 67, +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.

### 2026-10-26 (score 66, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-25 (score 65, +15)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-24 (score 50)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (14)

### `reelary_status` (~43 tokens)

Reelary app status: version, free/pro plan, indexed folders and library size, running index/export jobs, export limits. Call first if unsure Reelary is ready.

### `reelary_list_folders` (~23 tokens)

List the folders in the user's local Reelary media library.

### `reelary_add_folder` (~61 tokens)

Add a folder of videos/photos to the local library and index it (runs in the background; poll reelary_job_status). Indexing is free and unlimited.

Input parameters:

- `path` (string, required): Absolute folder path, e.g. /Users/me/Movies

### `reelary_remove_folder` (~32 tokens)

Remove a folder from the library index (files on disk are not touched).

Input parameters:

- `path` (string, required)

### `reelary_search` (~83 tokens)

Search the user's own footage and photos by meaning (what is shown; also what is said for Pro). Returns clips with exact start/end seconds.

Input parameters:

- `include_thumbnails` (boolean): Attach up to 8 small preview images
- `limit` (integer)
- `query` (string, required): Plain-language description, e.g. 'kids laughing at a birthday party'

### `reelary_rough_cut` (~79 tokens)

Turn a script into a rough cut from the user's own footage: one scene per line, each with the best clip and 2 alternatives. Returns a draft to save or export.

Input parameters:

- `aspect` (string)
- `max_clip_seconds` (number): Cap each shot's length (default 6)
- `script` (string, required)

### `reelary_save_project` (~46 tokens)

Save a rough-cut draft as a Reelary project the user can open and fine-tune in the editor.

Input parameters:

- `draft` (object, required)
- `name` (string, required)

### `reelary_open_in_app` (~37 tokens)

Show the Reelary window, optionally opening a saved project in the editor for hand edits.

Input parameters:

- `project_id` (string)

### `reelary_export_video` (~106 tokens)

Render an MP4 from a saved project (preferred, keeps the user's edits) or a draft. Runs in the background; poll reelary_job_status. Free plan: 720p, watermark, 60s, 5 per month.

Input parameters:

- `aspect` (string)
- `draft` (object)
- `out_path` (string): Absolute path; must not exist unless overwrite is true
- `overwrite` (boolean)
- `project_id` (string)

### `reelary_export_nle` (~94 tokens)

Export a project or draft as an editing project for Premiere Pro / Final Cut Pro / DaVinci Resolve (FCPXML or EDL), referencing the original files. Pro.

Input parameters:

- `draft` (object)
- `format` (string)
- `out_path` (string): Absolute path; must not exist unless overwrite is true
- `overwrite` (boolean)
- `project_id` (string)

### `reelary_job_status` (~29 tokens)

Progress of a background job (indexing or export).

Input parameters:

- `job_id` (string, required)

### `reelary_list_people` (~21 tokens)

People recognised in the library (face search). Pro.

### `reelary_person_clips` (~29 tokens)

Every clip a recognised person appears in. Pro.

Input parameters:

- `person_id` (string, required)

### `reelary_list_places` (~30 tokens)

Where footage was shot (GPS from phones, drones, GoPro) with place names. Pro.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 70
- 2026-11-04: 70
- 2026-11-03: 69
- 2026-11-02: 69
- 2026-11-01: 68
- 2026-10-31: 68
- 2026-10-30: 67
- 2026-10-29: 67
- 2026-10-28: 66
- 2026-10-27: 66
- 2026-10-26: 66
- 2026-10-25: 65
- 2026-10-24: 50

## Common questions

### What is the Reelary MCP server?

Reelary is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.reelary/cli. Search your own videos and photos by meaning and cut them into a video, 100% local. This page covers its npm package (reelary).

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

Reelary scores 70 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 5 November 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 Reelary MCP server expose?

Reelary exposes 14 tools: reelary_status, reelary_list_folders, reelary_add_folder, reelary_remove_folder, reelary_search, and 9 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 713 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Reelary MCP server still maintained?

Reelary 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.

### What licence is the Reelary MCP server under?

Reelary 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/reelary
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/reelary
- Repository: https://github.com/reelary/cli
- Website: https://reelary.app/agents
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/reelary-cli/reelary.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/reelary-cli/reelary.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/reelary-cli/reelary