# ReClip (pypi · reclip-mcp)

Inspect and download authorized media or precise clips locally with yt-dlp.

- Trust score: 58/100 (low)
- Change this week: +6
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-20

## Components

- pypi · `reclip-mcp`: 58/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/yagyaanshk-reclip/reclip-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/yagyaanshk-reclip/reclip-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `pypi`
- Package: `reclip-mcp`
- Version: `0.1.2`
- 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 2026-09-20.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 50/100
  - Malware scan not yet available for this package.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - Runs setuptools.build_meta at install time, a recognised native-build step with no shell scripting around it.
  - 1 of 31 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 35/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - License check failed: no license is declared.
  - Actively maintained (last published 12 days ago).
  - Publishes a security disclosure policy (SECURITY.md).
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 69/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 429 tokens (~107/item across 4 items; 4 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**: 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 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 5 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

## Install

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

ReClip runs locally as a PyPI package, launched with uvx reclip-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 yagyaanshk-reclip -- uvx reclip-mcp
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "yagyaanshk-reclip": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "reclip-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "yagyaanshk-reclip": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "reclip-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add yagyaanshk-reclip -- uvx reclip-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "yagyaanshk-reclip": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "uvx",
        "reclip-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add yagyaanshk-reclip --command uvx --arg reclip-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  yagyaanshk-reclip:
    command: "uvx"
    args: ["reclip-mcp"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "yagyaanshk-reclip": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "uvx",
      "Arguments": [
        "reclip-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add yagyaanshk-reclip -t stdio -c uvx -a reclip-mcp
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "yagyaanshk-reclip": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "reclip-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.

### 2026-09-19 (score 58, +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.

### 2026-09-17 (score 57, +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.

### 2026-09-15 (score 56, +4)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.23

### 2026-09-10 (score 52, 0)

- [functional improvement] Security disclosure: unverified → pass

### 2026-09-09 (score 52, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: pass → unverified

### 2026-09-08 (score 52)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (4)

### `inspect_media` (~38 tokens)

Inspect media

Inspect a public media URL and return normalized metadata and available formats without downloading it.

Input parameters:

- `url` (string, required): Public HTTP or HTTPS media page URL

### `download_media` (~110 tokens)

Download media

Download a complete authorized media item locally as MP4 video or MP3 audio. This writes a file and can use significant bandwidth and storage.

Input parameters:

- `confirm_authorized` (boolean): True only after the user confirms they may download this media
- `media_format` (string): Output media format
- `quality` (string): 'best', a video height such as 1080p, or an audio bitrate such as 192k
- `url` (string, required): Public HTTP or HTTPS media page URL

### `download_clip` (~167 tokens)

Download media clip

Download only a precise authorized time range locally as MP4 video or MP3 audio. Timestamps support SS, MM:SS, or HH:MM:SS.000.

Input parameters:

- `confirm_authorized` (boolean): True only after the user confirms they may download this media
- `end` (string, required): Exclusive clip end: SS, MM:SS, or HH:MM:SS.000
- `media_format` (string): Output media format
- `quality` (string): 'best', a video height such as 1080p, or an audio bitrate such as 192k
- `start` (string, required): Inclusive clip start: SS, MM:SS, or HH:MM:SS.000
- `url` (string, required): Public HTTP or HTTPS media page URL

### `list_supported_sites` (~62 tokens)

List supported sites

List or search extractor names provided by the locally installed yt-dlp version. An extractor name indicates potential support, not a permanent compatibility guarantee.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Maximum names to return
- `query` (string): Optional case-insensitive extractor-name filter

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-09-20: 58
- 2026-09-19: 58
- 2026-09-18: 57
- 2026-09-17: 57
- 2026-09-16: 56
- 2026-09-15: 56
- 2026-09-14: 52
- 2026-09-13: 52
- 2026-09-12: 52
- 2026-09-11: 52
- 2026-09-10: 52
- 2026-09-09: 52
- 2026-09-08: 52

## Common questions

### What is the ReClip MCP server?

ReClip is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.yagyaanshK/reclip. Inspect and download authorized media or precise clips locally with yt-dlp. This page covers its PyPI package (reclip-mcp).

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

ReClip scores 58 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 20 September 2026. 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 ReClip MCP server expose?

ReClip exposes 4 tools: inspect_media, download_media, download_clip, list_supported_sites. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 377 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the ReClip MCP server still maintained?

ReClip is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 20 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- PyPI project: https://pypi.org/project/reclip-mcp/
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/pypi/package/reclip-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/yagyaanshK/reclip
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/yagyaanshk-reclip/reclip-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/yagyaanshk-reclip/reclip-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/yagyaanshk-reclip/reclip-mcp