How to make videos with MCP

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is the standard that lets an AI assistant call tools on another service. A video MCP server exposes tools such as "create a project", "check the job" and "download the file", so you can ask for a video in plain language from the assistant you already work in, instead of opening another app.

pitchboom.io's server lives at https://pitchboom.io/api/mcp. It speaks Streamable HTTP and authenticates with a personal API key sent as an Authorization: Bearer header. There is no OAuth sign-in: you create the key in your account settings, and a key put in the URL is refused. The full reference (every tool, error code and limit) is in the MCP docs.

1. 1. Check your plan

   The tools work on Pro and Premium (from €99/month, excl. VAT; see pricing). Free accounts make their videos in the web app.

2. 2. Create an API key

   Signed in, open Settings > API and create a key. Pick the smallest preset that fits: Full access (read, prepare and spend), No spending (the assistant prepares quotes and edits, you confirm paid work in the web app) or Read only. The key is shown once.

3. 3. Add the server to your assistant

   In Claude Code, run: claude mcp add --transport http pitchboom https://pitchboom.io/api/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer pb_live_YOUR_KEY" (add --scope user to use it in every project), then /mcp to check the connection. Other clients are in the table below.

4. 4. Ask for a video and read the quote

   Give the assistant a product URL or a brief, the platform and the length. It calls get_credit_balance and get_options, then create_project, which reads your site for free and returns a quote: credits per video, total and balance after. Nothing is charged at this step.

5. 5. Approve the exact amount

   Only after you agree does the assistant call confirm_operation, which holds the quoted credits and starts the work. Claude Code asks you before that call every time. Quotes expire after 30 minutes.

6. 6. Review the storyboard

   The assistant waits with get_job_status, then shows you get_storyboard: scenes, on-screen texts, voice-over, CTA, voice and music. Changes through update_storyboard are free. When you are happy, approve_storyboard resumes voice-over, music and render within the total you accepted; if the price grew, nothing runs and you get the new total.

7. 7. Download, then iterate

   get_video returns signed MP4 links valid for one hour: download right away. After that, edit_video changes texts, order, timing or the CTA, and request_variant quotes a translation, another aspect ratio (recomposed, not cropped), new takes or a 4K export.

Yes, from a coding assistant. prepare_code_upload packs the repository (git ls-files, secrets and build folders excluded, 50 MB at most) and complete_code_upload starts the analysis; import_code_from_github reads a public repository, or a private one through the pitchboom GitHub App. The videos then rebuild your real screens instead of using screenshots, with your code: Standard +10, Studio +20 credits per second. The assistant must ask you first: your code leaves your machine. delete_code_source removes it at any time. See code to product video.

Several video tools publish an MCP server. They make different videos, so the right one depends on what you need on screen. The table lists what each documents; plans and prices are on their own pages.

• Pick HeyGen, Arcads or Creatify if the ad needs a person or an avatar on screen: pitchboom makes no avatars or presenters.
• Pick HeyGen or Arcads if you want MCP access without a higher plan: both document it on every plan.
• Pick Runway for generated live-action shots, and InVideo to edit footage you already have.
• Pick Jitter if a designer wants to animate frame by frame; pitchboom writes, animates and renders the ad for you.
• Prefer writing video as code? HeyGen also publishes HyperFrames, an open-source HTML-to-video framework.