MCP server
Connect Claude Code, Codex, ChatGPT or Cursor to Kino’s MCP server, and they can search your footage and edit your projects.
Download Kino
Download Kino for Mac (Apple Silicon), Mac (Intel, macOS 13+), Windows, or Ubuntu, then open it and sign in or create an account. Your agent connects through the Kino desktop app, so keep it open while it works.
Connect your agent
- Set up in Kino
Claude Desktop
Installs from Settings > MCP in Kino, on a Mac.
- Set up in Kino
ChatGPT
Installs from Settings > MCP in Kino, on a Mac.
- Install in Cursor
Cursor
Cursor asks you to confirm.
- Install in VS Code
VS Code
VS Code asks you to confirm.
Claude Code
claude mcp add kino --transport http http://127.0.0.1:45680/mcp --scope user
Codex CLI
codex mcp add kino --url http://127.0.0.1:45680/mcp
Try a first prompt
Make a sick hype reel from the media on my Desktop. Keep the effects restrained but potent.
MCP limits
Free includes 100 metered MCP tool calls a week, shared across your organization. When you reach the limit, wait for the weekly reset or upgrade to Editor or Editor Plus for unlimited MCP calls per editor. Unlimited MCP removes Kino’s tool-call cap; model usage still draws from your Kino agent credit or your own provider’s allowance, depending on the mode you selected. Generating media is billed separately.
See Plans for prices and agent credit.
Set up by hand
ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code and other agents that connect to MCP servers over HTTP can use this URL.
http://127.0.0.1:45680/mcp
If your agent can’t see Kino
- Check that the Kino desktop app is open.
- Restart your agent’s session, then the agent app.
- Remove any duplicate Kino entry from the agent’s MCP settings.