Placid.app MCP server to list templates and generate images and videos
Placid MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Placid directly instead of describing what you should do. Placid.app MCP server to list templates and generate images and videos.
An MCP server implementation for integrating with Placid.app's API. This server provides tools for listing templates and generating images and videos through the Model Context Protocol.
Once Placid is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:
placid_list_templates — Lists available Placid templates with filtering options. Each template includes its title, ID, preview image URL, available layers, and tagsParameters — The Parameters tool exposed by this serverResponse — Returns an array of templates, each containing: - uuid: Unique identifier for the template - title: Template name - thumbnail: Preview image URL (ifplacid_generate_video — Generate videos by combining Placid templates with dynamic content like videos, images, and text. For longer videos (>60 seconds processing time)placid_generate_image — Generate static images by combining Placid templates with dynamic content like text and imagesYou will need one environment variable: PLACID_API_TOKEN. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.
Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at @smithery/cli on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.
Among the developer tooling options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. Placid's toolset — placid_list_templates, Parameters, Response and 2 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by felores; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| placid_list_templates | Lists available Placid templates with filtering options. Each template includes its title, ID, preview image URL, available layers, and tags. |
| Parameters | The Parameters tool exposed by this server. |
| Response | Returns an array of templates, each containing: - uuid: Unique identifier for the template - title: Template name - thumbnail: Preview image URL (if available) - layers: Array of available layers with their names and typ |
| placid_generate_video | Generate videos by combining Placid templates with dynamic content like videos, images, and text. For longer videos (>60 seconds processing time), you'll receive a job ID to check status in your Placid dashboard. |
| placid_generate_image | Generate static images by combining Placid templates with dynamic content like text and images. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"placid": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@smithery/cli"],
"env": {
"PLACID_API_TOKEN": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| PLACID_API_TOKEN | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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