MCP server for using the Azure AI Video Indexer API
Connect Videoindexer MCP to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. MCP server for using the Azure AI Video Indexer API. The videoindexer mcp mcp server is what makes that connection.
Replace /path/to/videoindexer-mcp with the actual path to your videoindexer-mcp directory.
The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:
vi_prompt_content — Generate prompt content from video insightsvi_get_prompt_content — Get the generated prompt content for a videoFeatures — The Features tool exposed by this serverConfiguration is passed through the environment: VI_ACCOUNT_TOKEN. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client. The configuration blocks on this page cover the common clients.
Plenty of cloud and infrastructure servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Videoindexer MCP's toolset — vi_prompt_content, vi_get_prompt_content, Features — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by benbakhar; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| vi_prompt_content | Generate prompt content from video insights |
| vi_get_prompt_content | Get the generated prompt content for a video |
| Features | The Features tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"videoindexer-mcp": {
"command": "/path/to/videoindexer-mcp/bin/python",
"args": [
"/path/to/your/videoindexer-mcp/src/main.py",
],
"env": {
"VI_ACCOUNT_TOKEN": "<your_video_indexer_account_token>",
},
"transportType": "stdio"
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| VI_ACCOUNT_TOKEN | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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