MCP Server — Early Access

Plug the studio
into your Claude.

The Motion Studio MCP server gives Claude hands on all 104 templates: it browses them, fills in your content, previews the frame, and renders a frame-perfect MP4 into your Downloads — locked to your brand, in any format. One-line install. Zero npm dependencies.

Remote — no install, paste a URL Local install — 2 minutes
you: "make a 9:16 stat card — 1.2M views in 30 days"
⠿ claude → describe_template → render_preview → render_clip
✓ big-counter-1080x1920.mp4 · 30fps · H.264 · ~/Downloads
What Claude gets

Six tools. The whole library.

list_templates

All 104 templates by category — stat cards, lists, devices, subscribe pack, overlays, transitions.

describe_template

Every editable field with labels and defaults, so Claude knows exactly what content to fill.

render_preview

A mid-animation PNG Claude can actually see — it checks the frame before spending a render.

render_clip

Frame-perfect 30fps MP4 in 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:5 or 4:3 — dropped straight into ~/Downloads.

get_brand / set_brand

Your colors, fonts, logo and handle persist across every chat. Renders are always on-brand.

how it renders

Headless Chrome + the same deterministic virtual-time engine as the web studio. MCP output is pixel-identical to the app's.

Setup

Two minutes, three steps.

Requirements — you probably have both already:

Node 22+ (nodejs.org)Google ChromemacOS · Linux · Windows

Install — one line in Terminal

Downloads the server + template engine into ~/sp-motion-studio. Nothing else touches your machine — no npm, no build step.

curl -fsSL https://motion.systemprompt.co/install-mcp.sh | bash

Add it to Claude Desktop

Settings → Developer → Edit Config, then add this block (the installer prints it with your exact path too):

{ "mcpServers": { "sp-motion-studio": { "command": "node", "args": ["/Users/YOU/sp-motion-studio/tools/mcp/server.mjs"] } } }

Using Claude Code instead? claude mcp add sp-motion-studio -- node ~/sp-motion-studio/tools/mcp/server.mjs

Restart Claude — and ask for a clip

That's it. First render boots Chrome quietly in the background (~2s), then each clip takes seconds. MP4s land in your Downloads, ready for your editor.

Seeing "Add custom connector" under Settings → Connectors? Use it — that's the remote connector: paste https://mcp.systemprompt.co/mcp and you're done, no install. This local setup is the power-user path — your own machine renders (unlimited, private, files straight into Downloads) and it plugs in via Settings → Developer → Edit Config (step 02 above), not the Connectors dialog.
No install at all

Remote connector BETA

Prefer the dialog you saw in Settings → Connectors? The hosted connector renders on our servers — nothing to install, works on claude.ai web and desktop.

Add the connector

Claude → Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector. Name it Motion Studio and paste:

https://mcp.systemprompt.co/mcp

Leave the OAuth fields empty, hit Add, and enable it in your chat's connector menu.

Ask for a clip

"Make me a 9:16 big-counter — 1.2M views in 30 days." Claude previews it, renders server-side, and hands you an MP4 download link. Beta limits: 8 renders/hour, 20s max per clip. For unlimited renders and files straight into your Downloads, use the local install above.

Try these

Things to say to Claude

"Make me a 9:16 big-counter clip — 1.2M views in 30 days"
"List the subscribe templates, preview subscribe-burst, then render it vertical"
"Render a checklist with my three launch steps, 16:9"
"Set my brand red to #FF3355, then re-render the lower third"
"Give me the iris transition in navy and the doors transition in red"
Good to know

The fine print (short version)

Overlays are green-screen. Templates marked as overlays render on pure #00FF00 — chroma-key them over your footage.
H.264 everywhere. Chrome encodes H.264 natively; if your browser only does VP9, the server auto-transcodes when ffmpeg is installed — either way QuickTime, Premiere and Final Cut open it.
Renders are local. Your content never leaves your machine — the server runs on your computer and drives your own Chrome.
Early access. The MCP server is free while Motion Studio is in beta; it graduates to the Studio tier at launch. Lock founding pricing →