Plainly's Official MCP Server

Implementation of MCP server for Plainly in NodeJS. Enables LLM clients to connect and interact with Plainly APIs.

🎥 Demo

📋 Prerequisites

Node.js ≥ 18 (required)
NPM
Plainly Account

▶️ How to run (local installation)

Get your Plainly API key

Go to Settings page
Create a new API key
Copy the new API key

Add config to your editor

{ "servers": { "plainly": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@plainly-videos/mcp-server@latest"], "env": { "PLAINLY_API_KEY": "<PLAINLY_API_KEY>" } } } }

🛠️ Available tools

list_renderable_items - returns a list of all criteria matching designs and custom projects for authenticated user
get_renderable_items_details - returns details of a single design or custom project, such as: required and optional parameters, preview links, aspect ratios, etc.
render_item - submits a render with all needed parameters
check_render_status - checks the render status and report error or preview links

🗣️ Prompts & Resources

This implementation does not include prompts or resources from the MCP specification. However, this may change in the future when there is broader support across popular MCP clients.

🚧 Development mode

If you want to run the server in development mode, you can install dependencies and run the server using the following command:

Clone, install, and build:

git clone git@github.com:plainly-videos/mcp-server.git cd mcp-server yarn install yarn build

Add your API key in .vscode/mcp.json

{ "servers": { "plainly": { "command": "node", "args": ["<FULL PATH TO dist/index.js>"], "env": { "PLAINLY_API_KEY": "<PLAINLY_API_KEY>" } } } }

Start MCP server from .vscode/mcp.json

📄 Plainly developer resources

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How are these scores calculated?

MCP server for Plainly Videos that allows browsing designs and projects, as well as rendering videos.

PlainlyVideosMCP