Popcraft MCP
OfficialProvides access to ByteDance's Seedance video generation models (including Seedance 2.0, 2.0 Fast, 2.0 Mini, and 2.5) and the official Seedance 2.5 prompt optimizer, enabling text-to-video, image-to-video, and other video creation workflows through the Popcraft MCP server.
Click on "Deploy Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type
@followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@Popcraft MCPMake a 10-second cinematic product teaser and preview the credit cost first."
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
https://popcraft.ai/api/mcpQuick start
Every client connects the same endpoint; only the "add server" step differs. The first tool call opens the Popcraft sign-in in your browser — press Allow once and the connection stays live with automatic token refresh. New accounts get 100 free credits.
Client | Setup | Guide |
Claude (web / desktop) | Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → name | |
Claude Code |
| |
Cursor | Add to | |
ChatGPT | Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode on → Create → name | |
Codex | Paste: "Help me connect the Popcraft MCP at https://popcraft.ai/api/mcp — add it as a streamable HTTP server named popcraft, then walk me through the sign-in." | |
Anything else (OpenClaw, Hermes, your own agent) | Streamable HTTP + OAuth 2.1 with discovery metadata and dynamic client registration — the URL alone is enough |
{
"mcpServers": {
"popcraft": {
"url": "https://popcraft.ai/api/mcp"
}
}
}Try it
Paste any of these into a fresh chat once the connector is on:
Use the Popcraft MCP to make a 10-second cinematic product teaser — preview the credit cost first.
Make me a 15-second vertical UGC ad for my product on Popcraft — hook people in the first second. (loads the
ugc-adskill)
I need a YouTube thumbnail for my video about why cheap mechanical keyboards beat expensive ones — make it pop, using Popcraft. (loads the
thumbnail-proskill)
Shoot a brand image set for the citrus soda — hero can, lifestyle scene, pattern tile — then voice a 15-second tagline.
Related MCP server: media-gen-mcp
What your agent gets
Group | Tools | What they do |
Create |
| Text-to-video, image-to-video, first/last frame, reference- and audio-driven videoEvery frontier image model, edits with referencesTTS, sound effects, music3D generationCurated video effectsPlayable voice samples |
Enhance |
| Topaz 2×/4×, nine modes2×/4× with fps controlRe-render a Seedance 2.5 draft at 1080p3D post-processing |
Media & references |
| Signed direct upload — shell recipes, so a 200 MB reference streams from disk, not through the context windowAny public URL → referenceInteractive file pickerSmall files without a shellVerify an upload landedYour media libraryReusable characters and styles |
Jobs & catalog |
| Capabilities, reference limits, aspect ratios, durations and credit costs per modelResult cards that refresh themselves — no polling loopsRevisit and chain past resultsFile results into projects |
Skills |
| Production playbooks served live from the server — see belowPer-step reference modules |
Account |
| Credits and plan before spendingPlans and one-click top-upEvery charge and refund |
Skills, served live
Ask for a deliverable rather than an asset and the agent loads the matching production recipe before it generates anything. Nothing to install, nothing to paste.
ugc-ad— one vertical 9:16 creator-style ad, up to 15 s, with speech and sound rendered natively in the clip.intake → creator identity → script → storyboard → realism pass → cost preview → one Seedance 2.0 clip → QAthumbnail-pro— click-optimised YouTube / Instagram thumbnails with an identity lock for your own face.16 concept frameworks → one intake question → 11-block prompt → parallel variants → micro-edits → 4K upscaleh3-product-ad— minimalist, typography-led product ad on Hailuo 3, 5–15 s, with a native score.intake → copy → three anchor photos → storyboard → cost preview → one generation → QAvoiceover— narration that does not sound like TTS: voice lock, words-per-second budget, per-line direction.script rewrite → voice pick → line-by-line delivery tagssd25-prompting/sd25-prompting-zh— ByteDance's official Seedance 2.5 prompt optimizer, served verbatim (English and Chinese editions); compiles your brief and references into one submission-ready prompt.gpt-image-25-prompting/h3-prompting— model-specific prompt formats for GPT Image 2.5 (change-vs-preserve structure) and Hailuo 3 (structured format with sound and speech fields).
Cost preview on every spend
Every generate tool accepts get_cost: true and returns the exact credit price without submitting anything. Rates come from popcraft_models_explore; the numbers below are as of 2026-09-25 and apply before plan discounts.
Video model | Credits / second (720p) | Image model | Credits / image |
Seedance 2.0 Mini | 14 | Seedream 4.0 | 5 |
Seedance 2.0 Fast | 20 | GPT Image 2.5 Fast | 10 |
Seedance 2.0 | 26 | GPT Image 2.5 | 11 |
Seedance 2.5 · 480p draft | 42 · 24 | Nano Banana 2 | 15 |
Veo 3.1 Fast · Veo 3.1 | 15 · 58 | Nano Banana Pro · 4K | 20 · 35 |
Kling 3.0 Omni | 16 | ||
Wan 3.0 · Hailuo 3 | 20 |
Pro and Max include a daily Seedance 2.0 Fast & Mini allowance at no credit cost, and Nano Banana / Seedream images are unlimited from Plus upward — see unlimited-ai-video and pricing.
How a good agent run looks
Pick the model —
popcraft_models_explore: read itsreference_limits, thevideo_input/image_input/audio_inputenvelope, durations and aspect ratios.Get references in —
popcraft_media_import_urlfor anything with a public URL; otherwisepopcraft_media_uploadand run the returned shell recipe (curl -T file "<proxy_upload_url>"). Pre-check each file against the envelope — an out-of-envelope reference is rejected, or worse, wastes credits.Bind references in the prompt with the model's tokens —
Image 1,Video 1,Audio 1for the Seedance family;<Picture 1>for Hailuo 3.Preview, then spend —
get_cost: true, show the number, then generate. The result card refreshes itself; do not poll in a loop.Chain — any result URL is a valid
medias[].valuefor the next call: upscale it, animate it, edit it.
Recipes
Each recipe is a complete run — the tool calls, the prompts and the outputs, shown inline.
# | Recipe | What you get |
01 | The | |
02 |
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03 | Timestamped shot list, 480p draft, then | |
04 | Packshot → lifestyle → background swap → poster → product loop, with the brand's exact wordmark | |
05 | N products × K scenes in one loop, with consistency rules and cost math |
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