Schema | vdl-mcp

vdl-mcp

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

Name	Required	Description	Default
`VDL_URL`	No	Base URL of your vdl instance	http://localhost:8000
`VDL_TOKEN`	Yes	vdl MCP token (from the MCP tab)
`VDL_MCP_TIMEOUT`	No	default request timeout (seconds)	30
`VDL_MCP_READ_ONLY`	No	Kill switch: expose only read tools (no download/transcribe/delete/bulk)	false
`VDL_MCP_ALLOW_BULK`	No	bulk actions	false
`VDL_MCP_ALLOW_READ`	No	resolve/list/status/get_transcript	true
`VDL_MCP_TOOL_<name>`	No	Per-tool override, e.g. VDL_MCP_TOOL_download=off — beats the group flag
`VDL_MCP_ALLOW_DELETE`	No	delete files	false
`VDL_MCP_ALLOW_DOWNLOAD`	No	download	true
`VDL_MCP_ALLOW_SETTINGS`	No	read settings	false
`VDL_MCP_ALLOW_TRANSCRIBE`	No	transcribe	true
`VDL_MCP_DOMAIN_ALLOWLIST`	No	comma-separated host suffixes the assistant may download from

Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.

This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.

Features and capabilities supported by this server

Protocol revision2025-11-25

Capability	Details
`tools`	{ "listChanged": true }
`logging`	{}
`prompts`	{ "listChanged": false }
`resources`	{ "subscribe": false, "listChanged": false }
`extensions`	{ "io.modelcontextprotocol/ui": {} }
`experimental`	{}

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

Name	Description
resolveA	[read] Analyze a link and list the available media items and qualities — WITHOUT downloading. Use this to preview what a URL contains before calling download.
list_filesA	[read] List downloaded files in vdl. Optional filters: query (name/label substring), service (e.g. youtube), label. Returns name, size, duration, labels, in_feed.
job_statusA	[read] Status of a download job by id, or the list of all current jobs if no id is given.
get_transcriptA	[read] Return the transcript text (.txt) of a downloaded file, if it has been transcribed. If none exists yet, tells you to run transcribe(name) first.
downloadA	[writes] Download a video or audio from a URL into vdl (best quality). audio=True downloads MP3 (audio only). section like '0:30-1:00' clips a part. wait=True (default) waits for completion and returns the resulting file 'name' (use it with transcribe/get_transcript). wait=False returns immediately with a job_id.
transcribeA	[writes] Transcribe a downloaded file locally with Whisper and return the text. 'name' is the downloads-relative path from list_files/download (e.g. 'youtube/clip.mp4'). Requires a Whisper model set in vdl (Settings → Transcription). Can take a while.

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

Name	Description
No prompts

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

Name	Description
No resources

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