Add SendShort to Claude, ChatGPT, Grok Bot, Cursor, OpenClaw or any AI agent. Paste a YouTube link, and your assistant finds the best moments, captions them, and hands back ready-to-post shorts.
Terminal
# 1. Add SendShort to Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user \
sendshort https://app.sendshort.ai/api/mcp
# 2. Sign in
/mcp → sendshort → Authenticate
# 3. Ask for shorts
> Turn https://youtu.be/xxxxxxx into 5 shorts \
with captions using my custom theme id:xxx
✓ 5 shorts ready — app.sendshort.ai/clips/…
Built for automation
Every tool returns structured JSON, so Claude, Cursor or ChatGPT can plan, call and verify a render on its own.
Point it at a YouTube URL or a file and it scores retention, cuts the moments and reframes to 9:16.
Word-level captions at 98%+ accuracy, brand-kit styling, automatic B-roll and zooms on every clip.
One connector, any assistant. Claude, Grok Bot, Muse, Cursor, OpenClaw, Hermes, ChatGPT and Codex are all tested.
Give the agent a cron heartbeat and it clips new episodes the morning they land, no prompt needed.
The agent calls the exact endpoints your backend can call. No second pipeline, no drift in output.
The agent lists your brand kits, caption templates and connected destinations before it touches a video.
Discovery
sendshort workspace:list
# Inspect a brand kit
sendshort brandkits:get bk_7Ka2
# Available caption templates
sendshort templates:list
One call imports the source, finds the strongest moments, burns captions and renders every ratio you asked for.
Clip creation
sendshort clips:create \
--source "https://youtu.be/xxxxxxxx" \
--clips 5 \
--ratio 9:16,1:1,16:9 \
--template "brand-kit" \
--language en
Clips land in your SendShort workspace. Download, tweak in the editor, or hand them to your scheduling stack.
Delivery
sendshort clips:list prj_9fA2
# Download the finished renders
sendshort clips:download prj_9fA2 --all
# Or forward to your scheduler
sendshort clips:export prj_9fA2 --to postiz
From any chat
No timeline, no exports, no file juggling. Describe the shorts you want and the agent runs the whole pipeline — import, clip, caption, reframe, render.
ChatGPT
New chat
Images
Library
Plugins
Projects
More
youtube.com/watch?v=…
Import this YouTube video and make 5 shorts.
Done - prj_9fA2. Imported the video and rendered 3 high-retention clips:
SendShort agent: Done — prj_9fA2
00:42 "Hook" 9:16 · captions ✓
03:18 "Story" 9:16 · captions ✓
07:05 "Lesson" 9:16 · captions ✓
2 more rendering, webhook on finish.
Captions burned in · ready to download or keep editing in SendShort.
I shared this story
0:22
03:18 — Story
go to my website
0:48
14:50 — CTA
proof that it works
0:31
11:22 — Proof
Ask for a different aspect ratio, language, or caption style…
Desktop, Code and the API
Clip inside your editor
Shell-driven automation
Connector for Plus and Team
Chat-app driven workflows
Runs local, posts on a schedule
Raw → post-ready
Same footage, reframed to 9:16, cut to the moment that holds attention, captioned word by word and styled to your brand kit no timeline, no export settings.
Every tool call returns structured JSON your agent can parse
A bundled SKILL.md documents every command and argument
Discovery lets the agent read brand kits before rendering
Long jobs are async with webhooks no timeouts mid-render
Model agnostic: Claude, GPT, Gemini or open-source LLMs
Human in the loop by default, nothing publishes without you
SKILL.md (auto-discovered)
---
name: sendshort
description: Turn long videos into
captioned shorts from chat
metadata:
requirements:
env:
- SENDSHORT_API_KEY or authenticated MCP
---
# Available tools
- sendshort get_status
- sendshort import_youtube
- sendshort get_import_status
- sendshort clip_video
- sendshort list_moments
The same surface over MCP or the CLI. Every call maps to a REST endpoint on the API.
Tool
Description
get_status
Your plan, remaining shorts, etc, and rate limits
import_youtube
Import a Youtube or Long video and transcribe it
get_import_status
Check import progress . Returns the video ID
list_moments
List the best moments AI found in the video
list_themes
List caption styles
clip_video
Cut shorts from chosen moments with captions, B-roll, zooms..
get_clip_status
Progerss, and download link when ready
The AI Agent and API are included on the Professional and Business plan.
