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Connect your AI client

Connect the AI assistant you already use to Rendley, then create and edit videos by describing the result in the conversation.

Setup takes two things: the automation endpoint URL and either an OAuth sign-in or a Rendley API key. Choose your client below for exact instructions.

Which endpoint

Paste this URL into your client:

https://mcp.rendley.com/mcp/automation

The automation endpoint lets your client work with source files, run Rendley’s video-editing agent, generate media, create motion graphics, manage projects, and export finished files. Editing and exporting require a paid Rendley plan.

Rendley also runs a lighter endpoint at https://mcp.rendley.com/mcp. It plans a video and hands you a project link to review instead of running the edit and export. It is what the Claude directory listing installs, and it works on any plan. See the Claude directory version.

You can configure both in the same client as two servers, as long as you give them different names.

Authentication is specific to the endpoint. An OAuth token issued for /mcp does not authorize /mcp/automation, or the other way around. If you configure both, sign in to each separately. One API key can reach both. See Authentication.

Pick your client

  • Claude covers the one-click directory install, the custom connector in Desktop and web, and Claude Code.
  • ChatGPT and Codex covers the ChatGPT custom connector, the Codex desktop app, and the Codex CLI.
  • Other clients covers the JSON config, the mcp-remote bridge, and notes for Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Zed and Perplexity.

Verify it works

Whatever client you set up, paste this into a new chat:

List my Rendley workspaces.

Getting your workspaces back by name means the connection works.

A correct response reads roughly like this:

I found 2 workspaces on your Rendley account: Marketing and Client work.

Then confirm that you connected the automation endpoint by asking for a small finished file:

Create a project called Launch cut, add https://cdn.example.com/demo.mp4, add captions, and export it as a 1080p MP4.

The agent creates the project, edits the video, and hands back a download link. It pauses if it needs you to approve the plan or a credit-consuming step. On a free Rendley plan, it explains that editing requires an upgrade.

If listing workspaces works but editing does not, you are connected to the public endpoint rather than the automation one. Check the URL in your config.

Anything else that goes wrong is covered in Troubleshooting.