# video-reader-mcp

> Use this tool when you need to analyze online videos from various platforms, such as YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram, by simply pasting a link. It provides summaries, transcripts, frame analysis, and metadata, solving problems like content understanding and video data extraction. Ideal for use cases requiring video content analysis, such as research, monitoring, or data mining, with input being a video link and output being detailed video insights.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/s8zvp68zyn-ctrl-video-reader-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/s8zvp68zyn-ctrl-video-reader-mcp

## Description

Enables Claude to read and watch online videos (YouTube, TikTok, Douyin, Facebook, Instagram) by pasting a link, providing summaries, transcripts, frame analysis, and metadata.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.67
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-08-30

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** social-media
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/u3nry7qva0)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/s8zvp68zyn-ctrl/claude-video-reader>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "s8zvp68zyn-ctrl-video-reader-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/s8zvp68zyn-ctrl-video-reader-mcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/s8zvp68zyn-ctrl-video-reader-mcp/pull`

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