golpo-mcp

Model Context Protocol server for the Golpo AI video API. Generate, list, and download Golpo videos from any MCP-compatible client — Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Continue, Zed, Windsurf, or your own.

👋 End-user, not a developer? Read the friendly walk-through: Use Golpo from your favorite AI tool — step-by-step setup for Cursor, Claude Code, VS Code, Claude Desktop, and Visual Studio with troubleshooting and sample prompts.

What it does

Wraps the Golpo Video API as a set of MCP tools so an LLM (or any MCP client) can generate and manage videos directly. Same underlying API as the Golpo Claude Code skill; this is the broader-reach packaging.

Install

Run-without-install (recommended)

If you have uv:

uvx golpo-mcp

uvx downloads the package on first run, caches it, and re-uses the cache on subsequent calls.

Install into your environment

pip install golpo-mcp
# or
uv pip install golpo-mcp

Then run with golpo-mcp or python -m golpo_mcp.

From source (for development)

git clone https://github.com/Golpo-AI/golpo-mcp.git
cd golpo-mcp
uv sync                  # or: pip install -e .[dev]
uv run python -m golpo_mcp

Configure your MCP client

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "golpo": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["golpo-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "GOLPO_API_KEY": "your-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop after editing. The 6 Golpo tools appear in the tools menu.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio --scope user \
  --env GOLPO_API_KEY=your-key-here \
  golpo -- uvx golpo-mcp

Or by editing ~/.claude.json directly:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "golpo": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["golpo-mcp"],
      "env": { "GOLPO_API_KEY": "your-key" }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "golpo": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["golpo-mcp"],
      "env": { "GOLPO_API_KEY": "your-key" }
    }
  }
}

Any other MCP client

Use the same shape. The server speaks stdio MCP — no special transport.

API key

Resolution order:

1. GOLPO_API_KEY env var (preferred in client configs above)
2. ~/.golpo/api_key file with mode 0600

The file location is shared with the Golpo Claude Code skill, so users who already have that skill authenticated don't need to re-enter the key.

How to get a key

API access is gated behind specific Golpo plans. Three options:

• Scale ($999.99/mo) — platform + API, 800 video minutes/month included
• Business + API add-on ($499.99/mo Business + $200/mo add-on)
• API-Only — usage-based with $200/mo minimum (recommended for MCP/Claude/Cursor users per Golpo's own guide)

Find the Create API Key button:

• Scale / Business+addon: green button in the playground header at video.golpoai.com/playground
• API-Only: blue button under "API Documentation" at video.golpoai.com/api-dashboard

Full plan + pricing detail: How to Get Golpo AI API Access.

Tool catalog (v0.1.0)

Tool	What it does
generate_video	Submit a job (prompt / script / audio / docs), poll until done, optionally download the MP4. Returns {job_id, video_id, video_url, video_file, status, params_used}.
upload_file	Upload an audio / document / image (≤ 15 MB). Two-step: multipart POST + S3 PUT. Returns {file_url, …}. Pass file_url into generate_video.
list_videos	List the caller's recent videos. Args: limit, offset.
get_video	Fetch metadata for one video; optionally re-download the MP4. Args: video_id, download, output_dir.
check_status	One-shot status check on an in-flight job_id.
status	Diagnostic: report whether an API key is configured and which source (env / file / none). Doesn't return the key.

Every tool returns a JSON-serializable dict. Errors come back as {error: "...", message: "..."} instead of crashing the server.

Examples

In a client connected to the server, an LLM might call:

// Plain prompt, auto-download
generate_video({ "prompt": "Why is the sky blue?", "timing": "0.5" })

// Custom script + Canvas Sharpie + stylus cursor
generate_video({
  "prompt": "Photosynthesis explained simply",
  "new_script": "Plants are nature's solar panels...",
  "use_2_0_style": true,
  "image_style": "marker",
  "pen_style": "stylus",
  "timing": "0.5"
})

// Two-step upload + generate from PDF
upload_file({ "path": "/Users/me/report.pdf" })
// -> { "file_url": "https://...", ... }
generate_video({
  "prompt": "Summarize this report",
  "upload_urls": ["https://..."],
  "timing": "1"
})

// Power-user escape hatch — pass arbitrary fields not in the signature
generate_video({
  "prompt": "Branded promo",
  "extra_params": { "logo": "https://...", "logo_placement": "tr" }
})

Where downloaded videos go

Default: ~/Golpo/videos/. Filename pattern:

YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS_<title-slug>_<video-id-short>.mp4

Override per call with output_dir, or globally with GOLPO_VIDEO_DIR env var. Pass no_download=True to skip.

Visual styles cheat sheet

Golpo Sketch (use_lineart_2_style):

Value	Style
false	Classic (default)
true	Improved (BETA)
advanced	Formal
whiteboard	Dry Erase
modern_minimal	Professional Clean
storytelling	Crayon

Golpo Canvas (use_2_0_style: true, image_style):

Value	Style
chalkboard_white	Chalkboard (B/W, default)
neon	Chalkboard Color
whiteboard	Whiteboard
modern_minimal	Modern Minimal
playful	Playful
technical	Technical
editorial	Editorial
marker	Sharpie

Canvas-only pen cursors: pen_style = none | stylus | marker | pen.

Sketch and Canvas are mutually exclusive — pick one engine per video.

Voices, languages, music

• Voices (style): solo-female-3 (default), solo-female-4, solo-male-3, solo-male-4.
• Languages (language): 44+ codes — en, hi, es, fr, de, pt, ja, zh, ar, bn, ta, ur, …
• Background music (bg_music): jazz, lofi, whimsical, dramatic, engaging, hyper, inspirational, documentary.

Canvas additionally supports display_language for separating narration language from on-screen text language.

Architecture

src/golpo_mcp/
├── __init__.py    # __version__
├── __main__.py    # entry point (`golpo-mcp` console script)
├── server.py      # FastMCP instance + @mcp.tool() decorators
├── client.py      # Golpo HTTP client (pure functions, no MCP)
├── auth.py        # API key resolution
└── downloads.py   # MP4 streaming + filename slug logic

The package is layered:

• client.py is a usable Golpo Python client on its own — import golpo_mcp.client and call functions directly without MCP.
• server.py is a thin MCP wrapper around client.py.
• Adding a new tool: drop a @mcp.tool() function into server.py. Type annotations become JSON Schema automatically.

Extending: adding new tools

# in server.py

@mcp.tool()
def my_new_tool(arg1: str, arg2: int = 42) -> dict:
    """Docstring becomes the tool description seen by the LLM."""
    try:
        return {"ok": True, "echoed": arg1, "n": arg2}
    except Exception as e:
        return _error(e)

That's it — the server picks it up at import time. Add a row to the tool catalog table in this README and ship.

Pricing

Golpo API: $1 = 1 credit, 2 credits per minute of generated video. Minimum $200 entry on the API tier. Billing happens server-side; check usage at video.golpoai.com.

Related

• Golpo Claude Code skill — the Claude-Code-specific packaging (uses the same auth file).
• Golpo Video API docs — https://video.golpoai.com/api-docs/endpoints/v1
• Payload examples — https://video.golpoai.com/guide/golpo-ai-video-api-payload-examples
• MCP spec — https://modelcontextprotocol.io

License

MIT.