Best for
- Users who want to generate media content from MCP clients
- Users who prefer OAuth authentication without API keys
- Developers who need automated multi-step media generation pipelines
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Glif MCP Server
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Generate images, video, and audio with Glif's media-generation agent.
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The Glif MCP server is a hosted service offering media generation with support for many clients. It provides intuitive tools like compose_project to simplify multi-step generation, but its main drawbacks are reliance on the hosted platform and credit consumption.
Glif is a media-generation agent: generate images, video, and audio, transcribe, render HTML, search the web, run code, and chain multi-step media operations — from any MCP client. Endpoint: https://glif.app/api/mcp (Streamable HTTP, JSON-RPC 2.0). Auth: OAuth 2.1 with dynamic client registration — sign in with your Glif account, no API keys. This repo holds the registry metadata for the hosted server (see server.json); the server itself is part of the glif.app platform and is not open source. Note: The old locally-run stdio server (npm @glifxyz/glif-mcp-server) is deprecated — code is on the legacy-local-server branch.
Tools
compose_project
Describe what you want in plain language, including variations, and Glif picks models and chains steps, returning a job_id.
get_job_status
Poll for the media output, which returns resource_link blocks pointing to CDN URLs.
Setup
Claude (web/desktop): Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, paste https://glif.app/api/mcp. Claude Code: run claude mcp add --scope user --transport http glif "https://glif.app/api/mcp". Cursor: use the one-click install link or add to .cursor/mcp.json. VS Code: run code --add-mcp '{"name":"glif","type":"http","url":"https://glif.app/api/mcp"}'. ChatGPT: enable developer mode, then Settings → Apps & Connectors → Add new connector, paste URL and pick OAuth. Codex: run codex mcp add glif --url "https://glif.app/api/mcp" and codex mcp login glif. Other clients: use the provided MCP config. Your client opens a browser OAuth sign-in on first connect; approve to link your Glif account.
claude_desktop_config.json
{"mcpServers":{"glif":{"url":"https://glif.app/api/mcp","transport":"http"}}}
Fit and risk
Not for
- Users who need a locally-run server and don't want to rely on a hosted service
- Users who require fully open-source code
- Users who need high-volume generation without spending credits
Required permissions
- Access to Glif account (via OAuth)
- Generation consumes account credits
- Read-only tools are free
Risks and side effects
- Generation consumes credits, potentially incurring costs
- Dependency on hosted service availability and network connectivity
- OAuth login may expose account access
Troubleshooting
- Check network connectivity and access to https://glif.app/api/mcp
- Ensure OAuth login succeeded and account is linked
- Refer to https://glif.app/llms.txt for agent docs
- Monitor credit balance to avoid unexpected charges
Use cases
Generate images, video, audio
Multi-step media creation workflows
Transcription, HTML rendering, web search, code execution
Supported clients
ClaudeFull support
CursorFull support
VS CodeFull support
ChatGPTFull support
CodexFull support