Media Context MCP

Give your AI assistant eyes and ears. Analyze any video, audio, or image - locally, right inside your editor.

People who work with audio, ffmpeg and multimodal and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in TypeScript.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-06-26 · ★ 2 · #105 OF 173 MAINTAINED MEDIA · VERIFIED 2026-09-18

Apache-2.0 · TypeScript servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Media Context MCP

before you install - you'll need

The README does not document required environment variables for a basic install.

Claude Code

claude mcp add vishalguptax-media-context-mcp -- npx -y media-context-mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vishalguptax-media-context-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "media-context-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions

license Apache-2.0 - declared in the repository

npm package media-context-mcp - unscoped; check the name against the project README before installing

registry namespace io.github.vishalguptax is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Media Context MCP can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

Latest releases

v0.1.4 · 2026-06-23

Auto-detect off-PATH tool installs (Tesseract/Whisper on Windows) - transcripts & OCR work after setup with zero config.

v0.1.3 · 2026-06-23

MCP Registry publishing fixes (description length, mcpName ownership).

v0.1.2 · 2026-06-23

Also publishes to the official MCP Registry via OIDC.

04 · Who maintains Media Context MCP

media-context-mcp is maintained by vishalguptax. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Jun 2026.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/vishalguptax/media-context-mcp
category: media - ranked #105 of 173 actively-maintained media servers as of 2026-09-18.
release cadence: 5 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-06-23)
registry: io.github.vishalguptax/media-context-mcp (active, first published 2026-06-23 · 2 versions)
packages: npm:media-context-mcp

06 · Media Context MCP FAQ

What is Media Context MCP?

Give your AI assistant eyes and ears. Analyze any video, audio, or image - locally, right inside your editor.

Is Media Context MCP still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-06-26 and it shipped 5 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install Media Context MCP?

Run `npx -y media-context-mcp`. The README does not document required environment variables for a basic install. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Media Context MCP run locally?

Yes - it's a stdio server: it runs on your machine (via npx) with your user's permissions. Your data stays local unless the server itself calls external APIs.

07 · Alternatives to Media Context MCP

Alternatives to Media Context MCP

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