AdRecast

AdRecast MCP Server

AdRecast remakes proven e-commerce video ads for your product: it maps a reference ad's shots, pacing and hook, writes a script you confirm, and generates a full multi-scene ad with your product and cast, checked for product accuracy in every frame.

Endpoint

• URL: https://adrecast.com/api/mcp
• Transport: Streamable HTTP.
• Authentication: API key only. Send it as a Bearer token: Authorization: Bearer rk_live_...
  • Create a key in Settings → API keys. Choose scopes from read, write and spend.
  • Keys are shown once. Store the key somewhere safe when you create it.
  • OAuth is not supported.

What it does

The MCP server runs the same remake flow as the web app: find a template → upload product images → review the script → estimate → generate → poll → export.

Tools (46 in total), grouped by area. The grouping is this README's own; the docs list the tools by endpoint.

• Templates & uploads: search_templates, create_upload_url
• Projects: create_project, list_projects, get_project, get_script, update_script, rewrite_script, get_rewrite, add_line, delete_line, reorder_lines, confirm_script
• Generation & export: estimate_cost, generate_video, list_jobs, list_clips, get_job, export_video, get_export
• Characters & voices: create_character, list_characters, delete_character, update_character, clone_character_voice, keep_character_voice, list_voices, set_project_character
• Variants: list_hook_formulas, list_variant_styles, create_hook_variant, estimate_variants, create_variants, list_variants, get_variant_manifest, add_variant_product, cancel_variant_batch
• Studio: studio_quote, create_studio_generation, list_studio_generations, list_studio_assets, get_studio_generation, confirm_studio_video, discard_studio_video, save_studio_output
• Account: get_balance

Video is generated per scene, with the same actor, product and voice across shots. Captions, voice-over or a song, and music are included. You can fix one shot without redoing the whole video.

Spending safety

• Pricing is in credits. 100 credits = $1. Analysis, script, storyboard stills and pre-video script edits are free.
• Video is billed per generated second. 720p is 40 credits/s, 1080p is 50 and 2K is 60. The resolution is fixed when the project is created.
• generate_video and export_video only spend with confirm: true. Without it, they return the estimate (402 confirmation_required). Call estimate_cost and show the estimate to the user before you set confirm: true.
• export_video with a 1:1 or 16:9 re-frame costs 20 credits/s. A 9:16 export is free.
• Revising a shot after its video exists costs 80% of the video price per redone second.
• clone_character_voice spends a fixed 1000 credits. It also needs confirm: true.
• Creating a project requires the $1 trial or a top-up first (402 payment_required otherwise).
• Auto generation (auto_generate=true on create_project) needs the spend scope.
• Studio prices are 0.8× the matching remake price.
• Failed jobs release their frozen credits.
• For REST calls, send an Idempotency-Key on every POST that creates or spends, so retries never double-charge.

Quick start

Create an API key in Settings → API keys, then export it in the shell where your client runs:

export ADRECAST_API_KEY=rk_live_...

Generic MCP client

Use this JSON for any client that accepts url and headers:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "adrecast": {
      "url": "https://adrecast.com/api/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ${ADRECAST_API_KEY}" }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http adrecast https://adrecast.com/api/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer $ADRECAST_API_KEY"

Cursor

Add this to .cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "adrecast": {
      "url": "https://adrecast.com/api/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ${ADRECAST_API_KEY}" }
    }
  }
}

Codex

Add this to ~/.codex/config.toml:

[mcp_servers.adrecast]
url = "https://adrecast.com/api/mcp"
bearer_token_env_var = "ADRECAST_API_KEY"

The examples/ folder contains these snippets as separate files.

Example prompts

• "Find a car-selfie skincare UGC template and estimate a 1080p remake for my product."
• "Upload these three product photos, start a project from the Problem → Agitate → Solve template, and show me the script before we generate anything."
• "Rewrite the script so it leads with the guarantee and targets 30 seconds, then show me the updated lines."
• "Plan three hook variants for this project and show me the estimate. Don't run them until I approve."
• "Check my credit balance and tell me whether a 2K export of this project fits in it."

Links

• Website: https://adrecast.com/en
• Pricing: https://adrecast.com/en/pricing
• Templates: https://adrecast.com/en/templates
• Use cases: https://adrecast.com/en/use-cases
• Cases (real outputs and reference ads): https://adrecast.com/en/cases
• API & MCP docs: https://adrecast.com/en/docs/api
• Contact: https://adrecast.com/en/contact
• Full page index: https://adrecast.com/llms-full.txt

License

The server is a hosted service operated by AdRecast. This repository contains documentation and configuration examples only (MIT).