About ThumblifyAI
ThumblifyAI is a hosted MCP server for creators and agents to generate, restyle, recreate, and edit YouTube thumbnails. Its tools also find thumbnail inspiration and support sketch-based creation.
Key features
- 01Generate thumbnails from text prompts
- 02Match styles from reference images
- 03Edit images with prompts and references
- 04Recreate thumbnails using a trained face model
- 05Turn sketches into thumbnails
- 06Find thumbnail inspiration
Use cases
- 01Create a thumbnail from a video concept
- 02Apply a reference image's visual style
- 03Refine an existing image or recreate a thumbnail
- 04Develop a thumbnail from a sketch
MCP support
The hosted MCP server exposes thumbnail creation and editing tools to compatible MCP clients. Clients connect to `https://api.thumblifyai.com/mcp` and can authenticate with OAuth or, where supported, a bearer API key.
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://api.thumblifyai.com/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http heyalizaid-thumblifyai https://api.thumblifyai.com/mcp{"mcpServers":{"heyalizaid-thumblifyai":{"type":"http","url":"https://api.thumblifyai.com/mcp"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"heyalizaid-thumblifyai":{"type":"http","url":"https://api.thumblifyai.com/mcp"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"heyalizaid-thumblifyai":{"type":"http","url":"https://api.thumblifyai.com/mcp"}}}{"mcpServers":{"heyalizaid-thumblifyai":{"serverUrl":"https://api.thumblifyai.com/mcp"}}}Run commands in a terminal; paste JSON into the client’s MCP config and restart. Servers that need sign-in will prompt on first connect.
Tools
Details
From the project READMEThumblifyAI Plugin
An AI Thumbnail Maker for your AI agents.
Create, style-match, recreate, and refine YouTube thumbnails with ThumblifyAI's hosted MCP server.
ThumblifyAI is an AI Thumbnail Maker for creators. This repository packages its hosted Model Context Protocol (MCP) server as a portable Agent Plugin for compatible agent apps, including Cursor, Claude, and other MCP clients.
Available tools
Connect your ThumblifyAI account to use these MCP tools. Credit costs shown are per successful operation; account plan limits apply.
| Tool | What it does | Credits |
|---|---|---|
generate_thumbnail | Generate a thumbnail from a text prompt. Supports 16:9 and 9:16 aspect ratios. | 1 |
style_match_thumbnail | Create a thumbnail using the visual style of 1–3 reference images. | 2 |
ultra_edit | Refine or edit an image using reference images and a prompt. | 1 |
recreate_thumbnail | Recreate a reference thumbnail with your trained ThumblifyAI face model. | 3 |
sketch_to_thumbnail | Turn a sketch into a polished thumbnail. | 2 |
find_thumbnail_inspirations | Find relevant thumbnail inspiration for a video idea. | 0 |
Tool availability, input requirements, and credit costs can change. Your connected agent discovers the current tool definitions from the MCP server.
Install in Cursor
After the repository is accepted into the Cursor Marketplace:
- Open Customize in Cursor and go to the plugin marketplace.
- Search for ThumblifyAI and select Install.
- When Cursor connects to the MCP server, choose OAuth and sign in to your ThumblifyAI account.
- Start a chat and ask Cursor to create, style-match, recreate, or edit a thumbnail with ThumblifyAI.
For local evaluation before marketplace listing, add the remote MCP server in Cursor's MCP settings using https://api.thumblifyai.com/mcp, then authenticate with OAuth when Cursor prompts you.
This plugin uses the portable Agent Plugins format, with plugin.json and mcp.json at the repository root. It does not need a .cursor-plugin/ directory.
OAuth and API key authentication
The hosted MCP endpoint is:
https://api.thumblifyai.com/mcp
OAuth is the recommended sign-in method for compatible MCP clients. It connects the client to your existing ThumblifyAI account; no API key needs to be copied into the plugin or committed to this repository. Some clients may offer different authentication flows. Where OAuth is unavailable, ThumblifyAI also supports bearer API key authentication if the client supports custom authorization headers.
Other compatible agent apps
Agent Plugin support varies by app. Apps that support the open Agent Plugins specification can use this portable package. Other MCP-compatible apps can connect directly to the endpoint above and use OAuth when offered by the client. See the ThumblifyAI MCP setup guide for client-specific instructions.
Repository contents
thumblifyai-plugin/
├── plugin.json
├── mcp.json
├── README.md
├── LICENSE
└── logo.png
Skills are not included yet. They can be added later under skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md.
Links
License
MIT. See LICENSE.
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An open protocol that defines how AI applications connect to external tools and data in a uniform way. Clients talk to the model; MCP servers provide tools, resources and prompt templates. They exchange standard messages, so one server can be reused by many clients.