Magic Hour

Magic Hour MCP Server

OpenAPI-backed MCP server for Magic Hour image and video generation and editing, music generation, uploads, completion waiting and retrieval of existing audio projects.

At startup, this server reads docs/openapi.json and builds MCP tools with FastMCP.from_openapi(). The OpenAPI spec supplies endpoint coverage, while Magic Hour MCP policies add agent-facing guidance for async polling, uploads, and project downloads.

Connect an agent

Hosted creation endpoint: https://mcp.magichour.ai/

Follow the client setup guide for Claude, Claude Code, Codex CLI or ChatGPT. After connecting, call account_retrieve to verify API access and inspect the account before generation; ping alone does not validate the API key.

Try: “Use my portrait to create a cinematic space-pilot still, then animate it with a slow camera push. Keep my face consistent, wait for the render and show the finished video. Check account eligibility and cost before spending credits.”

Use workflow_guide_retrieve for the ordered tool steps and output review. For documentation search while coding, use the separate API Docs MCP.

Docs:

• Magic Hour agent skills - media workflows, published examples, and recovery guidance
• user.md - hosted endpoint user guide
• integration-handoff.md - FastAPI mount checklist
• docs/detailed-step-by-step-integration.md - full backend integration guide
• docs/api-reference.md - generated API reference

Evaluate a paid workflow

Use the workload evaluation guide to compare a finished image or video job, including its inputs, model, settings, output and cost. Check the current model limits and billing options: the dollar cost of consumed credits and the cash needed to fund an account are different. For example, Creator annual costs $144 paid upfront for 144,000 credits, enough for 600 five-second Kling 3.0 videos at 720p with audio off ($0.24 each at full credit use, before tax). Audio, higher resolutions and video-reference inputs cost more credits.

The account read verifies API authorization and returns account information; it is not a request-specific price or eligibility quote. The current MCP tool contract has no such quote operation. A workflow guide does not validate the requested model, source media or plan access. Resolve unclear costs or access before creating a paid project.

For inspectable video examples, the published image-to-video benchmark provides source images, requests, all attempts and downloadable results. It compares models through Magic Hour and does not establish a provider-quality winner or human acceptance of the clips.

Credits and data

MCP generations use Magic Hour account credits. You can buy a one-time credit pack without a subscription; unused credits never expire. Packs include applicable watermark-free exports and commercial use, subject to the Terms and rights in your source content. They do not unlock subscription-only model or resolution access.

Technical failures generally return credits after processing; completed but unsatisfactory results do not automatically return credits. A wait timeout is not proof of project failure—resume with the existing project ID. Payment refunds follow the separate refund policy.

Trust & Data Use explains Magic Hour's no-training policy for customer prompts, uploads and outputs, and feature-dependent retention.

Setup

pip install -e .

Run locally

python main.py

Local MCP endpoint:

http://127.0.0.1:8000/

This local dev server runs at /, not /mcp. The host app adds /mcp when it mounts the server.

By default, requests go to the production Magic Hour API:

https://api.magichour.ai

Tool discovery is public. Tool calls require authentication. Hosted Claude and ChatGPT OAuth connectors handle the token after you sign in and authorize access. For manual bearer clients, include your Magic Hour API key:

Authorization: Bearer <magic_hour_api_key>

Agents can discover the hosted server card at:

https://mcp.magichour.ai/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json

Environment variables:

MAGIC_HOUR_API_BASE_URL=https://api.magichour.ai
MAGIC_HOUR_OPENAPI_PATH=docs/openapi.json
MCP_OAUTH_ISSUER_URL=https://mcp.magichour.ai
MCP_OAUTH_RESOURCE_URL=https://mcp.magichour.ai

Override MAGIC_HOUR_API_BASE_URL to use a mock or another API base:

MAGIC_HOUR_API_BASE_URL=https://api.sideko.dev/v1/mock/magichour/magic-hour/latest python main.py

Read-only workflow guidance

workflow_guide_retrieve accepts video-face-swap, image-editor, image-to-video, video-generator, lip-sync, ugc-ads, talking-photo or media-apis. It returns inputs, product and API documentation URLs, exact creation-tool names, ordered steps, example requests, follow-up edits and review criteria. It makes no API request, spends no credits and does not verify account access. Like other tools, it requires the existing authentication flow.

Clients can also discover the public magic-hour://workflows/index resource and read magic-hour://workflows/{workflow}. UGC uses ai_ugc_ad_create_video with a prepared image, script and supported duration; image composition is a separate Image Editor call. Keep the returned project ID and use wait_for_video_project to retrieve the finished file.

For example, ask for image-to-video to animate an approved product photo directly, review the finished clip and reuse it for a later edit. Edit the still only when the requested appearance must change or a source problem prevents the shot. The talking-photo guide requires a portrait and an existing audio file; text alone cannot start that tool. Guides describe workflows, not prevalidated generated outputs or account eligibility.

This helps assistants that connect to this server select workflows; it does not establish a recommendation or ranking benefit in unconnected consumer assistants.

OAuth

This server is an OAuth protected resource only. The authorization server is the Magic Hour web app (https://magichour.ai): users sign in and consent there, and it returns a Magic Hour API key as the access token, which this server passes through to the API. Production requires MCP_OAUTH_ISSUER_URL and MCP_OAUTH_RESOURCE_URL. See docs/future-oauth-support.md.

Test with MCP Inspector

1. Start the server.
2. Run:

   npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector
   

3. In Inspector:
   • Transport: Streamable HTTP
   • URL: http://127.0.0.1:8000/
   • Header: Authorization: Bearer <magic_hour_api_key>
4. Call ping.
5. Call video_assets_generate_presigned_url or another generated tool.

Notes:

• FastMCP generates endpoint tools from OpenAPI at startup.
• Creation tools return id and credits_charged immediately.
• OpenAPI operationId values are normalized to descriptive snake_case tool names.
• The shared /v1/files/upload-urls endpoint is named video_assets_generate_presigned_url. It accepts video, audio, and image items.
• Use wait_for_*_project to poll jobs. Use exact_download_urls exactly as returned; never append expiration metadata.
• Image and audio wait tools also return inline media when supported.

Rebuild and type-check the MCP App UI with cd web && npm ci && npm run build.

File uploads

Magic Hour does not accept raw file bytes inside tool arguments. The flow is:

1. Call the generated shared upload-URL tool, video_assets_generate_presigned_url
2. Upload the file bytes to the returned upload_url
3. Pass the returned file_path into the generated creation tool

Direct public media URLs may work, but uploaded file_path values are more reliable. Upload bytes from the caller or a dedicated upload bridge; the hosted MCP server never reads caller-supplied local filesystem paths. Browser chat needs a separate upload UI or bridge; see docs/future-chat-ui-handoff.md.

MCP voice presets

AI Voice Generator exposes and accepts only exact API voice_name strings in APPROVED_VOICE_NAMES in mcp_magichour/openapi_policies.py. Populate that tuple with verified approved generic/non-celebrity presets to enable the tool on the next deployment. No existing upstream voice is assumed safe. An empty allowlist omits Voice Generator from tool discovery and calls. Voice Cloner is always excluded from MCP.

The MCP policy removes upstream voice descriptions, defaults, examples and SDK snippets at startup and when regenerating docs/api-reference.md. Daily OpenAPI syncs cannot expand the allowlist. Do not edit docs/openapi.json to set MCP voices: it remains the unmodified upstream API snapshot. The main Magic Hour product and the public API are unchanged.

MCP Meme Generator exposes only the generic Random template option, keeping public-figure template names out of its schema.