Documentation

Watch Any Video is a remote MCP connector. It gives Claude and ChatGPT tools that watch public YouTube videos and answer questions about what is seen and heard, with timestamps. The video is analysed by Google's Gemini model on our servers; nothing is installed on your computer.

Set up

Connector address: https://watchanyvideo.com/api/mcp. You sign in once with an email and password or a Google account.

• Claude (web, desktop, iPhone, Android): add it in one click, or Customize → Connectors → Add custom connector.
• Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http watch-any-video https://watchanyvideo.com/api/mcp, then /mcp to sign in.
• ChatGPT: developer mode on Business, Enterprise, Edu and Pro; add a custom MCP server with the address.
• Cursor and other MCP apps: add {"url": "https://watchanyvideo.com/api/mcp"} to your MCP settings.

Tools

All tools are read-only: they read a video or your usage and return text. None of them changes anything.

watch_video (url, question (optional))

Watches a public YouTube video, what is seen and heard, and answers the question with timestamps, or summarises the video if there is no question. Most videos under half an hour answer straight away; longer ones return a job_id.

check_job (job_id)

Returns the answer for a longer video that watch_video is still processing.

ask_video (video_id, question)

Answers a follow-up question about a video already watched, from its timestamped breakdown. It takes a couple of seconds and uses no minutes.

my_usage (none)

Shows which account is signed in, its plan, and the minutes of video used this month.

whoami (none)

Shows which account the connector is signed in with. Useful to check the connection.

Example prompts

• Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc and list the three stories with timestamps.
• Summarise this lecture into study notes, with the time each topic starts: <YouTube link>
• In this video, where does the speaker mention pricing? Quote what they say.
• What happens on screen in the first ten seconds of this ad? <YouTube link>

Supported videos and limits

• Public YouTube videos, including Shorts and past live streams, up to about three hours long.
• Not yet: private or unlisted videos, links to other sites, and uploaded files.
• Free plan: 60 minutes of video a month. Pro: 20 hours a month (pricing). Follow-up questions are free.
• Answers can be wrong. Every answer carries timestamps so you can check it.

Privacy

We don't download or store videos. Your questions and answers are kept for 7 days; written breakdowns of public videos are kept for 30 days without any link to who asked. The connector does not read your conversations, memory or files; it only receives the link and question Claude sends to a tool. Full details: privacy policy.

Troubleshooting

• “This video can't be watched”: the video is private, unlisted, age-restricted or removed, or the link is wrong.
• “Still watching”: long videos take up to a few minutes; Claude fetches the answer with check_job.
• Pro doesn't show in Claude: ask Claude to run my_usage and check the email matches the one you used on your account page.
• Anything else: support@wikivec.com.