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Qencode MCP server

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by qencode.com·com.qencode/qencode·v1.2.0·1 stars
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Video pipeline for AI agents: analyze with AI, transcode to MP4/HLS/DASH, edit, protect and deliver.

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How Qencode compares

Against every graded Media MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.

Safety score
93/100
higher than 90% of 1,337 Media servers
Uptime
100%
of our recent checks; the typical remote Media server answers 100%
Response time
271 ms
faster than 59% of 862 Media servers
GitHub stars
1
more than 55% of 715 Media servers

Release history: 2 versions in the registry since 2026-07-24, latest 2026-10-21, typically one every 89 days.

Install Qencode in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code

claude mcp add --transport http qencode https://mcp.qencode.com/mcp
Add to Cursor

What the publisher says

From the Qencode repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub

qencode-mcp

Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for the Qencode Transcoding API.

Connect any MCP-compatible AI client — Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini — to your Qencode account and let it submit, monitor, and reason about transcoding jobs on your behalf.

Quick example

Once your client is connected (see Connect a client), ask your agent in plain English:

Transcode https://example.com/input.mp4 as an HLS ladder at 1080/720/540/360. Put it in my R2 bucket videos/demo/.

The agent picks the hlsabr recipe, fills in the per-rendition encoding params, submits via startencode2_raw, and polls until the job is done.

Prerequisites

  • A Qencode portal account with at least one project — sign in at the portal for your environment: (production) or (QA). You select the project during the OAuth consent step.
  • An MCP-compatible client (Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini, or any custom client).

There are no API keys to copy into client config — authentication is browser-based OAuth.

How it works

The connector uses standard OAuth 2.1 — no API keys in client config. On first use, your client opens a browser, you sign in to your Qencode portal account, pick a project, and approve the requested scopes. The client stores the token; subsequent calls are silent until the token expires.

Scopes the client should request at authorize time (published via Protected Resource Metadata):

The RS enforces transcoding:read and transcoding:write on access tokens at the transport layer.

Your Qencode API keys never leave the portal. The MCP server derives a short-lived session token per request via an internal portal endpoint.

Environments

The same connector is deployed in two environments. Each has its own domains, accounts, projects, and credentials — sign in to the portal that matches the endpoint you connect to.

The instructions below use the production endpoint. To test against QA, swap in the QA URL and sign in at the QA portal.

Connect a client

Endpoint: https://mcp.qencode.com/mcp — same for every client below. Sign in to your Qencode account when the browser opens and approve access.

QA (internal testing): use https://mcp-qa.qencode.com/mcp and sign in at the QA portal instead.

Cursor (mcp.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "qencode": { "url": "https://mcp.qencode.com/mcp" }
  }
}

Gemini (settings.json):

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.

Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.

Qencode: common questions

Is Qencode MCP server safe?
Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (93/100). Read the Qencode safety report
How do I install Qencode?
It runs remotely at mcp.qencode.com. Add it to Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop with the snippets above, or call it through the mcp.market gateway without installing anything.
Does Qencode need an API key?
Not as far as the registry entry and our scan can tell: no credentials are declared or required.
Is Qencode maintained?
The last commit was 44 days ago (2026-09-21). The latest release is v1.2.0.
Is Qencode up?
100% of our last 28 checks got an answer. We check remote servers about four times a day.
What can I use instead of Qencode?
Servers from other publishers that do the same job: Audio MCP server, three.ws Vision MCP server and CartCut MCP server.
How does Qencode compare with other Media MCP servers?
safety score 93/100 (higher than 90% of 1,337 Media servers); uptime 100% (of our recent checks; the typical remote Media server answers 100%); response time 271 ms (faster than 59% of 862 Media servers). Full comparison.

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