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Video Understanding MCP for Gemini CLI

io.github.granitebps/video-understanding-mcp

Let AI agents watch videos and answer questions about them through any OpenAI-compatible endpoint.

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Install Video Understanding MCP in Gemini CLI

~/.gemini/settings.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.gemini\settings.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "video-understanding-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@granitebps/video-understanding-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "VIDEO_BASE_URL": "<VIDEO_BASE_URL>",
        "VIDEO_MODEL": "<VIDEO_MODEL>",
        "VIDEO_API_KEY": "<VIDEO_API_KEY>",
        "VIDEO_EXTRA_HEADERS": "<VIDEO_EXTRA_HEADERS>",
        "VIDEO_PART_FORMAT": "<VIDEO_PART_FORMAT>",
        "VIDEO_MAX_DURATION_SECONDS": "<VIDEO_MAX_DURATION_SECONDS>",
        "VIDEO_MAX_UPLOAD_MB": "<VIDEO_MAX_UPLOAD_MB>",
        "VIDEO_ALLOWED_DIRS": "<VIDEO_ALLOWED_DIRS>",
        "VIDEO_VERIFY_MEDIA": "<VIDEO_VERIFY_MEDIA>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Gemini expands $VAR and ${VAR} inside env values, so a secret can live in your shell rather than this file. Gemini CLI docs

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