A side-by-side look at the MakeAIVideo and XCut AI – Viral Content Research MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose MakeAIVideo for social media work as a local process; choose XCut AI – Viral Content Research for social media over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
create_explainer_video, create_listicle_video, create_story_video.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | X XCut AI – Viral Content Research | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Social Media | Social Media |
| Quality signal | 56/100 · Good | 37/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | — |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 44 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View MakeAIVideo | View XCut AI – Viral Content Research |
create_explainer_videoExplainer video: one idea, explained clearly from question to payoffcreate_listicle_videoList video: numbered tips or ranked picks, one scene per itemcreate_story_videoStory video for history, mysteries and true eventscreate_ugc_videoUGC-style ad that reads like a real recommendationcreate_demo_videoProduct demo that shows the job getting done, step by stepcreate_article_videoTurns a blog post, newsletter or other writing into a shortcreate_spokesperson_videoOne lip-synced presenter, straight to camera, from a character you pickcreate_video_from_scriptRenders a video from a script you already haveestimate_video_costQuotes the credit cost before anything is spent (no credits used)write_scriptWrites the script only: title, hook and scenes with narration and visualsstructure_textTurns prose or a hand-written script into a scene scriptfetch_articleReads a public article's text so it can become a videoNo tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"makeaivideo-2": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@makeaivideo/mcp"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"xcut-ai-viral-content-research": {
"url": "https://xcut.ai/mcp"
}
}
}