A side-by-side look at the MCP Hailuo and MCP Happyhorse MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose MCP Hailuo for multimedia process work as a local process; choose MCP Happyhorse for multimedia process as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
ACEDATACLOUD_API_TOKEN.hailuo_generate_video, hailuo_generate_video_from_image, hailuo_get_task.ACEDATACLOUD_API_TOKEN.happyhorse_generate_video, happyhorse_generate_video_from_image, happyhorse_generate_video_from_references.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | M MCP Happyhorse | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Multimedia Process | Multimedia Process |
| Quality signal | 49/100 · Fair | 51/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | ACEDATACLOUD_API_TOKEN | ACEDATACLOUD_API_TOKEN |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 1 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 6 | 7 |
| Full listing | View MCP Hailuo | View MCP Happyhorse |
hailuo_generate_videoGenerate AI video from a text prompt using Hailuo (MiniMax).hailuo_generate_video_from_imageGenerate AI video from a reference image using Hailuo (MiniMax).hailuo_get_taskQuery the status and result of a video generation task.hailuo_get_tasks_batchQuery multiple video generation tasks at once.hailuo_list_modelsList all available Hailuo models for video generation.hailuo_list_actionsList all available Hailuo API actions and corresponding tools.happyhorse_generate_videoGenerate a video from texthappyhorse_generate_video_from_imageAnimate one first-frame imagehappyhorse_generate_video_from_referencesGenerate from 1-9 reference imageshappyhorse_edit_videoEdit a source video with up to 5 referenceshappyhorse_get_taskQuery one taskhappyhorse_get_tasks_batchQuery multiple taskshappyhorse_list_modelsList valid models for each actionPaste 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": {
"mcp-hailuo": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-hailuo"
],
"env": {
"ACEDATACLOUD_API_TOKEN": "YOUR_ACEDATACLOUD_API_TOKEN_HERE"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-happyhorse": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-happyhorse"
],
"env": {
"ACEDATACLOUD_API_TOKEN": "YOUR_ACEDATACLOUD_API_TOKEN_HERE"
}
}
}
}