A side-by-side look at the Ssemble AI Clipping and The Scribble Thing MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Ssemble AI Clipping for multimedia process work as a local process; choose The Scribble Thing for multimedia process over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
SSEMBLE_API_KEY, SSEMBLE_API_BASE_URL.create_short, get_status, get_shorts.get_scribble_service_info, create_scribe_animation, get_scribe_animation.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Multimedia Process | Multimedia Process |
| Quality signal | 53/100 · Good | 57/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | SSEMBLE_API_KEYSSEMBLE_API_BASE_URL | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 7 | 18 |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 9 | 6 |
| Full listing | View Ssemble AI Clipping | View The Scribble Thing |
create_shortCreate AI-generated short clips from a video. Returns request ID instantly.get_statusCheck processing progress (0-100%) and current stepget_shortsRetrieve completed clips with video URLs, titles, viral scoreslist_requestsList all your requests with pagination and status filteringdelete_requestPermanently delete a request and its videoslist_templatesBrowse caption style templateslist_musicBrowse background music trackslist_game_videosBrowse gameplay overlay videoslist_meme_hooksBrowse meme hook attention-grabber clipsget_scribble_service_infoGet current limits, terms, retention, pricing, and integration URLs.create_scribe_animationCreate an asynchronous animation from a base64-encoded line-art image.get_scribe_animationPoll one private animation until it completes or fails.get_scribe_animation_downloadCreate a short-lived download URL for a completed preview or clean video.redeem_scribe_unlock_codeConsume a user-supplied single-use code to unlock one clean video.delete_scribe_animationImmediately delete one animation session and all of its stored files.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": {
"ssemble-ai-clipping-2": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@ssemble/mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"SSEMBLE_API_KEY": "YOUR_SSEMBLE_API_KEY_HERE",
"SSEMBLE_API_BASE_URL": "YOUR_SSEMBLE_API_BASE_URL_HERE"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"the-scribble-thing": {
"url": "https://scribble.boringstuff.club/mcp"
}
}
}