Let agents source clips from terabytes of your local video
Clipto MCP gives Claude, ChatGPT, and other AI agents the ability to source clips and more from inside the videos, photos, and audio recordings stored on your computer. Instead of manually browsing files, simply describe what you need. For example, turn a script into a video by matching each sentence with your local footage; find every scene where someone mentioned a topic; create rough cuts; or search years of media as if you have a dedicated assistant editor.
Hi Product Hunt! 👋 Henry here, a few months ago, I launched @Clipto , a fully local AI media search engine that helps people search terabytes of videos, photos, audio, meetings, and documents using natural language.
Since then, one request kept coming up:
“Can Claude use Clipto?” “Can ChatGPT search my media library?” “Can my agent actually edit videos using my own footage?”
AI agents can already access your files. What they can’t do is understand what’s inside terabytes of media.
That’s what Clipto MCP changes. It gives AI agents semantic understanding of your local media, so instead of manually browsing folders or scrubbing through timelines, you can simply describe what you want.
Some examples:
🎬 Turn a script into a video by matching every sentence with relevant footage.
🔍 Find every clip where someone mentioned a specific topic.
🎤 Search years of meetings for a decision or discussion.
✂️ Generate rough cuts from thousands of hours of video.
Everything runs on the media already stored on your computer. No uploading your library to the cloud.
This is only the beginning. As AI agents become more capable, they’ll need more than file access. They’ll need to understand the content inside our personal media.
To celebrate our launch, we're offering 1 month free to anyone who signs up this week with code PHLNCH.
We’d love to hear what you’d build with Clipto MCP.
We’ll be here all day answering questions and collecting feedback.
Thanks for giving it a try! 🚀
About Clipto MCP on Product Hunt
“Let agents source clips from terabytes of your local video”
Clipto MCP launched on Product Hunt on August 19th, 2026 and earned 463 upvotes and 112 comments, earning #2 Product of the Day. Clipto MCP gives Claude, ChatGPT, and other AI agents the ability to source clips and more from inside the videos, photos, and audio recordings stored on your computer. Instead of manually browsing files, simply describe what you need. For example, turn a script into a video by matching each sentence with your local footage; find every scene where someone mentioned a topic; create rough cuts; or search years of media as if you have a dedicated assistant editor.
On the analytics side, Clipto MCP competes within Productivity, Search and Video — topics that collectively have 678.9k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Clipto MCP performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Clipto MCP?
Clipto MCP was hunted by Chris Messina. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
Chris Messina
Hi Product Hunt! 👋 Henry here, a few months ago, I launched @Clipto , a fully local AI media search engine that helps people search terabytes of videos, photos, audio, meetings, and documents using natural language.
Since then, one request kept coming up:
“Can Claude use Clipto?”
“Can ChatGPT search my media library?”
“Can my agent actually edit videos using my own footage?”
Today, we’re excited to launch Clipto MCP.
AI agents can already access your files. What they can’t do is understand what’s inside terabytes of media.
That’s what Clipto MCP changes. It gives AI agents semantic understanding of your local media, so instead of manually browsing folders or scrubbing through timelines, you can simply describe what you want.
Some examples:
🎬 Turn a script into a video by matching every sentence with relevant footage.
🔍 Find every clip where someone mentioned a specific topic.
🎤 Search years of meetings for a decision or discussion.
✂️ Generate rough cuts from thousands of hours of video.
Everything runs on the media already stored on your computer. No uploading your library to the cloud.
This is only the beginning. As AI agents become more capable, they’ll need more than file access. They’ll need to understand the content inside our personal media.
To celebrate our launch, we're offering 1 month free to anyone who signs up this week with code PHLNCH.
We’d love to hear what you’d build with Clipto MCP.
We’ll be here all day answering questions and collecting feedback.
Thanks for giving it a try! 🚀