Releases·Tool Release
Developer releases OpenShorts, an open source MCP server letting Claude turn long videos into vertical clips
A developer released OpenShorts, an open source tool that cuts long videos into vertical clips, with an MCP server so Claude can drive the pipeline via a URL. The repo was built with Claude Code. The hardest problems were integration friction, not model intelligence.
2 engagement1 sourceFri, Aug 28, 2026, 11:47 PM
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- OpenShorts is open source and cuts long videos into vertical clips; an MCP server connects it to Claude by URL so users can say "turn this podcast into shorts"
- The repo was built with Claude Code, and the MCP layer was written specifically so Claude could drive the pipeline
- First version worked in Claude Code but failed from claude.ai: given a YouTube link, Claude tried to open the URL itself instead of handing it to the tool
- The developer shared the three longest-running breakages, noting none were about the model being smart or not
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5 engagement1 sourceredditThu, Jul 23, 2026, 04:48 AM
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8 engagement1 sourceredditSun, Jul 26, 2026, 03:31 PM
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2 engagement1 sourcehackernewsWed, Aug 5, 2026, 06:01 AM
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35 engagement1 sourceredditWed, Jul 29, 2026, 05:09 AM
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