Use Create from Claude with MCP

You are already talking to an AI assistant to write, plan and think. It would be useful if the same conversation could also make the picture or the clip you just described. With the Create MCP server, it can.

MCP, the Model Context Protocol, is an open way for AI assistants to use outside tools. Once Create is added as a connector, your assistant calls Create's tools the same way it calls any other tool. You ask in plain words, and the assistant makes the image or video with your Create credits and hands you the link.

What your assistant can do

Five tools show up in your assistant. You do not call them yourself. You just ask.

• create_image makes a picture from a prompt and returns a link. It spends credits.
• create_video starts a video from a prompt, optionally from a starting picture, and returns an id. It spends credits.
• get_generation looks up one picture or video by id and reports whether it is pending, complete or failed. It costs no credits.
• list_my_generations lists the 20 most recent things made on your account, newest first. It costs no credits.
• get_credits shows your credits and the key's daily limit. It costs no credits.

A video usually takes one to three minutes. The assistant starts it, then checks with get_generation until it is complete, and then gives you the link.

Before you start

You need a paid plan, because the MCP server works with paid plans only. The credits your assistant spends are your account's credits, at the same price as in the app, with no separate balance and no extra API fee. You also need an API key, which starts with crk_live_ and is shown once when you make it, so copy it somewhere safe.

How to connect Claude Code

1. Make a key. Sign in at create.vin and open the API keys page. Name the key, and set a daily credit cap. Pick a low one while you are testing.
2. Add the server. In a terminal, run the command below with your key in place of the placeholder.
3. Check it works. Ask Claude to check your Create credits. It should answer with your balance.
4. Ask for something. Try "Make a 16:9 image of a lighthouse at dusk with a soft film look" and wait for the link.
5. Try a video. Ask for "waves rolling onto a beach, five seconds". The assistant starts it and checks until it is ready.

claude mcp add --transport http create https://create.vin/api/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer crk_live_YOUR_KEY"

How to connect Claude Desktop

Claude Desktop needs a small helper so the key can travel as a header.

1. Make a key as above.
2. Open the config. In Claude Desktop go to Settings, then Developer, then Edit Config.
3. Add Create under mcpServers, using the command npx with the arguments -y, mcp-remote, https://create.vin/api/mcp, --header and the text Authorization: Bearer followed by your key.
4. Restart Claude and ask it to check your Create credits.

Other apps such as Cursor, Windsurf and VS Code take the same three things: the address, an Authorization header, and your key after the word Bearer. There is also a step by step page with a button that tests your key: the MCP setup guide.

The safety nets

An assistant that can spend credits should have limits it cannot pass. These are on Create's side, not left to the assistant.

• A daily cap on every key. It starts at 500 credits and can be set up to 5,000 when you make the key. It resets at 00:00 UTC, and a call that would pass it is refused.
• 200 credits at most per call. One MCP call never costs more than this.
• 30 requests per minute per key. Lookups count too. Past the limit, the server tells the assistant to wait.
• Up to 5 active keys per account. Revoke a key at any time, for example when you stop using an app.

Each tool describes its price, so the assistant can tell you the cost first. The real protection is the cap you set, so keep it low until you trust your setup.

Good to know

Links to finished pictures and videos work for about an hour, so save the file if you want to keep it. Anything you make stays on your account, and list_my_generations shows it again with fresh links. A key works for both the REST API and the MCP server, and they share the same daily cap and rate limit. The server accepts POST requests only and does not allow calls from other websites, so use it from a desktop app, a terminal or a server, not from a web page.

Ideas to try

Ask your assistant to draft a blog post and then make a header image for it. Ask for three aspect ratios of the same scene for different social formats. Ask what you made last week and have it list your recent generations. Or have it write a prompt, check your credits, and only then run the video.

Try it