Instavar Video Templates

Plan videos and editorial carousels with Instavar's free templates for use with Remotion.

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What it can do

  • Get Creative Guide: Read practical guidance before drafting concise plain or poetic copy, choosing carousel stories, designing visuals or recording human feedback. Returns guidance for the calling ass
  • Get Capabilities: Call first. Reports the anonymous local features, optional account features, public repository, and privacy boundary.
  • List Carousel Templates: List the account-free editorial carousel story structures.

What data it sees

Do you need an account

No: the server works without sign-in

Plan videos and editorial carousels with Instavar's free templates for use with Remotion. Discover templates, propose three-beat storyboards, read creative guides, inspect VideoSpec schemas and examples, scaffold specifications, and diagnose local render errors. Start with get_capabilities and get_creative_guide. Confirm the storyboard direction before scaffolding.

No account or API key is required for public planning tools. get_render_instructions describes a separate local validate, preview and render workflow. Planning calls do not render, upload, save projects or publish media. Optional OAuth on this endpoint enables private project listing and review only; full hosted Studio production uses a separate protected endpoint and may incur costs. The linked npm connector has a separate tool inventory.

Instavar is independent and is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by Remotion AG.

How to connect

How to connect Instavar Video Templates to Claude

The server address to paste into Claude settings:

https://instavar-video-templates--cheeweijie.run.tools

  1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
  2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
  3. Click Add custom connector.
  4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
  5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

Authorization

After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

How to connect Instavar Video Templates to ChatGPT

The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

https://instavar-video-templates--cheeweijie.run.tools

  1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
  2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
  3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
  4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
  5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
  6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

Authorization

On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

How to connect Instavar Video Templates to Cursor

The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

https://instavar-video-templates--cheeweijie.run.tools

Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

Manually:

  1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
  2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
  3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

Authorization

If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

Server tool list (15)

Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

get_creative_guideRead practical guidance before drafting concise plain or poetic copy, choosing carousel stories, designing visuals or recording human feedback. Returns guidance for the calling assistant to apply, not generated copy or saved feedback. Omit guideId to list guides.
get_capabilitiesCall first. Reports the anonymous local features, optional account features, public repository, and privacy boundary.
list_carousel_templatesList the account-free editorial carousel story structures.
get_carousel_schemaReturn the JSON Schema for deterministic Instavar carousel decks.
scaffold_carousel_deckBuild a deterministic editorial carousel deck from accepted copy. This does not render, save, or publish it.
list_templatesList the published Remotion template families and optionally filter by output aspect ratio.
get_templateGet one template's purpose, aspect ratios, scene kinds, and example identifier.
get_video_schemaReturn the published JSON Schema for VideoSpec version 1.0.
get_exampleReturn a valid starter example for one template family.
propose_video_storyboardTurn an ordinary video request into a three-beat visual proposal and recommended template. This tool does not generate images, save a project, render, or publish.
scaffold_video_specReturn a deterministic VideoSpec skeleton. This tool does not generate creative copy or write files.
get_render_instructionsReturn the clone, install, validate, preview, and render workflow.
diagnose_render_errorClassify a local validation or render error and return a safe next step.
list_video_projectsList recent private Instavar video projects after the user links their account. Use this before review_video_project when the user has not supplied a project ID.
review_video_projectOpen a focused review of one private Instavar video after account linking. This tool does not edit, render, approve, or publish.