Show HN: KinoPipe – FFmpeg as a service for AI agents (typed ops, no shell)

REC · YOUR AGENT IS EDITING FFmpeg as a service, built for agents. Typed operations your agent calls over MCP or REST. Trim, resize, compress, convert. A validated request in, a finished file out. No shell, ever. Start for free Connect MCP 100 free creditsNo credit card requiredFailed jobs refunded You Turn this launch video into a vertical Reel without stretching it. Agent I’ll reframe it to 9:16 with KinoPipe and return the finished file. ●kinopipe.resize_video input_url: "launch.mp4" aspect_ratio: "9:16" fit: "cover" ↳ queued · job 7f32…b891 ●kinopipe.get_job ↳ succeeded · vertical-launch.mp4 ready AgentDone. Your MP4 is ready to download. reframe · succeeded100% RESIZE · 9:16 “Make this a vertical Reel” resize_video · done in 8s ✓ CAPTIONS · SRT “Burn in the subtitles” add_subtitles · done in 11s ✓ COMPRESS · WEB “Shrink this 4K export” compress_video · 412→38 MB ✓ 8.2s p50 render for a 1080p edit 100% success across 325 benchmark runs 0 shell commands, ever Read the full benchmark: CPU vs GPU, cold vs warm, cost per job → Your agent asks. A file comes back. Everything renders in a single pass. No re-encoding chains, no intermediate files, no quality lost along the way. 00:0000:0200:0400:0600:08 launch-4k.mp4 input · 412 MB compress_video one clean encode launch-web.mp4 output · 38 MB · yours Describe the edit Send a video URL and the result you want, in plain typed fields. We render it Every request is validated, then processed in one pass on our workers. You get the file A download URL, or a signed webhook the moment it is ready. Try it in the playground 48 typed tools your agent can discover. Trim, resize, captions, compress, split by scenes. Every tool is a stable contract with its own endpoint and page. Try it in the browser first, then hand the same endpoint to your agent. trimresizecompresscaptionssplit by scenesgifwaveformboomerangextract audio+ 39 more →FFmpeg command reference Three ways in. Same tools. Use KinoPipe from the AI you already talk to, from your own code, or in the browser while you work out the recipe. IN YOUR AI Connect it to Claude, Cursor or n8n One OAuth sign-in and every tool shows up in the client you already use. Ask for the edit in plain language; the agent picks the typed tool. Connect over MCP FROM YOUR CODE Call the REST API from any backend API keys, an OpenAPI spec, idempotency keys for safe retries and a signed webhook when the job finishes. Same operations, no agent required. Read the API docs IN THE BROWSER Try an edit in the playground first Describe the edit in a sentence, watch it render, then copy the exact recipe your agent or code will send. Free credits included. Open the playground Plug it into your agent. One command adds every KinoPipe tool to Claude, Codex or ChatGPT. OAuth signs you in, the schemas do the rest. Your agent takes it from there. ClaudeChatGPTCodex n8n Claude Code claude mcp add --transport http --scope user \ kinopipe https://kinopipe.com/mcp Connect your agent Read MCP docs The unsexy stuff, handled. Failed jobs refund themselves A render that errors gives your credits back automatically. You only pay for finished work. No shell, ever Typed, validated operations only. Your agent never touches a command line, so neither does your infrastructure. Your files do not live here Uploads are deleted after 24 hours. Outputs are served to you by URL, not kept as our asset. A human answers The support chat goes to the founder who wrote the worker code. No ticket queue between you and a fix. Meet the person behind KinoPipe Start free. Pay for finished work. One credit covers one worker second or 6 MiB of output, whichever is higher. Failed jobs refund themselves. No seats, no overages, no lock-in. Free $0/mo For prototypes and first agent edits. 100 credits once, about 10 edits Complete video API No credit card required Start building Starter $12/mo For side projects and first automations. 1,500 credits / month, about 150 edits No surprise overages Community support Choose Starter DeveloperMost popular $29/mo For agents editing video in production. 5,000 credits / month, about 500 edits No surprise overages Email support Choose Developer Pro $99/mo For video-heavy agent workflows. 25,000 credits / month, about 2,500 edits Best price per credit Priority support Choose Pro Need a burst without a subscription? Credit pack: $9 once for 1,000 credits (about 100 edits). They never expire, and you buy it from the dashboard. Want the full breakdown? See pricing details and FAQ. Questions, answered. The short versions. The docs and the privacy policy have the long ones. Every editing tool is published by a remote MCP server at kinopipe.com/mcp with OAuth sign-in. Claude, Claude Code, Cursor and any other MCP client discover the typed tools on their own, and the same operations sit behind the REST API. Claude (as a custom connector), Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot, Codex and ChatGPT, plus n8n through the community node. Anything that speaks MCP or plain HTTP works; the connect page has the exact steps for each client. No. Jobs run on hosted FFmpeg 9 workers with GPU encoders. Nothing to bundle into a function, no binary size limits, no shell commands to sandbox. Yes: 100 credits at sign-up, no card required. Need more without a subscription? A $9 credit pack adds 1,000 credits. Paid plans start at $12 a month for 1,500 credits, and failed jobs refund themselves. Yes. The REST API uses API keys, publishes an OpenAPI spec at /openapi.json, accepts idempotency keys for safe retries and can call a signed webhook when a job finishes. Direct uploads are deleted after 24 hours, inputs passed by URL are fetched for the job only, and outputs are served through expiring links for up to 12 months. Your media is never used to train models. The privacy policy has the details. Give your agent video editing today. Connect over MCP or create an API key. The first 100 credits are on us. Connect your agent