ChatUp MCP
Use ChatUp’s image, video and music tools from the AI assistant you already work in. Connect Claude Code, Cursor, Codex or any MCP agent with one key.
Connect your AI tool
Pick your assistant and follow three steps. Your key stays in Settings → Connections.
Use ChatUp with ChatGPT
ChatGPT connects apps by signing you in, which ChatUp MCP doesn’t offer yet. Until then, OpenAI’s Codex can use ChatUp with a key.
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Create a ChatUp key
Open Settings → Connections, name the connection, choose whether it may create, and copy your key. It is shown only once.
Open Settings → Connections - 2
Add ChatUp to Codex
Save your key in an environment variable, then register the server. Codex sends the key with each request.
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Start creating
Ask Codex to use ChatUp. It checks the credit cost first, then brings the finished image, video or song back to your chat.
export CHATUP_MCP_KEY=ak_your_chatup_key
codex mcp add chatup --url https://www.getchatup.com/api/mcp \
--bearer-token-env-var CHATUP_MCP_KEYReplace ak_your_chatup_key with the key from Settings → Connections. Keep it private, like a password.
https://www.getchatup.com/api/mcpConnect ChatUp to Claude Code
Custom connectors sign you in to the service, which ChatUp MCP doesn’t offer yet. Claude Code works today with a key.
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Create a ChatUp key
Open Settings → Connections, name the connection, choose whether it may create, and copy your key. It is shown only once.
Open Settings → Connections - 2
Add ChatUp to Claude Code
Run this once in your terminal. Add --scope user to use ChatUp in every project.
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Start creating
Ask Claude to use ChatUp. It checks the credit cost first, then brings the finished image, video or song back to your chat.
claude mcp add --transport http chatup https://www.getchatup.com/api/mcp \
--header "Authorization: Bearer ak_your_chatup_key"Replace ak_your_chatup_key with the key from Settings → Connections. Keep it private, like a password.
https://www.getchatup.com/api/mcpConnect ChatUp to Cursor
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Create a ChatUp key
Open Settings → Connections, name the connection, choose whether it may create, and copy your key. It is shown only once.
Open Settings → Connections - 2
Add the ChatUp server
Open Cursor Settings → Tools & MCP and add a custom server, or paste this into ~/.cursor/mcp.json.
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Start creating
Ask Cursor’s agent to use ChatUp. It checks the credit cost first, then brings the finished image, video or song back to your chat.
{
"mcpServers": {
"chatup": {
"url": "https://www.getchatup.com/api/mcp",
"headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ak_your_chatup_key" }
}
}
}Replace ak_your_chatup_key with the key from Settings → Connections. Keep it private, like a password.
https://www.getchatup.com/api/mcpConnect ChatUp to another agent
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Create a ChatUp key
Open Settings → Connections, name the connection, choose whether it may create, and copy your key. It is shown only once.
Open Settings → Connections - 2
Add an HTTP MCP server
In your agent’s MCP settings, add a Streamable HTTP server with this URL and an Authorization header. Agents that can only connect by signing in can’t use ChatUp yet.
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Start creating
Ask your agent to use ChatUp. It checks the credit cost first, then brings the finished image, video or song back to your chat.
URL: https://www.getchatup.com/api/mcp
Header: Authorization: Bearer ak_your_chatup_keyReplace ak_your_chatup_key with the key from Settings → Connections. Keep it private, like a password.
https://www.getchatup.com/api/mcpOne connection for all of your creating
Everything below works through ChatUp MCP today.
Images from a description
Describe a picture and your assistant makes it with the ChatUp image model of your choice.
Videos from a scene
Write a scene and get a clip of up to 15 seconds in landscape, portrait or square.
Songs and instrumentals
Ask for a song with vocals or an instrumental track, in a genre or a style you describe.
The cost before you create
Your assistant gets a credit quote first and creates only within the limit you approve.
Every model on your plan
Your assistant can list the image and video models your account can use and pick one for the job.
Your library, in chat
Check your credits, find recent creations and get download links without opening ChatUp.
Prompts to try first
Copy one into your connected assistant. It will quote the credits before it creates.
- Images
Product shot on marble
Use ChatUp to create a product photo of a matte black water bottle on white marble in soft morning light. Tell me the credit cost before you create it.
- Images
Rainy café illustration
Use ChatUp to create a warm watercolor illustration of a café window on a rainy day, with a cat asleep on the sill.
- Images
Album cover art
Use ChatUp to create album cover art: a neon-lit city street at night reflected in a puddle, moody and cinematic, no text.
- Images
Pick the right model
Show me the ChatUp image models I can use and what each one costs, then make a fantasy castle at sunrise with the one you recommend.
- Video
Sneaker teaser
Use ChatUp to make an 8-second 16:9 video of a white sneaker slowly turning on a pedestal under soft studio lights.
- Video
Vertical beach clip
Use ChatUp to make a 6-second 9:16 video of waves rolling onto a sunny beach, filmed from a low angle near the sand.
- Video
Morning coffee loop
Use ChatUp to make a 5-second square video of steam rising from a cup of coffee in a sunlit kitchen.
- Music
Birthday song
Use ChatUp to make an upbeat pop birthday song with vocals for my friend Maya, with a chorus everyone can sing along to.
- Music
Study beat
Use ChatUp to make a relaxed instrumental lo-fi beat for studying, with soft piano and gentle vinyl crackle.
- Music
Podcast intro
Use ChatUp to make a short, bright acoustic instrumental I can use as a podcast intro.
- Credits & library
Check my credits
How many ChatUp credits do I have left?
- Credits & library
Download recent videos
List my five most recent ChatUp videos and give me a download link for each.
Frequently asked questions
What is ChatUp MCP?
MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard that lets AI assistants use outside tools. ChatUp MCP gives your assistant ChatUp’s image, video and music tools, using your ChatUp account and credits.
What can my assistant do with ChatUp?
It can check your credits, list the models you can use, get a credit quote, create images, videos and songs from a description, follow a creation until it’s done, list your recent creations and fetch download links.
Which AI tools can connect today?
Any MCP client that accepts a Streamable HTTP server URL and an Authorization header, including Claude Code, Cursor and Codex. Clients that only connect by signing in, such as Claude.ai and Claude Desktop connectors or ChatGPT apps, are coming soon.
Do I need a key?
Yes. Create one in Settings → Connections. Each key is shown once, lasts 30 days and can be disconnected at any time. You choose whether it can only read or can also create, and how many credits one creation may use.
How does pricing work?
Creating through MCP uses the same credit balance and the same prices as ChatUp on the web, and needs the same plan access. Your assistant can get a quote before it creates. Checking your account or listing creations doesn’t use credits.
Where do my creations go?
Your assistant gets the result back in the chat, and every creation is also saved to your ChatUp history, where you can view, play or download it.
Can I give my assistant a photo to work from?
Not yet. ChatUp MCP creates from text descriptions today. To edit a photo or animate an image, use the image and video tools in ChatUp.
Can I use ChatUp alongside other MCP servers?
Yes. ChatUp is one server among the others in your client’s MCP settings. Ask your assistant to use ChatUp when you want it to create.
Bring ChatUp into your next conversation
Create a key, add ChatUp to your assistant and ask for your first image, video or song.