Remotion MCP Server - code-driven (React) video composition + Lambda render

check: npx https://www.remotion.dev/docs/

Remotion MCP server. Programmatic React-based video composition. Render templated explainer videos, slideshow ads, motion-graphics overlays, and data-driven creative variants. Renders locally via npx remotion render or at scale via Remotion Lambda.

MCP Server

Package: remotion-mcp (community)
Transport: stdio
Command: npx -y remotion-mcp

Authentication

Variable	Required	Description
`REMOTION_LICENSE_KEY`	No (free for ≤3 employees)	Required for company use of Remotion (paid tiers above)
`AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID`	Optional	For Remotion Lambda renders
`AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`	Optional	For Remotion Lambda renders
`AWS_REGION`	Optional	Lambda region

Available Tools

Tool	Description
`remotion_render_local`	Render a Remotion composition to MP4 locally
`remotion_render_lambda`	Render via AWS Lambda for parallelism
`remotion_get_compositions`	List compositions in a project
`remotion_install_template`	Scaffold a Remotion project template (slideshow, explainer, captions)

Configuration Example

toml

[[mcp.servers]]
name = "remotion"
type = "stdio"
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "remotion-mcp"]
timeout_seconds = 300
env = { REMOTION_LICENSE_KEY = "{{INPUT:REMOTION_LICENSE_KEY}}" }
tools = []

Notes: Best for templated ad variants ("100 versions of the same hero shot with different copy and product images"). Requires Chrome/Chromium under the hood — bundled by @remotion/renderer automatically.

Links

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