# `com.instavar/mcp-server` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/com.instavar/mcp-server
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.instavar/mcp-server
- Version: 0.6.1 (active)
- Publisher: com.instavar (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http), local (npm)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/instavar/mcp-server
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-26T10:17:39.608Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Instavar Video Templates and Studio
Free Remotion video templates and creative guides; optional hosted Studio rendering and publishing.
```

Scanned 2026-10-26T10:17:51.654Z over streamable-http.

**20 tools: 8 change things and 12 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 8 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 12 | allow |

## Exfil surface

No private-data -> untrusted-input -> outbound path in this server alone: no tool is tagged private-data or outbound.

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | none |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | `mcp__instavar__create_video_brief` `mcp__instavar__get_video_render_status` |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | none |

## Findings

- **warn** Annotations that disagree with the tool in `get_capabilities` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "get_capabilities" read-only (readOnlyHint: true), and its own name, description or input give the class "write".

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"destructiveHint":false,"openWorldHint":false}; The name "get_capabilities" says "get": a word for reading.
```

- **warn** Annotations that disagree with the tool in `review_video_project` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "review_video_project" read-only (readOnlyHint: true), and its own name, description or input give the class "write".

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":false}; The description's first verb is "open": a word for a change.
```

- **warn** Annotations that disagree with the tool in `edit_video_brief` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "edit_video_brief" read-only (readOnlyHint: true), and its own name, description or input give the class "write".

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":false}; The name "edit_video_brief" says "edit": a word for a change.
```


## Changes things (8)

Creates or changes something that can be changed back. Claude Code: ask.

### `create_video_brief`

- The name "create_video_brief" says "create": a word for a change.
- The input takes a statement or command to run (input.script), which can change anything it can reach.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Create a private hosted video and start rendering after the user confirms the complete brief and plan usage. Requires account linking. Automatic supplemental footage defaults to off; set automaticBroll to auto only if the user explicitly requests it. Preserve visual exclusions in scenes[].generationContract.prohibitedChanges, separately from the visible copy. Use real source media or explicitly accepted generated visuals for demonstrations; never silently replace requested footage with text. Plan distinct shots for a story, with each generated motion shot at most 15 seconds. For silent videos set narrationMode off and supply explicit scenes; omit script and any unsupplied caption. publishTarget is an optional layout hint, not a publish action; preserve the accepted aspectRatio. Put exact spoken words in script for narration, never filmmaking directions. Supplied originals must be uploaded and bound; do not replace missing branded media with stock. This is the hosted brief contract, not VideoSpec or paired-announcement source. Preserve requestId when retrying the same request, including after a timeout; use a new UUID for changed content. Returns a queued job, not a finished video. Does not publish.
```

### `diagnose_render_error`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Classify a local validation or render error and return a safe next step.
```

### `edit_video_brief`

- The name "edit_video_brief" says "edit": a word for a change.
- The input takes a statement or command to run (input.script), which can change anything it can reach.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Prepare exact title, script or caption changes for an existing private video. Returns a Studio approval link; this call does not save copy or start a render. The signed-in user must review and approve there. Approval changes the current run, consumes rerender credits and revokes existing review links. Previous run records are retained. Does not publish. Preserve requestId for unchanged retries.
```

### `get_capabilities`

- The name "get_capabilities" says "get": a word for reading.
- The description's first verb is "call": a word for a change.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Call first. Reports public planning features and optional account features. Public access metadata does not indicate session authentication; use list_video_projects to verify private read access.
```

### `prepare_announcement`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Prepare one paired announcement-card-v1 template, continue its caller-held project, edit copy or switch frameworks. Returns source files for local rendering. For the paired announcement-card-v1 or a HyperFrames announcement request, use prepare_announcement. Never infer a framework from creative wording. Omit framework unless the user explicitly chooses one or says no preference. If needs-selection, ask the user. Continue with the latest returned project and expectedRevision; apply edits through edits before switching. Keep the returned project document for later calls. Never describe this caller-held document as a saved hosted project. VideoSpec templates use prepare_video_template in either framework.
```

### `propose_video_storyboard`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Turn an ordinary video request into a three-beat visual proposal and recommended template. Pass templateId to preserve an accepted template when changing only the aspect; omit it for a new direction. This tool does not generate images, save a project, render, or publish.
```

### `review_video_project`

- The description's first verb is "open": a word for a change.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Open a focused review of one private Instavar video after account linking. This tool does not edit, render, approve, or publish.
```

### `scaffold_carousel_deck`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Build a deterministic editorial carousel deck from accepted copy. This does not render, save, or publish it.
```

## Only reads (12)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `get_carousel_schema`

- The name "get_carousel_schema" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Return the JSON Schema for deterministic Instavar carousel decks.
```

### `get_creative_guide`

- The name "get_creative_guide" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Read 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_example`

- The name "get_example" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Return a valid starter example for one template family.
```

### `get_render_instructions`

- The name "get_render_instructions" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Return the clone, install, validate, preview, and render workflow.
```

### `get_template`

- The name "get_template" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get one template's purpose, aspect ratios, scene kinds, and example identifier.
```

### `get_video_render_status`

- The name "get_video_render_status" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The description's first sentence says "url": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Check the requested private render and its output URL, errors and recovery guidance. Keep workspaceId from creation. When a video is available, call review_video_project to show playback. A queued or rendering state is not completion. Do not automatically submit another render on failure.
```

### `get_video_schema`

- The name "get_video_schema" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Return the published JSON Schema for VideoSpec version 1.0.
```

### `list_carousel_templates`

- The name "list_carousel_templates" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the account-free editorial carousel story structures.
```

### `list_templates`

- The name "list_templates" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the published Remotion template families and optionally filter by output aspect ratio.
```

### `list_video_projects`

- The name "list_video_projects" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List recent private Instavar video projects after the user links their account. Returns the currently resolved workspace in accountContext; billing details are included only with billing.read permission. Follow billing.draftCreditCheck: for a shortfall, explain the missing credits, link to billing, preserve the accepted design and do not request creation confirmation until a fresh check shows enough credits. Recorded credits are a read-only snapshot, not a reservation or render eligibility guarantee. Use this before review_video_project when the user has not supplied a project ID. Do not infer current workspace or allowance from an older job.
```

### `prepare_video_template`

- The description's first verb is "validate": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Validate one VideoSpec against the paired template contract and return local source for the chosen framework, or switch an existing project's framework. For a VideoSpec template in Remotion or HyperFrames, use prepare_video_template with the VideoSpec. Never infer a framework from creative wording; omit framework unless the user chose one or said no preference, and ask the user on needs-selection. Continue with the returned project: edit project.spec, then call again to regenerate or to switch frameworks. A rejected field is unsupported in both frameworks; fix it rather than dropping it. The tool returns local source and commands; it does not render, save or upload.
```

### `scaffold_video_spec`

- The description's first verb is "return": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Return a deterministic VideoSpec skeleton. This tool does not generate creative copy or write files.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `instavar`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__instavar__get_creative_guide",
      "mcp__instavar__prepare_video_template",
      "mcp__instavar__list_carousel_templates",
      "mcp__instavar__get_carousel_schema",
      "mcp__instavar__list_templates",
      "mcp__instavar__get_template",
      "mcp__instavar__get_video_schema",
      "mcp__instavar__get_example",
      "mcp__instavar__scaffold_video_spec",
      "mcp__instavar__get_render_instructions",
      "mcp__instavar__list_video_projects",
      "mcp__instavar__get_video_render_status"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__instavar__prepare_announcement",
      "mcp__instavar__get_capabilities",
      "mcp__instavar__scaffold_carousel_deck",
      "mcp__instavar__propose_video_storyboard",
      "mcp__instavar__diagnose_render_error",
      "mcp__instavar__review_video_project",
      "mcp__instavar__create_video_brief",
      "mcp__instavar__edit_video_brief"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

Capability tags behind the rules (a read tagged outbound is asked about):

- `mcp__instavar__create_video_brief`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__instavar__get_video_render_status`: untrusted-input