# ReelMint > The MCP-first video studio: your AI agent (Claude, Cursor, Claude Code) can script, animate, narrate, and publish Shorts — and every step is also an editable screen for you. Your first 5 videos are free — no API key, no card (they run on ReelMint's own keys: scripts, images, narration). After that it's free forever on your own AI keys — create up to 4 videos a week, keep up to 15 at a time — billed by the provider, no markup, no credits system, no watermarks. ReelMint turns a topic, README, or script into a 9:16 Short built from real, editable motion-graphic scenes — syntax-highlighted code cards, animated terminals, charts, and diagrams — not cropped screen recordings or baked pixels. Every scene stays editable until you publish. It ships an MCP server, so agents can drive the whole pipeline (script → scenes → render → publish) under your review. Publishing goes to your own YouTube and Instagram channels. Honest boundaries: YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels are wired today; TikTok is on the roadmap (OAuth-connected but not yet upload-complete). ReelMint is a self-serve studio, not an agency or a done-for-you service. There is no fabricated social proof anywhere on this site — only real product capabilities. ## Core pages - [Features](https://reelmint.io/features): The full pipeline — grounded scripts, 100+ editable motion components, natural voice, Hinglish transcription, one-click publishing, and an agent-ready MCP server. - [MCP server](https://reelmint.io/mcp): How Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or Cursor drive the studio through the Model Context Protocol. - [Bring your own keys](https://reelmint.io/byok): Keys are needed only after your first 5 free videos. Why ReelMint has no credits system — your own Gemini, OpenAI, or ElevenLabs keys, billed by the provider at list price, zero markup, nothing expires. - [Models & voices](https://reelmint.io/models): Every AI model ReelMint uses, whose key it runs on, and what it costs — bring your own keys at provider list price, zero markup. - [Pricing](https://reelmint.io/pricing): First 5 videos free — no API key needed; then free forever on your own AI keys (4 new videos a week, keep up to 15 at a time). - [Pricing as structured markdown](https://reelmint.io/pricing.md): The same plans and limits in a plain-markdown file, for agents comparing tools without rendering a page. - [FAQ](https://reelmint.io/faq): Costs, ownership, platforms, Hinglish support, and data privacy. - [About](https://reelmint.io/about): Why ReelMint exists. ## Features (one page per group) - [Plan & research](https://reelmint.io/features/plan): Grounded ideas, planning chat, knowledge base, script scoring, backlog. - [Research & competitors](https://reelmint.io/features/research): A competitor watchlist snapshotted daily, on-demand niche search, topic requests mined from your own comments, relative keyword demand, and a swipe file. Raw facts only — YouTube-derived opportunity scores are switched off under YouTube's developer terms, and absolute keyword volume is left blank rather than guessed. - [Scenes & animation](https://reelmint.io/features/scenes): 100+ editable motion components, template library, custom Remotion components, layered scene editor, film-strip previews. - [Images & characters](https://reelmint.io/features/characters): AI scene stills, recurring characters with locked identity, style training, reference images. - [Voice & audio](https://reelmint.io/features/voice): 24+ narration voices, automatic scene-to-audio timing, screen/camera recording, voice conversion, music beds. - [Transcript & cleanup](https://reelmint.io/features/transcript): Word-level transcripts, edit-the-video-by-editing-the-words trimming, filler-word cuts, silence removal. - [Language](https://reelmint.io/features/language): 8+ languages plus code-switched Hinglish transcription and romanized captions; video import. - [Publish & grow](https://reelmint.io/features/publish): Render and upload to YouTube Shorts with AI-written titles and descriptions, thumbnails, and per-channel scheduling. - [Calendar & schedule](https://reelmint.io/features/calendar): A read-only week/month grid of what is planned and what shipped, plus per-channel scheduling that fires from ReelMint's own clock (so it works where a platform has no native scheduling). Dates are set on the reel, not by dragging on the grid. - [Series on a cadence](https://reelmint.io/features/series): Pick weekdays, a time and a timezone; the reel is produced hours before the slot so you can edit or hold it. Auto-publish is opt-in per series and off by default — nothing posts unless you switch it on — and where it is on it goes to YouTube Shorts only. Animation on a cadence ships switched off, so scheduled reels are stills plus narration until enabled. - [Comments → DMs](https://reelmint.io/features/dm): Instagram comment-keyword triggers that send a private reply and a tap-advanced sequence, an optional follow gate, hosted file delivery, and a per-person leads list with CSV export (also readable by an agent via the list_dm_leads MCP tool). Running it needs your own Instagram account connected, which is waiting on Meta App Review. - [Analytics & insights](https://reelmint.io/features/analytics): Per-reel views, watch-through and first-48-hour velocity across channels; deterministic "what's working / what's hurting" patterns compared against your own channel median, each with its sample size, and nothing judged until a video is 7 days old. Watch-through, 48-hour velocity and the patterns card are YouTube-derived. - [Platform & team](https://reelmint.io/features/platform): Per-project settings, workspaces and roles, encrypted bring-your-own-keys, the MCP server, render queue and budgets, version history. ## Make (use cases) - [Code explainer Shorts](https://reelmint.io/make/code-explainer-shorts): Explainers built from real, phone-legible code cards. - [Turn a README into a Short](https://reelmint.io/make/readme-to-short): A Short grounded in your repo's own docs. - [Terminal demo video](https://reelmint.io/make/terminal-demo-video): Typed-command animations in a clean terminal component. - [Hinglish tech Shorts](https://reelmint.io/make/hinglish-tech-shorts): Code-switched Hindi-English narration with clean romanized captions. - [Animated chart video](https://reelmint.io/make/chart-animation-video): Data-driven bar and line charts that animate from your numbers. - [Changelog & release-notes video](https://reelmint.io/make/changelog-video): Release notes as PR cards, code cards, and timelines, scheduled for release day. ## For (who it's for) - [Coding educators](https://reelmint.io/for/coding-educators) - [DevRel](https://reelmint.io/for/devrel) - [Course creators](https://reelmint.io/for/course-creators) - [E-commerce & D2C](https://reelmint.io/for/ecommerce) ## Legal - [Privacy Policy](https://reelmint.io/privacy) - [Terms of Service](https://reelmint.io/terms) ## Guides & build notes - [Blog](https://reelmint.io/blog): Build notes and guides — what MCP video generation is, connecting Claude Code, editable AI shorts generators, the best MCP servers for video, and why human-reviewed video automation beats blind channel autopilot. ## Free tools - [Tools](https://reelmint.io/tools): Five free, fully client-side utilities — hook analyzer, Shorts metadata writer, script timer, caption splitter, script outliner. 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