# OpusClip

> OpusClip turns long videos into short clips with AI: ClipAnything, ReframeAnything, Agent Opus, its 29-tool MCP server and funding, as of October 2026.

Source: https://metavert.io/opus-clip  
Published: 2026-10-21  
Updated: 2026-10-21

**OpusClip** is an AI tool that turns long videos into short clips for TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels. It finds the moments most likely to hold attention, reframes them vertically, adds animated captions and can schedule the posts. The San Francisco company behind it, which operates at opus.pro, was founded in 2022 and is led by CEO Young Zhao. In March 2025 it raised $20 million from SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 at a $215 million valuation, bringing its total funding to $50 million. At the time it had 10 million users, and its site now claims more than 20 million creators and businesses. It's one of the clearest examples of [AI video editing](https://metavert.io/ai-video-editing) built for the [creator economy](https://metavert.io/creator-economy) rather than for professional post-production.

### Products (October 2026)

- **ClipAnything:** OpusClip's clipping model, which it says works on any genre (vlogs, gaming, sports, interviews, explainers) and can pull moments that match a natural-language prompt.
- **ReframeAnything:** [automatic reframing](https://metavert.io/auto-reframe) to vertical or square formats, with object tracking to keep the subject in frame.
- **Captions and editing:** animated [auto-captions](https://metavert.io/auto-captions) (the company claims more than 97% accuracy), an editor for adjusting clips, brand templates and team workspaces.
- **Publishing:** scheduling and posting to connected social accounts, plus an API for automated workflows.
- **Agent Opus:** which OpusClip calls "the first AI video agent for social media". It turns an idea, an audio file or brand assets into finished social videos and ad variants.

Pricing runs from a free plan with 60 minutes of processing a month to paid Pro and Business plans.

### The MCP Server

OpusClip runs a hosted [Model Context Protocol](https://metavert.io/model-context-protocol) server at `mcp.opus.pro`, so AI agents in Claude Code, Cursor, Cline, ChatGPT and other MCP clients can clip and publish video on a user's behalf. Users sign in through OAuth. The server exposes 29 tools: 13 read tools that run without a prompt, 14 write tools that each require the user's approval on every call, and 2 deprecated placeholders. Running tools requires a Pro Beta, Max or Business plan. The launcher is MIT-licensed and listed in the official [MCP Registry](https://metavert.io/mcp-registry). Asking for approval on every write is a sensible default when an agent can post to a public account (see [plan-and-apply](https://metavert.io/plan-and-apply)).

### How It Compares

OpusClip is a specialist in repurposing. [CapCut](https://metavert.io/capcut) offers auto reframe and captions inside a general-purpose editor. [Descript](https://metavert.io/descript) and [VEED](https://metavert.io/veed) are broader editors with their own AI agents, and Kapwing's Kai agent gained an autonomous mode in August 2026. Professional tools such as [Eddie AI](https://metavert.io/eddie-ai) aim at rough cuts for editors rather than finished social clips. For podcasters, streamers and marketers who publish [short-form video](https://metavert.io/short-form-video) from long recordings, OpusClip is one of the most direct options, and its MCP server makes it one of the few clipping services an agent can operate. The full list of agent-operable editors is on [video editing MCP servers](https://metavert.io/video-editing-mcp).

## Related Topics

- [Short-Form Video](https://metavert.io/short-form-video) — The format OpusClip produces
- [Auto Reframe](https://metavert.io/auto-reframe) — Turning landscape footage into vertical video
- [Auto-Captions and Kinetic Captions](https://metavert.io/auto-captions) — Word-timed captions for social video
- [Video Editing MCP Servers](https://metavert.io/video-editing-mcp) — Which editors agents can drive
- [AI Video Editing](https://metavert.io/ai-video-editing) — The wider landscape of AI in post-production
- [Agentic Video Editing](https://metavert.io/agentic-video-editing) — AI agents operating editors through tools
- [Creator Economy](https://metavert.io/creator-economy) — The market OpusClip serves
- [TikTok](https://metavert.io/tiktok) — One of the main destinations for clips

## Further Reading

- [OpusClip MCP setup](https://help.opus.pro/api-reference/agent-setup) — tools, approvals and plan requirements
- [OpusClip MCP on GitHub](https://github.com/opus-pro/opusclip-mcp) — the hosted server's launcher and tool categories
- [Agent Opus](https://www.opus.pro/agent) — OpusClip's AI video agent
- [OpusClip raises $20M from SoftBank's Vision Fund 2](https://www.aol.com/news/ai-video-startup-opusclip-raises-160002794.html) — Business Insider, March 2025