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Documentation Index

Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.babou.ai/llms.txt

Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

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What MCP gives you

The Babou MCP server is the agentic interface to the same engine the REST API exposes. Same product. Different consumer. Instead of your application code making calls, an AI assistant (Claude, Cursor, anything MCP-aware) makes them on the user’s behalf.
MCP or REST? Use MCP when an AI assistant is the driver: agents picking templates, assembling chapters, watching for product changes and reacting. Use the REST API for direct programmatic control from your own application.

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What changes with MCP

Agentic, not chat

The agent picks the project shape, opens chapters, fills them with prompts, exports the result. You describe outcomes, not API calls.

Watches your product

Point an agent at a release note, a Figma frame, or a deployed page, and it builds the matching marketing video.

Picks the right building block

Agents can pick a Template, drop in Blocks, or invoke an App for the input it has, instead of building from scratch every time.

Async-aware

Tools that are slow (prompts, exports) wait for completion or return a clean status the agent can poll.

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Available tools

The Babou MCP server exposes six tools today:

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Projects

Create a new project with a name and description.
List all your projects.

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Chapters

Add a chapter to a project with a name and optional duration.
List all chapters in a project, with their current status.

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Prompts

Submit a prompt to a chapter, describing what to build. Waits up to 30 seconds for completion.

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Export

Export a completed project to a downloadable video file.

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How it lands

1

Set up the server

Drop the Babou MCP server into your AI assistant’s config. See the setup guide.
2

Authenticate

Connect with your Babou API key or OAuth.
3

Point the agent at a real surface

A release note, a Figma frame, a deployed page, a screenshot. The agent reads it.
4

Agent runs the pipeline

The agent uses the tools above to assemble the project, fill chapters, and export.
5

Get the output

Download the rendered video, or iterate.

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MCP vs REST

MCP serverREST API
Best forAgents driving the workApplication code driving the work
CallerClaude, Cursor, MCP-aware toolsYour services
StyleOutcomes (“build the launch ad from this release note”)Endpoints (POST /projects, POST /chapters, …)
AuthOAuth or API keyAPI key
AsyncTools wait for completion or return pollable statusManual polling
When to reach for itExploration, iteration, hands-off pipelinesProduction integrations, scheduled jobs
The MCP server is a thin wrapper over the REST API. Anything an agent can do via MCP, your code can do via REST, and vice versa.

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Getting started

Setup guide

Install and configure the MCP server

Tool reference

Every tool, with parameters and examples

Examples

Real flows: launch ad, Figma demo, batch variants

REST API

Drive Babou from your own application code

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Supported clients

The Babou MCP server works with any MCP-compatible client:
  • Claude Desktop (Anthropic)
  • Claude for VS Code
  • Cursor
  • Any custom MCP client
Claude Desktop is the simplest place to start. Follow the setup guide.