Let your AI agent ship the clip

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor and other apps that support MCP can use ShipYourClips to record your screen, export the clip and read what was said. When your agent has built something, it can show you, and put the GIF in the pull request itself.

Set it up

Update to ShipYourClips 1.2 or later, then open ShipYourClips > Settings and turn on Allow AI agents to control ShipYourClips.
Connect your app. Settings has a Copy button for each of these.
Claude Code: run this once in Terminal. It uses Claude Code's claude command, so if Terminal can't find it, install Claude Code's command-line tool first.
```
claude mcp add --scope user shipyourclips -- '/Applications/ShipYourClips.app/Contents/Helpers/syc-mcp'
```
Claude Desktop: open Settings > Developer > Edit Config, add this to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude.
```
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shipyourclips": {
      "command": "/Applications/ShipYourClips.app/Contents/Helpers/syc-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```
Cursor and other MCP apps: add a server that runs /Applications/ShipYourClips.app/Contents/Helpers/syc-mcp.
The first time your app uses ShipYourClips, you'll be asked to allow it. That's it.

Things to ask

“Record a GIF of the new signup flow and add it to the pull request.”
“Record yourself testing the settings page in Safari, then tell me what happened.”
“Export my last recording as a 1080p MP4.”
“Read the transcript of my last recording and draft the changelog entry.”

What an agent can do

status	See your plan, free exports left, and which permissions and devices are ready.
start_recording	Record the main display, an area, or one app's window, after the usual countdown.
stop_recording	Stop, with the zooms already made.
list_recordings	See your recent recordings.
get_transcript	Read what was said, transcribed on your Mac.
export	Make an MP4 or GIF, exactly as the editor would, in your Exports folder.
open_in_editor	Open a recording so you can take over by hand.

You stay in charge

It's off until you turn it on, and each app asks you once. You can change your mind in Settings.
You always see the countdown and the record bar when an agent records, and you can stop it the usual way. Recordings an agent starts stop on their own after 10 minutes.
Agents can only reach your recordings, and only write to the Exports folder inside them. They never overwrite a file.
Your plan applies as usual: on Free, agent exports are 720p MP4s with the small watermark and count toward your 8 a month.

Privacy

The connection runs entirely on your Mac, and nothing comes to us. What an agent reads, such as transcripts and file details, goes to that app and the AI service it uses, under their own terms. More in our privacy policy.