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Overview

When you connect Reap MCP to your AI agent, you can run your entire video workflow in plain language — clip, caption, reframe, dub, transcribe, and publish — without leaving your chat. This guide is a set of tips for getting better results, including how to use your own brand templates when creating clips through MCP. If you have not connected Reap yet, start with Connect Reap MCP Server. The examples below use Claude, but the same prompts work in any MCP-compatible agent.
Reap MCP requires a paid plan with API access enabled. To confirm the connection is live, ask your agent: “What Reap tools do you have access to?”

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Step-By-Step Guides

Each task has its own walkthrough with sample prompts:

Create clips

Turn a URL or upload into short, social-ready clips.

Add captions & translate

Animated captions in 100+ languages, with translation.

Reframe videos

Auto-crop to 9:16 or 1:1 with face tracking.

Dub videos

Voice-dub into 80+ languages with AI voice matching.

Transcribe videos

Timestamped transcript with speaker labels.

Use brand templates

Apply your logo, intro/outro, music, and caption style.

Publish & schedule

Post or schedule clips to your social accounts.

Track & download results

Check status, find projects, get clip links.

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Use Your Brand Templates In Clips

This is the tip most people miss. A brand template in Reap can carry your logo, intro and outro, background music, and a customized caption style — and your agent can apply it automatically when it generates clips.
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Create the template in Reap

Build it once in the dashboard: Create Brand Template. Add your logo, intro/outro, background music, and caption styling. See Brand templates for details.
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Ask your agent to find it

List my Reap brand templates.
Your agent lists your saved presets so you can pick the one you want.
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Apply it when clipping

Clip this video and use my “Podcast Brand” template: https://youtube.com/watch?v=...
Your agent passes the template to the clipping job, so every clip comes out on-brand.
This works for captioning too: “Add captions to this video using my brand template.” Your branded caption style is applied instead of the default. Full walkthrough: Use Brand Templates With MCP.

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Pick A Caption Style On The Fly

If you don’t have a saved template, you can still choose from Reap’s built-in caption styles (Karaoke, Bold, Minimal, and 50+ more):
Your agent looks up the styles, describes how each one looks, and applies your pick.

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Let Reap Pick The Moments — Then Get Specific Only When Needed

For broad requests, don’t over-direct. Reap’s auto-selection finds strong moments better when you keep it simple:
Add detailed direction only when you have a clear editorial goal — specific topics, counts, ordering, or a mix of lengths:
A single clipping job returns many clips — there’s no need to ask for several separate projects from the same video. Full walkthrough: Create Clips With MCP.

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Just Name The Language — Your Agent Handles The Codes

You don’t need to know Reap’s language codes. Say the language in plain words and your agent looks up the right code:
This applies to clipping, captions, dubbing, and transcription.

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Reframe And Dub Work From An Upload

Reframing and dubbing run on a video uploaded to Reap, not a public URL. Just ask your agent to upload first:
For clipping, captions, and transcription you can use either a public URL (like YouTube) or an upload. Full walkthroughs: Reframe Videos With MCP and Dub Videos With MCP.

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Find And Reuse Past Work

Your agent can search your workspace, so you don’t have to dig through the dashboard:
More on this: Track & Download Results With MCP.

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Polish Clips Before You Publish

You can tweak a clip’s title or caption text through your agent before it goes out:

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Publish Or Schedule — Safely

Once clips are ready, post them to your connected social accounts (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn, X):
You can also set platform-specific options — for example, YouTube privacy (public/unlisted/private) or TikTok comment settings — just by describing them. Full walkthrough: Publish & Schedule Clips With MCP.
Publishing and scheduling post publicly to your social accounts. These actions always require explicit confirmation — your agent shows you exactly what it’s about to post and asks before doing anything.

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Track Long Jobs Without Babysitting

Reap jobs run asynchronously. You’ll get an email when a job finishes, and your agent can check progress on demand:
When clips are ready, your agent returns each one as a link you can open in Reap or download directly.

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A Few Prompts To Start With

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Troubleshooting

  • No Reap tools available? Make sure the Reap connector is enabled for the conversation, then reconnect or restart your AI tool.
  • Template not found? Confirm the brand template is saved in your workspace and you authorized that same workspace during sign-in.
  • Publishing fails? Check that your social accounts are connected in Reap.
  • Wrong workspace? Your agent only has access to the workspace you authorized. Reconnect and pick the correct one if needed.

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