Tella

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What the Tella connector does

The Tella MCP server connects a Tella workspace — a browser-based screen and camera recorder with a full video editor — to Claude, ChatGPT and any MCP-compatible agent. Anthropic's directory lists 86 tools that read transcripts, cut clips, apply layouts and zooms, organise playlists, and start exports. Sign-in is OAuth 2.1 through Tella's authorization server.

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Listed by Anthropic as a partner connector in its Connectors Directory.

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Anthropic states this reflects the level of review a connector received, not a security audit.

Tella tools (86)

  • add_blur
  • add_collaborator_to_video
  • add_highlight
  • add_layout
  • add_overlay
  • add_sound_effect
  • add_video_tag
  • add_video_to_playlist
  • add_zoom
  • auto_crop
  • create_playlist
  • create_playlist_group
  • create_source
  • create_tag
  • create_video
  • cut_clip
  • cut_clip_by_transcript
  • delete_clip
  • delete_playlist
  • delete_playlist_group
  • delete_tag
  • delete_video
  • duplicate_clip
  • duplicate_video
  • export_video
  • generate_auto_layouts
  • generate_auto_zooms
  • get_captions_file
  • get_chapters
  • get_clip
  • get_clip_thumbnail
  • get_export_status
  • get_playlist
  • get_silences
  • get_source_thumbnail
  • get_source_waveform
  • get_transcript
  • get_video
  • get_video_thumbnail
  • list_backgrounds
  • list_blurs
  • list_clips
  • list_highlights
  • list_layouts
  • list_overlays
  • list_playlist_groups
  • list_playlists
  • list_sound_effects
  • list_sources
  • list_tags
  • list_video_tags
  • list_videos
  • list_webhooks
  • list_zooms
  • move_playlist_to_group
  • remove_background_music
  • remove_blur
  • remove_collaborator_from_video
  • remove_fillers
  • remove_highlight
  • remove_layout
  • remove_overlay
  • remove_silences
  • remove_sound_effect
  • remove_video_from_playlist
  • remove_video_tag
  • remove_video_thumbnail
  • remove_zoom
  • reorder_clip
  • set_background_music
  • set_chapters
  • set_video_thumbnail
  • update_blur
  • update_clip
  • update_collaborator_on_video
  • update_highlight
  • update_layout
  • update_overlay
  • update_playlist
  • update_playlist_group
  • update_sound_effect
  • update_tag
  • update_video
  • update_webhook
  • update_zoom
  • upload_clip

Tool names from Anthropic's directory listing. This server requires sign-in, so we could not read tool descriptions or parameter schemas.

Limits

  • No application scopes exist. Tella's RFC 9728 descriptor and its authorization server both advertised exactly openid, profile, email and offline_access on 2026-08-23. None of those is a permission over video data. Nothing at the OAuth grant separates reading a transcript from deleting a video or publishing one.
  • The scopes describe the whole host, not this connector. The descriptor's resource field is https://api.tella.com, the API host root, rather than the /mcp path. So these four scopes are Tella's account-level vocabulary and were never a connector-specific boundary — but since they name no verb and no object at all, they exclude nothing either way.
  • Anthropic's listing is 11 tools short. Enumerated above. An agent given only the directory listing has a materially wrong picture of the surface, most importantly that it cannot search transcripts across the library.
  • We could not read tool schemas or safety annotations. The endpoint returned 401 to an anonymous request, so all parameter detail on this page comes from Tella's documentation rather than from the server's own declaration.
  • Publishing is one parameter on a general update tool. There is no publish_video name to spot in a review, and no admin default constrains update_video the way one constrains create_video.
  • Deletion is soft for videos, hard for tags and playlists. Trash holds a deleted video for 30 days. delete_tag is documented as permanently deleting the tag and removing it from every video, and delete_playlist as permanent — neither has a documented Trash step, and no tool in the listing restores either.
  • Restoring a deleted video needs the web app. The Trash is a UI surface; no tool among the 86 or the 98 lists or restores its contents. An agent can delete a video but cannot undo it.
  • update_webhook can retarget an existing subscription. It changes the delivery URL of a webhook you already have, which Tella says receives video.created events and view activity. The connector cannot create a webhook, so this is a redirection risk rather than a new exfiltration channel.
  • Transcript edits do not change the audio. update_transcript_words rewrites the transcript, captions and subtitles together while leaving the recording untouched, so captions can be made to disagree with what was said.
  • Batch writes outrun the rate limit's protection. apply_video_edits applies up to 200 operations in one request, so the 100-requests-per-minute budget does not bound the number of edits an unattended agent can make.
  • auto_crop, generate_auto_zooms and generate_auto_layouts are automated edits. Each modifies the timeline without a per-change confirmation. All are reversible through the corresponding remove_* tools, but a bulk run is tedious to unwind.
  • No prompts or resources could be checked. The endpoint is authenticated, so we could not read initialize capabilities. Anthropic's directory records no prompt names for this server.
  • No MCP app widget. Anthropic's 2026-08-23 snapshot sets has_mcp_app on 115 other servers and does not set it here, so there is no widget surface acting on a user's click.

Frequently asked questions

Can the Tella connector make a private video public?

Yes, in one call. Tella's update_video tool takes a linkScope parameter whose values include public, and a separate searchEngineIndexingEnabled flag that permits search engines to index the video page. Nothing in the connector marks that write as different from renaming a video, and no OAuth scope separates the two.

Can the Tella MCP server delete a recording permanently?

Not a video, but yes for tags and playlists. Tella documents delete_video as moving the video to Trash, where its help centre says items are permanently deleted after 30 days, and removed clips stay restorable in the editor. By contrast Tella documents delete_tag and delete_playlist as permanent, with no Trash step.

How many tools does the Tella MCP server have?

Anthropic's directory lists 86, and Tella documents 98. Every one of the 86 appears verbatim in Tella's own documentation, so nothing in the listing is fabricated. The 11 the directory omits are real and documented, and they include the transcript search tool and the batch editor that applies up to 200 edits per call.

Can an AI agent read what is on screen in my Tella recordings?

Yes, both the words and the pixels. get_transcript returns the spoken words of a clip, get_captions_file returns SRT or WebVTT text, and get_clip_thumbnail renders a frame and returns inline image content the model can see. Anything captured on screen during recording is reachable this way.

What OAuth permissions does the Tella MCP server request?

Four, and none of them is a permission over your videos. Tella's RFC 9728 descriptor advertised openid, profile, email and offline_access on 2026-08-23, all OpenID identity claims. There is no read scope, no write scope and no delete scope, so consent cannot separate listing a video from deleting one.

Does using the Tella connector cost credits or usage fees?

No. Tella prices per seat rather than per render, listing Pro at 13 dollars and Premium at 19 dollars per user per month, and states there are no storage or bandwidth limits on paid plans. Starting an export through export_video therefore consumes no metered balance and cannot generate an overage charge.

What are the rate limits on the Tella MCP server?

One hundred requests per minute, shared per user within a workspace. Tella states that all API keys and external MCP connections used by the same user share that single window. An MCP call that exceeds it returns a tool error carrying errorCode rate_limited and retryable true, plus the seconds to wait, rather than an HTTP 429.

Can the Tella connector send my video data to another server?

Indirectly, through webhooks. update_webhook changes the delivery URL of an existing webhook subscription, and Tella states those endpoints receive video.created events plus view and milestone activity on videos you own. The connector cannot create a webhook, so this only redirects a subscription that already exists.

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