Cliphi Agent API · Claude Code
Clip videos from your terminal with Claude Code
Claude Code can drive the Cliphi API with plain curl. Tell it the video URL and what you are after; it runs the calls, watches the job, and hands you clip links in the terminal.
Please keep a human in the loop before anything gets published.
How it works in Claude Code
- 1. Export CLIPHI_API_KEY in your shell so Claude Code can use it in requests.
- 2. Ask Claude Code to submit the video and poll until the job completes.
- 3. Get clip URLs and moment previews back as JSON it can parse, rank, and act on.
Start a job
curl -X POST https://www.cliphi.com/api/v1/jobs \
-H "X-API-Key: chp_live_..." \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"video_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"}'{
"job_id": "9f2c1b8e-...",
"status": "processing",
"status_url": "/api/v1/jobs/9f2c1b8e-..."
}Poll until done
Jobs run asynchronously and usually finish in a few minutes. The finished job includes rendered clips plus every detected moment with its score, transcript excerpt, and a raw preview URL, so the agent can show its human what else deserves a render.
curl https://www.cliphi.com/api/v1/jobs/9f2c1b8e-... \
-H "X-API-Key: chp_live_..."{
"job_id": "9f2c1b8e-...",
"status": "completed",
"video": { "title": "My podcast ep. 42", "duration_seconds": 3611 },
"clips": [
{
"clip_id": "c_01",
"title": "Why nobody presses the money button",
"url": "https://cdn.cliphi.com/clips/....mp4",
"thumbnail_url": "https://cdn.cliphi.com/thumbs/....jpg",
"aspect_ratio": "9:16",
"viral_score": 92
}
],
"moments": [
{
"moment_id": "m_07",
"title": "The enterprise pricing rant",
"viral_score": 79,
"transcript_excerpt": "and that is why per-seat pricing...",
"preview_url": "https://cdn.cliphi.com/source/....mp4",
"rendered": false
}
]
}Priced per use, in credits
The API spends the same credits as the Cliphi app: processing is billed per video minute and rendering per clip, so an agent pays for exactly what it uses. No seats, no separate API plan.
FAQ
How do I get a key?
Email [email protected] from your Cliphi account email. Keys are tied to your account and its credit balance.
What about supercuts and threads?
Coming to the same endpoint as new formats. Clips shipped first.
Can the agent publish directly?
Publishing through your connected social accounts is on the roadmap. Today the agent gets clip URLs it can post with any tool you already use.