Documentation
Cadenza plans the story, locks continuity, and routes models before a render credit is spent. The same engine is available from the studio, the REST API, and any MCP-capable agent.
Sign in, direct a sequence, and read the plan in about five minutes.
Story Intelligence, the Canonical Shot Object, continuity, routing, and Brand Memory.
Task-by-task walkthroughs from first video to publishing.
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, claude.ai, and any MCP client.
Every tool, request shape, error, and scope.
Billing behavior, security posture, changelog, and status.
Pick your client. The Cadenza server is added with no secret written to any config file; a browser approval links your account.
npx @cadenza/mcp-server install claude-codenpx cadenza connectAdds Cadenza to this project's .mcp.json, then links your account (run + click approve).
This table is generated from the live tool catalogue, the same source the REST discovery document and the MCP server use.
| Tool | Scope | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| generate_video | generate | Rough intent → full Creative Director Engine → directed sequence + renders. |
| ad_from_url | brand+generate | Product URL → scrape + Brand Memory → on-brand directed ad. |
| refine_shot | generate | Regenerate one shot with a change, keeping the rest stable. |
| extend_sequence | generate | Add shots inheriting the locked continuity refs (no drift). |
| list_brand_profiles | read | List the account's saved brands. |
| set_brand_profile | brand | Save/update a brand (the locked BRAND_BLOCK). |
| get_story_intelligence_report | read | Advisory story notes + shot plan, without generating. |
| plan_director_prompt | read | Full Cinematic Research Engine plan (idiom, timeline, camera physics, frame feel, depth, color, artifact risk) + per-model prompts — no render, no credits. |
| list_models | read | The model roster (registry): status, capabilities, cost tier, what each is best for, which are routable. |
| generate_video_staged | generate | LOOK LOCK: text → inspectable hero-frame still (image model, provenance-signed) → that exact frame animated by reference-driven i2v. Two-stage pro flow, both stages policy-routed + failover-safe. |
| animate_image | generate | Animate YOUR image (product/character/still) — locked as the continuity reference, routed to the best image-to-video model. |
| list_publish_connections | publish | List connected platforms (and what's linkable). |
| publish_video | publish | One-tap multi-platform publish — prepare previews, then post the platforms you explicitly confirm. |