Media & Video
checkVideoGeneration
Check Video Generation
Check a background video generation started by generateVideo on either rail, by its jobRef or jobId.
Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "is my video ready", and it calls checkVideoGeneration.
Example call
The MCP tools/call params, with the required arguments only.
{
"arguments": {
"jobRef": "<jobRef>"
},
"name": "checkVideoGeneration"
}Arguments
jobRefstringrequiredThe jobRef or jobId returned by generateVideo, from either rail. Status always reuses this original request, it never starts a new one.
Returns
Returns "done" with the private clip URL, "processing" while the original provider request is still running, or an honest failure.
Ask for it
The Cloud routes these requests to this verb.
- is my video ready
- check the video job
Pair it with
The verbs that finish the job.
Questions
What does checkVideoGeneration do?
Check a background video generation started by generateVideo on either rail, by its jobRef or jobId. It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.
How do I use checkVideoGeneration from Claude or ChatGPT?
Connect your AI to The Cloud at https://mcp.thecloud.so/mcp and sign in once. Then ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "is my video ready", and it calls checkVideoGeneration.
Is checkVideoGeneration safe to let an AI call?
checkVideoGeneration is read-only: it changes nothing.
Connect
One endpoint gives your AI this tool and every other one: connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Gemini, read what The Cloud is, or see pricing.