How do I use compressMedia 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 "compress this video", and it calls compressMedia.

Is compressMedia safe to let an AI call?

compressMedia changes your workspace. What an AI creates is Private until you share it. It reaches a system outside The Cloud on your behalf.

Media & Video

`compressMedia`

Compress Media

Make a video or audio file smaller WITHOUT changing its format, on the media worker: the new, lighter file lands as a NEW PRIVATE file beside the original (the original is never touched, an existing…

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Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "compress this video", and it calls compressMedia.

Example call

The MCP tools/call params, with the required arguments only.

{
  "arguments": {
    "fileId": "<fileId>"
  },
  "name": "compressMedia"
}

Arguments

fileIdstringrequiredThe Cloud file id of the video or audio to re-encode.

Returns

Settings are derived per file from its detected resolution, cadence, and the bits it actually spends, so a 4K clip and a screen recording are treated differently; returns an honest before/after size…

Ask for it

The Cloud routes these requests to this verb.

compress this video
make this file smaller
shrink this clip so I can email it
reduce the size of this recording

Pair it with

The verbs that finish the job.

convertMedia

Questions

What does compressMedia do?
Make a video or audio file smaller WITHOUT changing its format, on the media worker: the new, lighter file lands as a NEW PRIVATE file beside the original (the original is never touched, an existing… It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.
How do I use compressMedia 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 "compress this video", and it calls compressMedia.
Is compressMedia safe to let an AI call?
compressMedia changes your workspace. What an AI creates is Private until you share it. It reaches a system outside The Cloud on your behalf.

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.