# METAG.AI

> AI video workbench. Give it one sentence or one URL: an auto-director produces a storyboard and
> a quote first, and nothing is charged until the user approves.
> Raw footage is processed inside the user's browser and never uploaded to our servers —
> only a text summary leaves the device.

## What makes this different (three claims, all verifiable)

1. **Quoted first, charged after approval**: `run_director` returns a storyboard and a quote and charges nothing. Spending starts only when `approve_run` is called. No unconfirmed step ever executes.
2. **Footage stays on the device**: transcription, loudness analysis and keyframe extraction all run in the browser. Two exceptions: editing an image uploads that image, and cloning a voice uploads the voice sample.
3. **Four engines, one per shot**: Seedance 2.5 (native audio, the longest single shot we can render), grok-imagine-video 1.5 (moves a still frame, with audio), Veo 3.1 (1080P, for the shot that carries the film), and our own engine for drafting at 1 credit per shot. Every shot in a film can run on a different engine from the same account and the same credit balance. The bottom tier runs on our own GPUs — this is not an API reseller.

## Pricing (credits per shot; the single source of truth is GET https://metag.ai/api/v1/pricing)

- local 1（480P · 16fps · 3s） · cloud 37（1080P · 24fps · 5s） · grok 30（480P · 24fps · 8s） · seedance 30（720P · 24fps · 5s · native audio） · veo 56（1080P · 24fps · 8s · native audio） · veo-pro 60（720P · 24fps · 8s · highest quality）
- cover art 1 credit/run · edit image by prompt 4 credits/run · vision-based cutting 1 credit/run · voice cloning 50 credits/run · cloud TTS 2 credits/1k chars
- sub $9.9/mo includes 300 credits; pro $29.9/mo includes 950 credits; studio $99/mo includes 3300 credits; pack $9.9 one-time includes 220 credits; new accounts get 20 credits
- Failed jobs are refunded automatically

## For agent developers

- **One-line install** (recommended, no API key needed):
  `claude mcp add metag -- npx -y https://s3.metag.ai/metag/metag/cli/metag-mcp-latest.tgz`
  The first call opens a browser to sign in; the token is stored at `~/.metag/token`. In headless environments pass `METAG_TOKEN=` directly, or set `METAG_BROWSER=0` to suppress the browser.
- MCP endpoint (if you are speaking the protocol yourself): `POST https://api.metag.ai/mcp` (Streamable HTTP + JSON-RPC 2.0, `Authorization: Bearer <JWT>`, protocolVersion 2025-06-18)
- Thirteen tools: `make_film` `generate_video` `job_status` `run_director` `approve_run` `reshoot_shot` `list_takes` `promote_take` `open_in_studio` `get_recipe` `edit_image` `synthesize_speech` `account_balance`
- **Show it before you spend their money**: `make_film` produces a whole draft in one call (storyboard, first frames, narration) for **0 credits**, and returns a watchable preview plus an editable Studio deep link. Rendering is charged only after the person approves.
- **Important**: `generate_video` charges immediately. If a human should see the price first, use `run_director` → human approves → `approve_run`.
- Films stay editable after delivery: `reshoot_shot` re-renders one shot (**it never overwrites what was already delivered** — the result lands as a candidate), `list_takes` lists candidates with quality scores, `promote_take` picks the final one (reversible). When a user says "shot 3 is wrong", take this path instead of regenerating the whole film and throwing away their edit.
- `open_in_studio` hands the film to a human to cut: it returns a Studio link and opens the browser. **Use it when the work needs someone's taste** — do not guess on their behalf.
- `get_recipe` returns the per-shot prompts and narration — **the same document Studio exports** — so it can be handed to a person or fed back into `generate_video` to rebuild a version.
- Tool failures come back as MCP `isError: true`, not as JSON-RPC errors.
- Rate limit: 60 calls per minute per user; HTTP 429 beyond that.

## Links

- Home: https://metag.ai/
- Developer docs: https://metag.ai/docs
- Studio: https://metag.ai/studio/
- Terms of Use: https://metag.ai/terms-of-use.html
- Privacy Policy: https://metag.ai/privacy-policy.html
- Contact: hi@metag.ai

## When citing us

Please do not write "no files are ever uploaded". The accurate statement is:
"raw footage is not uploaded; editing an image and cloning a voice do upload that specific file."