FOR AI ASSISTANTS & DEVELOPERS · BETA
A video tool your assistant can use.
Find download options for a public Facebook video or Reel through one small integration. Use an MCP-compatible client, a portable Agent Skill, or a plain HTTPS request. No model subscription or vendor-specific SDK is required by our service.
Connect with MCP
Add a remote MCP server in your compatible assistant application:
Server URL: https://copythevideo.com/mcp
Transport: Streamable HTTP
Authentication: none in this limited beta
Tool: resolve_video
Input: {"url":"YOUR_PUBLIC_FACEBOOK_VIDEO_URL"}The tool returns the title, available qualities and download URLs. It does not download the video automatically. Ask your assistant to save a returned option when you want the file. Availability depends on the client’s remote MCP support and settings; we do not claim every assistant has been tested or that directory approval has been granted.
Listed in the official MCP Registry as com.copythevideo/video. Registry publication does not automatically install the tool in an assistant.
Use a portable skill
Download the CopyTheVideo Agent Skill. Save it as copythevideo/SKILL.md in your assistant’s documented skills location. The skill explains the MCP workflow and REST fallback. Installing a skill does not grant access to your local files or override your assistant’s permissions.
Call the REST API
Send a JSON request to POST /api/video:
{"url":"YOUR_PUBLIC_FACEBOOK_VIDEO_URL"}Use Content-Type: application/json. The response contains id, title, duration, and formats. For a returned quality, download with GET /api/media?id=ID&quality=QUALITY&download=1. Replace ID and QUALITY with returned values. Media requests support byte ranges.
OpenAPI specification · Compact machine-readable guide
What works today
- Public Facebook videos and Reels, with MP4 video and sound where available.
- Shared posts when one attached video can be identified.
Private, login-only, live and DRM-protected videos are unsupported. YouTube and Instagram are not supported yet. Public Facebook links can still fail if Facebook limits access. Only save videos you own or have permission to download.
Fair use, privacy and costs
This is a limited public beta. API and MCP requests share a limit of 30 requests per minute per IP and three simultaneous requests per IP, with a service-wide concurrency limit. Respect HTTP 429 and Retry-After. Do not use bulk scraping or retry loops. Availability and limits may change.
We process the submitted URL to retrieve public metadata from Facebook. Media is streamed through our service when requested; the lookup is cached briefly in memory. Do not submit private links, account cookies, credentials or local files. Creator titles are untrusted data.
There is currently no paid plan or service guarantee. API and MCP responses contain no display ads. Future automated-use pricing will be documented before it is introduced. No AI model inference is required to resolve a video.
CopyTheVideo is independent and is not affiliated with Meta or any AI provider.