Indie Hacker Builds MCP Server That Clones Viral Launch Videos With Claude Code
Ok_Championship8304 · reddit · 2026-11-11
An indie hacker automated the part of shipping products he hates most — making launch videos — by building an MCP server with Claude Code. It indexes 80+ viral launch videos from Twitter; Claude can search by style, open a video, and get a clone brief to adapt it to your product.
Implementation notes
- Claude Code wrote the MCP server: search, open a video, and generate a clone brief per video
- Videos moved to Cloudflare R2 so they stream and seek on the free plan
- Gallery page made readable for agents that don't run JavaScript
- Tested in real Chrome and iPhone Safari before shipping
Result: Opus 5.5 one-shot a launch video from a reference and came out 1:1 with the original. Free and open source, with gallery and GitHub links.
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