Use Jockey to talk to your videos. The Jockey MCP connects Jockey to Claude or ChatGPT. Once it is connected, add your videos and ask for what you need, like “find every moment where someone enters a room.” Jockey answers with the matching clips and timestamps.

4 steps, no code

1ConnectAdd it to your assistant
2CheckConfirm it works
3Add videosUpload or paste a link
4AskSearch in plain English

Everything happens in Claude or ChatGPT and your browser.

Where Jockey works

No code: this page covers it.
In your own app: use the Agents API to create knowledge stores and ask Jockey questions from code. See the Agents quickstart.

Before you start

Claude or ChatGPT. You can use the desktop app or the web version.
A free TwelveLabs account. You can create one when you connect Jockey in step 1.
Videos to search. You can upload files, or paste a public link such as a YouTube URL.

What you will have at the end

A conversation in Claude or ChatGPT where you can search your own videos, ask for summaries, and jump to the exact moments you described.

Connect Jockey to Claude or ChatGPT

Choose the assistant you use.

Claude

ChatGPT

In Claude, open the Customize menu item in the left sidebar.

The Claude sidebar with Customize highlighted

Open the Connectors tab, search for Jockey, and select the + button on Jockey by TwelveLabs.

Searching for Jockey in Claude connectors

When prompted, log in to your TwelveLabs account, or select Sign up to create a free one.

The TwelveLabs log in screen

A green check mark on the Jockey connector means you are connected.

The Jockey connector showing a green check mark

Check that it works

Start a new chat in Claude or ChatGPT and ask:

What Jockey tools do you have available?

Your assistant describes what Jockey can do. The first time it uses a Jockey tool, it asks for permission. Select the Allow once button, or the Always allow button if you do not want to be asked again. This is how it looks in Claude:

Claude asking permission to use a Jockey tool

Add your videos

Ask your assistant to add videos, for example: “I want to add videos to Jockey.” It asks where they should go. Jockey keeps your videos in a knowledge store, a collection it can search together. Choose an existing one or create a new one.

Claude asking which knowledge store to use

Your assistant replies with an upload link. These screenshots show Claude.

Claude replying with a link to upload videos

Select the link, then confirm if your assistant asks to open it.

Claude asking to confirm opening the upload link

This upload page is part of Connect, where you add videos and images to your knowledge stores. Choose files from your computer or from Google Drive. Videos can be up to 5 GB and images up to 32 MB.

The Jockey upload page

You can also paste a public video link, such as a YouTube URL, into the chat and ask your assistant to add it. Jockey cannot fetch TikTok, Instagram, or Google Drive links directly. Use the upload page for those files.

When the upload finishes, go back to your assistant and say you are done. Jockey checks that your videos are ready before you search.

Ask about your videos

Ask in your own words. Jockey replies with matching moments and timestamps.

Find every moment where someone enters a room.

Summarize each video in two sentences.

Find where I talk about pricing.

What to try next

Once your videos are in, try a recipe. Recipes are ready-made tasks for common jobs, and several suit creators and small teams.

Assemble highlight reels

Find and sequence moments into highlight reels or curated playlists.

Agentic search

Have Jockey interpret your query, reason across your videos and images, and explain each match.

Organize a video library

Find the best way to organize a collection and categorize every video.

Generate a corpus overview

Summarize all your videos and images: themes, subjects, and patterns.

See all Jockey recipes.

Manage your videos in Connect

Claude and ChatGPT only show the chat. They do not show what Jockey has stored for you. Connect does: you use it to check your videos, organize them, and see your usage and billing.

To use it:

Open a knowledge store

Open a knowledge store to see the videos and images in it, and which ones are ready.

Add or group items

Upload more files, including from Google Drive, or group related items into a collection. A collection is a named subset of a knowledge store, so you can work with related items together.

Check your plan and usage

Open the account menu to check your plan, your storage use, and your Jockey runs per cycle, and to reach the usage dashboard, billing, pricing, support, and settings.

The Connect account menu showing plan, storage use, Jockey runs, usage dashboard, billing, pricing, support, and settings

Developers can also create and manage collections through the API. See Create an item collection.

If something looks off

Jockey does not see my new videos. Longer videos take longer to become ready. Ask your assistant whether your videos are ready.
The connector does not appear. Update the app, then search for Jockey by TwelveLabs in Claude under Customize, Connectors, or in ChatGPT under Plugins.
Authorization is stuck. Sign out of your TwelveLabs account in your browser and try again.
Your assistant cannot add a link. Jockey cannot fetch TikTok, Instagram, or Google Drive links directly. Use the upload page for those files.

Next steps

Open Connect

See your knowledge stores, uploads, usage, and billing.

How Jockey works

Learn how Jockey reasons across your videos and images.

Building an app? Use the API

Use Jockey from your own code, in four steps.