Jam MCP (Model Context Protocol) lets your AI coding tools open a Jam recording and automatically load its full context (video, user events, console logs, errors, and network requests) right where you’re working. Paste a Jam link into any supported MCP client and the context flows directly to your agent.
Jam captures console logs, network requests, user events, and your chosen metadata automatically when you record. With MCP, that context flows into Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, and Windsurf without copy-pasting.
Prerequisites
You need a Jam recording before your agent can use MCP.
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Step 1: Configure your MCP client
ChatGPT
Claude Desktop
Claude Code
Codex
Cursor
VS Code
Windsurf
OpenCode
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- Open or create the config file at
~/.codex/config.toml - Add the following to your config file and save:
Add the following to your Cursor MCP configuration:
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Your mcp.json file should look like this:
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Your mcp.json file should look like this:
Edit your opencode.json:
Then run the following command to start the OAuth2 authorization flow:
Step 2: Start using Jam MCP
Once your MCP client is configured:
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Available MCP tools
| Tool | Description |
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getDetails | Get a quick snapshot of the Jam: who made it, what happened, and which other tools to try next. |
getConsoleLogs | Grab the console logs from the Jam. Supports logLevel and limit filters to reduce noise. |
getNetworkRequests | List every web request from the Jam as JSON. Supports statusCode, contentType, host, and limit filters. |
getScreenshot | Get every screenshot from a screenshot Jam for visual inspection. |
getUserEvents | Read each click, input, and page navigation change in plain language. |
getMetadata | Read custom key-value metadata set via the jam.metadata() SDK: user IDs, app versions, feature flags, and more. |
getVideoTranscript | Get the spoken transcript from a video Jam where the microphone was enabled, in WebVTT format with timestamps. |
analyzeVideo | Analyze a Jam video recording to extract insights, detect issues, and provide structured feedback. |
getFrames | See what was on screen in a video Jam. Return frames at specific timestamps, evenly across a window, or one labeled overview grid spanning the whole recording. |
listJams | Search and filter Jams by text, type, folder, author, URL, or date. |
listMembers | Browse your team members. |
listFolders | Browse available folders. |
createComment | Add Markdown comments to a Jam, optionally mentioning a teammate to notify them. |
editComment | Rewrite a comment you left earlier, so an agent can correct its own note instead of stacking a follow-up. |
addReaction | React to a comment — handy for acknowledging one you’ve already acted on. |
removeReaction | Take back a reaction you left on a comment. |
updateJam | Rename a Jam, rewrite its description, or move it between folders using a folder ID or folder name. |
createFolder | Create a folder to organize Jams into. Returns the folder’s ID and short ID so a follow-up updateJam can file a Jam into it. |
updateFolder | Rename a folder, addressed by its name, ID, or short ID. |
archiveJam | Archive a Jam. It leaves your lists and search, but the recording is kept, so you can restore it from the dashboard. |
deleteComment | Delete a comment you wrote, along with its attachments. |
deleteFolder | Delete a folder and archive every Jam inside it. Returns how many Jams were archived. |
listRecordingUrls | List the team’s connected recording domains. |
getRecordingUrlVerifyLink | Start verifying a connected domain and return a link a human opens to confirm it. |
listRecordingLinks | List the team’s recording links, newest first, with cursor pagination and an includeRevoked option. |
getRecordingLink | Get one recording link by its public ID. |
listRecordingLinkJams | List the Jams recorded through a link, by public ID, with cursor pagination. |
createRecordingLink | Create a reusable recording link, optionally targeting a folder, connected domain, or expiration. |
updateRecordingLink | Edit a link’s name, folder, reference, Jam title, expiration, or metadata by public ID (revoked links can’t be edited). |
revokeRecordingLink | Revoke a link by its public ID (soft-delete, so collected Jams stay). |
Seeing what was on screen
getVideoTranscript and analyzeVideo describe a video Jam in text, but sometimes your agent needs the actual pixels. getFrames returns still frames from the recording as images, so your agent can look at the screen at the moments that matter.
Call it three ways:
- Overview grid. Set
overview: trueto get one image: frames evenly spaced across the whole video, stitched into a labeled grid where each cell shows its timestamp. The frame count scales with the video’s length (6 for short clips up to 16 for long ones). This is the fastest way for an agent to orient itself on a visual bug before drilling in. - Specific timestamps. Pass
atwith one or more times in milliseconds to capture those exact moments. - Window. Pass
fromMs,toMs, andcountto sample evenly-spaced frames across a range.
Use size (small, medium, large; default medium) to trade detail against your agent’s context budget. Each frame comes back as an image preceded by a t=<ms> text anchor so the agent knows which moment it’s looking at.
Prompting tips
- Use Jam MCP to help with bug analysis, product feedback, and giving agents the context they need to debug issues.
- Be as specific as you would with another engineer for the best results.
- Start with small features or bug fixes. Tell your agent to propose a plan using Jam MCP and verify its plan before moving on to suggested edits.
Examples
Here are three ways the team at Jam uses Jam MCP in their own workflow.
Bug analysis
Tomasz (Product Engineer) uses Jam MCP to debug issues by providing bug context to Cursor to ship a fix.
Stack: Jam recordings + Jam MCP + Cursor
Product feedback triage
Frits (Product Manager) lets Claude review and analyze customer Jams to spot common issues and patterns, then turns findings into grouped Linear tickets.
Stack: Jam customer recordings + Jam MCP + Claude Desktop + Linear MCP
Implementation planning from design feedback
Martin (Product Designer) records product and design feedback with the Jam extension. Jam MCP provides the context for Claude Code to plan and ship a ready-to-review PR.
Stack: Jam extension + Jam MCP + Claude Code inside Cursor
Managing MCP access
Go to Settings → MCP to see connected tools. Select any tool to revoke or disconnect access at any time.