Show It Works

app.showitworksPublished by showitworks.appOfficial publisherv1.0.0Updated Oct 24, 2026

Verification videos for AI coding agents: record the run, upload over MCP, share a viewer link.

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Overview

AI-generated overview

Lets an assistant upload verification recordings, get shareable viewer links, and list, search or delete a project's recordings.

What you can do
Lets an assistant upload verification recordings to a Show It Works project and get a shareable viewer link. Tools cover creating and completing an upload, listing recordings with reviewer comments and viewed status, searching recordings by meaning or task name, listing existing task names, and fetching a public link or permanently deleting a recording.
When to use it
Use it when an assistant needs to show that a coding task was actually done, for example producing a recording and a shareable viewer link for reviewers. It also fits browsing or searching recordings already filed in a project.
Requirements
A remote endpoint plus a Bearer API key in the Authorization header, created on the Show It Works settings page. Uploading means creating the upload, PUTting the whole file to the returned URL yourself, then completing it; some actions need a project key with video.upload permission.
Before you install
The API key is a secret and should be kept private. delete_video permanently removes a recording. Public links from get_video_link stop working at retainUntil, when the recording and link are deleted. Uploaded recordings are sent to the third-party Show It Works service.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Show It Works in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Connect Authorization token credentials. They are stored privately and never shown on public pages.
  3. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.

Use with an agent

Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.

Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/app.showitworks%2Fshow-it-works/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.

Read the install guide the agent follows

Other MCP clients

Add this to your client's mcpServers config.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "show-it-works": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://showitworks.app/api/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Tools

7

create_video_upload

Write title, taskName, ownerContext and publicContext in English (code en, locale en-US) — this project's language — and follow that locale for dates and numbers. The answer says so when what you sent is not in it. Leave code, identifiers, commands and file paths exactly as they appear in the repository, and leave worktreeName as the checkout's own directory name rather than translating it. This creates a direct R2 upload for an MP4 or WebM recording, filed under the project this API key belongs to. Worktree and task are public; ownerContext is shown to project members only, never through the public link; publicContext is shown only when explicitly supplied as public-safe.

ParameterstitlerequiredbyteSizerequiredfilenamerequiredmimeTyperequiredtaskNameownerContextworktreeNamepublicContextworkspaceName

complete_video_upload

Publish a pending recording after its direct upload finishes. Call only after create_video_upload and a successful PUT of the entire file to the returned upload URL; this tool does not upload bytes. Requires a project API key with video.upload permission. Checks the stored object's byte size, MIME type and MP4/WebM container signature, not the correctness of the work shown or the full media contents. On success, changes PENDING to READY and returns the recording; use get_video_link next to retrieve its public viewer link and report retainUntil. Anyone with that link can watch until retainUntil; delete_video can remove the recording earlier. A size, MIME type or container-signature mismatch refuses publication and initiates deletion of the uploaded object. Failure to inspect the stored object's metadata marks the recording FAILED. For either failure, create a new upload and upload the file again rather than retrying completion on that recording. Only PENDING recordings can be completed: calling again after success returns an error, so use get_video_link instead.

ParametersvideoIdrequired

list_videos

List the recordings in this API key's project, including dashboard reviewer comments and viewed status. Expired recordings are omitted; each row's retainUntil is when that recording and its public link are deleted, and firstViewedAt is when someone first played the public link, or null if nobody has. Ignore expiresAt, which is upload-authorization plumbing and always reads as past on a published recording.

Takes no parameters.

list_tasks

List the task names already used in this API key's project, so you can reuse an existing one instead of inventing a near-duplicate. Copy `taskName` verbatim into `create_video_upload`. Names are folded case-insensitively and on whitespace, so one entry can cover several spellings, listed as `variants`. `recordingCount` is how many recordings carry the task right now, and `untagged` counts the recordings filed under no task at all. A name is listed while at least one of its recordings is still inside its retention window — 14 to 60 days after upload depending on the project's plan — and once the last of them reaches that deadline the name goes from this list with it. `firstUsedAt`/`lastUsedAt` are upload times. Only your own uploads are counted by default; pass `mine: false` to count every project member's. Without `query`, entries come back most-recently-used first, `truncated` means more names exist than `limit` returned, and `totalTasks` says how many. Other optional filters: `taskName` (substring), `createdAfter`/`createdBefore` (ISO timestamps), `limit`. A filter narrows the recordings that are counted, so the counts and dates then describe that window rather than the project's whole history. Optional `query` instead returns the tasks of the recordings that best match a description of the work, ordered by match quality — only the best-matching recordings nominate a task, so that answer is a shortlist rather than the project's whole vocabulary, `totalTasks` and `truncated` describe just those tasks, and `untagged` is omitted. The counts and dates of a task shown that way still cover every one of its recordings, not only the matching ones. `query` matches by meaning in any language, and a query in English (code en, locale en-US) — this project's language — also matches on wording.

ParametersminelimitquerytaskNamecreatedAftercreatedBefore

search_videos

Find recordings in this API key's project by meaning as well as by wording — describe what the session was about, or name a task, and the closest recordings come back ranked. Use it before inventing a new TASK value, to find the recordings an earlier session already filed under one. Optional filters: taskName (substring), mine (only your own uploads — unlike list_tasks, this one searches every project member's recordings unless you pass it), createdAfter/createdBefore (ISO timestamps) and limit. Expired recordings are never returned. A query in any language works, because matching is semantic; this project works in English (code en, locale en-US), and a query in that language also matches on wording, which is the more precise half.

ParametersminelimitqueryrequiredtaskNamecreatedAftercreatedBefore

delete_video

Permanently delete a recording.

ParametersvideoIdrequired

Version history

1
  1. v1.0.0LatestSep 18, 2026

Score

72% of the applicable checks met

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  • Reached in the last 30 daysRequired25 pts
  • Auth declaredRequired10 pts
  • Tools listedRequired15 pts
  • DescriptionRequired15 pts
  • Logo10 pts

    Publish an icon in the registry entry.

  • Documentation15 pts

    Declare a GitHub repository with a README, or serve resource_documentation in the OAuth protected-resource metadata.

  • LicenseNot applicable

    A hosted service is used under its provider's terms, so no license is expected here. This check is left out of the percentage.