# recordings_create_from_url

Canonical HTML page: https://bitterclip.com/docs/assistants/tools/recordings_create_from_url

Surface: app-only

Product release: 1dce717408a55fac1047e7d779177fa3ef8ede51
Public contract commit: 1ce47f7857ae3d9b6933fe83d5c33de3ae5efc64
Public contract SHA-256: 241d47d25e4b4c1dae9d2263793874d06fc4ba7bc3c78d4cf2bc63fbb32ed7dc
Descriptor SHA-256: 885d46f3ca3939dec2ace0cd6e93611c8b3f741f2d8f7a82e0adfe1452cc9a9e
Captured: 2026-09-24T16:39:30.100Z
Source: https://app.bitterclip.com/api/v1/mcp_descriptors.json

Use this to programmatically add a media file to BitterClip without the web UI. The caller provides a fetchable URL; BitterClip validates that the URL is public, creates an ingest job, returns immediately, then fetches and stores the bytes in the background before starting transcription. Prefer open_uploader when the user has a local file.

The JSON blocks below are the exact MCP descriptor projections served by Rails for the named profiles at capture time. Security schemes and resource URIs may vary by connected host.

## App descriptor

```json
{
  "name": "recordings_create_from_url",
  "title": "Queue recording URL ingest",
  "description": "Use this to programmatically add a media file to BitterClip without the web UI. The caller provides a fetchable URL; BitterClip validates that the URL is public, creates an ingest job, returns immediately, then fetches and stores the bytes in the background before starting transcription. Prefer open_uploader when the user has a local file.",
  "inputSchema": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "source_url": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Fetchable public http(s) URL the server can GET to retrieve the media bytes. Private, localhost, link-local, and credential-bearing URLs are rejected."
      },
      "filename": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Original filename (used for title fallback and stored in metadata)."
      },
      "content_hash": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Lowercase hex SHA-256 of the bytes. When provided, the server verifies it matches the downloaded bytes and uses it for idempotency."
      },
      "byte_size": {
        "type": "integer",
        "description": "Expected byte length. Verified after download."
      },
      "mtime": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "ISO-8601 source mtime; stored in metadata for the agent's own bookkeeping."
      },
      "folder": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Caller-supplied folder/path string for bookkeeping; stored in metadata."
      },
      "project_id": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Optional existing project public ID to attach the recording to."
      },
      "title": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Optional title; defaults to a title-cased version of the filename."
      },
      "description": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Optional human description."
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "source_url"
    ],
    "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "annotations": {
    "readOnlyHint": false,
    "destructiveHint": false,
    "idempotentHint": false,
    "openWorldHint": true
  },
  "securitySchemes": [
    {
      "type": "noauth"
    }
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "securitySchemes": [
      {
        "type": "noauth"
      }
    ],
    "ui": {
      "visibility": [
        "app"
      ]
    },
    "openai/widgetAccessible": true,
    "openai/visibility": "private"
  },
  "outputSchema": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "status": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "queued"
      },
      "ingest_job_id": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "job_id": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "source_url_host": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "source_url_path": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "workspace_url": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "message": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "required": [],
    "additionalProperties": false
  }
}
```

## Errors

```json
[
  "invalid_input",
  "invalid_source_url",
  "billing_required",
  "unsupported_ingress_transport"
]
```

## Examples

```json
[
  {
    "label": "Ingest the latest show from a fetchable URL",
    "input": {
      "source_url": "https://example.com/uploads/show-6.mp4",
      "filename": "20260526-show-6.mp4",
      "content_hash": "d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e..."
    }
  }
]
```