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HeyGen MCP connector

The HeyGen connector brings your avatars, avatar looks, voices, brand kits, and video agents into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and other MCP clients, so your team can create and manage HeyGen video content in plain language.

  • How it connects. Connects with an API key. The credential goes into a vault nobody reads back.

  • One address. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, the same for every user.

  • Their own access. An agent never gets more than the person it acts for.

How to connect

How to connect HeyGen to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

Two steps, about a minute.

1

In Elaichi

Connect HeyGen once

  1. Open Connections, choose Add connection, and pick HeyGen.

  2. Optionally set Share with to give a team access, then press Connect.

  3. Paste a HeyGen API key. One person generates a token in HeyGen and pastes it once. Everyone else works through Share with, and never sees it.

The credential is vaulted. Nobody reads it back, not even the AI.

Add connection

Choose a connector.

heygen
HeyGen
Colossyan
Coviu
Google Meet
Whereby
Zoho Meeting
2

In your AI client

Point it at one endpoint

Everyone in the organization uses the same address, and each person only ever reaches what their own account allows.

HeyGen MCP connector for Claude

  1. 1

    Open Customize, then Connectors.

  2. 2

    Press Add.

  3. 3

    Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  4. 4

    Sign in and approve.

On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.

HeyGen MCP connector for ChatGPT

  1. 1

    Open Plugins, then press the + button.

  2. 2

    Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.

  4. 4

    Press Create, then sign in and approve.

Works on the web today. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

HeyGen MCP connector for Cursor

  1. 1

    Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

  2. 2

    Add the endpoint under mcpServers.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.

Connect HeyGen to any MCP client

  1. 1

    Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Sign in and approve.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.

Use cases

What teams do with HeyGen through Elaichi

Every one of these runs inside the access the person already has, and lands in the same audit log.

  • Marketing

    Pick the right avatar for a campaign

    Ask which HeyGen avatars and looks are available, compare them against the brand kit, and choose one for the next product video without opening the library.

  • Sales

    Turn a follow-up into a spoken clip

    Paste the recap you wrote after a call and have it read in a HeyGen voice you already use, ready to attach to the prospect email.

  • Learning and development

    Keep training avatars consistent

    Update an avatar look for a new course, check the brand glossary so product names are said the same way, and keep the whole catalog tidy in one place.

  • Support

    Draft help videos from ticket answers

    Take a tested answer from the help desk, generate the narration in a HeyGen voice, and hand it to the team that assembles the final video.

  • Internal communications

    Run a video agent for announcements

    Create a HeyGen video agent for a leadership update, send it the message to deliver, and stop it when the announcement is done.

  • Localization

    Check voices before a regional launch

    List the HeyGen voices available for a language, hear a sample of the script in each, and confirm terms match the brand glossary for that market.

Try asking

  • “List every HeyGen avatar look our brand kit uses.”
  • “Which video agents ran this week, and for which team?”
  • “Draft a message for the onboarding HeyGen video agent.”

See all 70 HeyGen tools below

Compare

Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for HeyGen

All three can connect HeyGen to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.

Elaichi compared with Zapier MCP and Composio for HeyGen, by what to check
What to check Elaichi Zapier MCP Composio
Where the AI connects One address for the whole organization. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp A server per member, created at sign-in. An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK.
Control over HeyGen tools Allow or restrict single HeyGen tools, per role or user. App and action restrictions on the account. Role permissions, down to the action.
Record of calls One audit entry per HeyGen call. A History tab of tool calls. A log of every tool call.
Single sign-on SAML or OIDC, plus SCIM, on Gold. SAML on Enterprise. SAML and OIDC on Enterprise.
Price $15 per user per month. 2 tasks per successful call. Billed per tool call.

Sources: Zapier MCP docs, security, usage; Composio docs, gateway, enterprise, pricing. Checked September 2026.

Longer take: Zapier MCP alternative and when you don't need an MCP gateway.

AI tools

HeyGen tools for your AI agents

70 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect HeyGen, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.

See it in Elaichi

What connecting HeyGen gets you

6 screens from the product, each doing one job for your HeyGen account.

The agent

Ask about avatars, get real answers.

Type a question in plain language and read live HeyGen avatars and video agents.

  • avatars
  • video agents
  • brand kits
  • brand glossaries

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

List every HeyGen avatar look our brand kit uses.

Which video agents ran this week, and for which team?

Draft a message for the onboarding HeyGen video agent.

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

MCP clients

Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor share one endpoint.

Reach HeyGen from any MCP client over OAuth, no SDK, no shared API key.

ElaichiMCP clients
Claude ChatGPT Cursor

Copy the endpoint

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Client Connected by Status Last used
Claude
E

Emily Carter

• Connected 4 minutes ago
Cursor
M

Megan Brooks

• Connected 2 hours ago
ChatGPT
R

Ryan Hayes

• Connected Yesterday

Tool catalog

70 HeyGen tools ready to call.

Video agents, avatars, looks, brand kits and glossaries, with no custom code written.

  • List all HeyGen video agents
  • Create a HeyGen video agent
  • Get single HeyGen video agent by ID
  • HeyGen video agents send message
ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
List all HeyGen video agents List List HeyGen video agents available in your account. Returns video agent records including id, name, and created_at.
Create a HeyGen video agent Create Create a new HeyGen video agent session. Returns session_id, url, and access_token required for connecting to the streaming session.
Get single HeyGen video agent by ID Get Get a single HeyGen video agent by id. Returns the video agent record including id, name, and created_at.
HeyGen video agents send message Send Send a message to an active HeyGen video agent session identified by session_id. Returns task_id, session_id, and status confirming the message was accepted.
HeyGen video agents stop Stop Stop an active HeyGen video agent session. Returns session_id and status confirming the session was stopped. Required: session_id.

Toolboxes

Every team gets its own toolbox.

Curate one HeyGen toolbox per team so each group sees the tools it needs.

  • Marketing
  • Sales
  • Support
  • Localisation
ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

Marketing toolbox

HeyGen · brand kits and avatars

HeyGen starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Sales toolbox

HeyGen · personalized video agents

— 9 Mar 2, 2026

Support toolbox

HeyGen · how-to video libraries

— 24 Feb 27, 2026

Localisation toolbox

HeyGen · brand glossaries and translations

HeyGen starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Product toolbox

HeyGen · release walkthrough videos

— 31 Jan 30, 2026

People toolbox

HeyGen · onboarding avatar looks

— 12 Jan 22, 2026

Shared connections

Teammates create videos without seeing credentials.

See who connected each HeyGen account and how many teams and members share it.

  • Marketing EMEA
  • Sales AMER
  • Support
  • Localisation
ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
HE

HeyGen (Marketing EMEA)

Connected by Emily Carter

Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
HE

HeyGen (Sales AMER)

Connected by Jake Morgan

Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
HE

HeyGen (Support)

Connected by Megan Brooks

Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
HE

HeyGen (Localisation)

Connected by Tyler Reed

Personal • Needs re-auth 1 team · 3 members
HE

HeyGen (Brand studio)

Connected by Ryan Hayes

Personal • Active Not shared
HE

HeyGen (People ops)

Connected by Ashley Parker

Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Audit log

Every avatar deletion has a name on it.

When, who, what happened, type and resource for every HeyGen call made.

  • When
  • Who
  • What happened
  • Type
ElaichiAudit log
When Who What happened Type

2 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:10 PM

E

Emily Carter

emily.carter@northwind.io

Restriction Created Access

8 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM

J

Jake Morgan

jake.morgan@northwind.io

Restriction Updated Access

14 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM

M

Megan Brooks

megan.brooks@northwind.io

Role Assigned Access

20 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM

T

Tyler Reed

tyler.reed@northwind.io

HeyGen Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM

R

Ryan Hayes

ryan.hayes@northwind.io

HeyGen Avatars Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM

A

Ashley Parker

ashley.parker@northwind.io

HeyGen Avatars List Toolbox

Launching soon

From answering questions to doing the work

A person no longer has to ask. A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations and live dashboards are launching soon, on the Black plan.

Automations

A schedule drafts your video digest.

Six steps fetch HeyGen videos, group them, draft a digest, then post after approval.

HeyGen digest

Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter

  1. ✓

    Schedule

    Every weekday at 8:00 AM

    0.2s
  2. ✓

    Fetch avatars

    HeyGen

    1.4s
  3. ✓

    Group by owner

    Transform

    0.1s
  4. ✓

    Draft the digest

    Agent step

    Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary

    6.2s
  5. Approve the digest

    Needs approval

    Assigned to Michael Brennan

    Approve
  6. Post the digest

    HeyGen

    Queued

Collections and dashboards

HeyGen numbers computed, not requested.

Four metrics, 14 days of videos created and a team breakdown, refreshed on schedule.

HeyGen health

Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the avatars collection

Live

Avatars

1,284 ↓ 12%

Video agents

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Avatars created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

Marketing EMEA 34%

Sales AMER 27%

Support 21%

Localisation 18%

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do I connect HeyGen to Claude?

Connect HeyGen in Elaichi first, then in Claude go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste the endpoint https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. HeyGen connects with an API key, so the HeyGen step is copying a key from your HeyGen account settings and pasting it into Elaichi. There is no OAuth application to register and no client ID or secret to generate.

Does HeyGen work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?

Yes. Once HeyGen is connected in Elaichi, the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, any MCP client, and the Elaichi Agent. You connect HeyGen once and every client you use picks it up.

What can an AI agent actually do with my HeyGen data?

An agent can list your HeyGen avatars, looks, voices, brand kits, and brand glossaries, create or update an avatar look, generate speech from a script in one of your voices, and create, message, or stop a HeyGen video agent. Because HeyGen exposes many actions, short concrete asks such as "list our avatars" or "read this script in the Sarah voice" work better than long paragraphs.

Does connecting HeyGen give the AI everything in my HeyGen workspace?

No. Every request runs under the HeyGen API key of the person who connected it, so the agent can only see the avatars, voices, and brand assets that account can already see. Elaichi can narrow that further by blocking specific actions, and it can never widen access beyond what HeyGen itself allows that account.

Can my team share one HeyGen connection?

Yes. One person connects HeyGen in Elaichi and shares the connection with a team, and nobody else ever handles the HeyGen API key. Each teammate still signs in to Elaichi as themselves, so the audit log names the actual person behind every avatar change or video agent message.

Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in HeyGen?

Yes. In Elaichi you can block individual HeyGen actions, for example deleting an avatar or a look, while leaving listing and speech generation available. A blocked action is never shown to Claude, ChatGPT, or any other client at all, so no prompt can reach it.

What happens to a HeyGen connection when someone leaves?

Offboarding a person in Elaichi ends their access to HeyGen through every client at once. If they had shared a HeyGen connection with a team, it keeps working for everyone else on that team. Disconnecting HeyGen once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and every other client in one step.

Does the HeyGen MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?

Yes. HeyGen is reached over the same MCP endpoint every client uses, so anything that speaks MCP can call it — Gemini, Codex, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and OpenCode among them — alongside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and the Elaichi Agent. The tools on offer and the access behind them are identical whichever client asks. Only the setup screen differs.

Is Elaichi an alternative to Zapier MCP for HeyGen?

Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use HeyGen. Zapier MCP fits a team that already automates in Zapier, since each person signs in and acts as themselves in that account. Elaichi fits when IT wants one address for the whole company, per-tool rules by role, and a record of every HeyGen call.

How is Elaichi different from Composio for HeyGen?

Composio gives AI agents tools and sign-in handling across 1,000+ apps, for developers building agents or people using an assistant, billed per tool call. Elaichi gives a company's own people governed access to HeyGen: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.

Put HeyGen in front of your team

14 days on Gold, no credit card. Connect it once and pick what each team can call.

Works with
Claude ChatGPT Cursor and any other MCP client, or the Elaichi Agent.
When the trial ends
Nothing is deleted. Connections, roles and the audit log stay where they are, so subscribing picks up exactly where you left off.