Bitmovin Observability MCP
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Add this to your `claude_desktop_config.json` file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"analytics-mcp": {
"url": "https://analytics.mcp.bitmovin.com"
}
}
}Remote endpoints
https://analytics.mcp.bitmovin.comstreamable-httphttps://analytics.mcp.bitmovin.comsseWhat it can do
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Tools (11)
🟢query(licenseKey, metric, start, end, aggregation, ...)
Query a metric over a time range (start/end) for a license as a TIME SERIES — always renders a chart. Use this for trends and license-wide analytics over a period (e.g. 'last week', 'last 30 days', 'yesterday'). Bucket size is chosen automatically from start/end; there is no interval field to set. For a single aggregated number (one total/average over the whole period, NO chart), use the separate `queryTotal` tool instead. Queries resolve against API metric keywords, which can differ from a metric's common name — 'plays', for example, is 'impression_id'. The 'searchMetrics' tool resolves a keyword cheaply; 'getAvailableMetrics' returns the full catalog. Every query needs a licenseKey; `peekAllLicenses` lists the ones available. AD ANALYTICS: ad metrics use 'ad_'-prefixed keywords and are queried against a separate ads dataset. The ad completion funnel is: 'ad_quartile_1' (first quartile / 25%) -> 'ad_midpoint' (50%) -> 'ad_quartile_3' (third quartile / 75%) -> 'ad_completions'. Other ad metrics: 'ad_impressions', 'ad_starts', 'ad_clicks', 'ad_skips', 'ad_startup_time', 'ad_error_percentage', 'ad_error_sessions', 'ad_time_played', 'ad_play_percentage', 'ad_unique_users'. Ad data is present on some licenses and not others; `peekAllLicenses` output shows which. A query covers a single license, so an ad question resolves against one license at a time. With an ad metric, filters and groupBy take the AD-specific attributes from 'searchFilters' / 'getAvailableFilters' (e.g. 'AD_SYSTEM', 'AD_POSITION', 'ADVERTISER_NAME'); playback attributes and ad attributes are not interchangeable. OPTIONAL 3) Use the 'searchFilters' tool to find filter attributes/operators (or 'getAvailableFilters' for the full list).
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"licenseKey": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uuid",
"description": "license key (uuid) to query"
},
"metric": {
"type": "string",
"description": "the metric to query. before setting a value, resolve the keyword with the `searchMetrics` tool"
},
"start": {
"type": "string",
"description": "start date/time in ISO 8601 format (e.g., '2025-10-01T00:00:00')"
},
"end": {
"type": "string",
"description": "end date/time in ISO 8601 format (e.g., '2025-10-02T00:00:00')"
},
"aggregation": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"count",
"average",
"median",
"percentile",
"sum"
],
"description": "aggregation method: 'average', 'median', or 'percentile'. If not specified, uses the metric's default aggregation method"
},
"percentile": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 100,
"description": "percentile value (0-100) - required when aggregation is 'percentile'"
},
"filters": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "category name to filter on"
},
"operator": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"eq",
"ne",
"gt",
"gte",
"lt",
"lte",
"in",
"contains"
],
"description": "the filter operator"
},
"value": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "number"
},
{
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": [
"string",
"number"
]
}
}
],
"description": "the value to filter by. For 'in' operator, provide an array of values"
}
},
"required": [
"name",
"operator",
"value"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
"description": "optional filters to apply to the query"
}
},
"required": [
"licenseKey",
"metric",
"start",
"end"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}🟢queryGroupBy(licenseKey, metric, start, end, groupBy, ...)
query metric grouped by categories. Queries resolve against API metric keywords, which can differ from a metric's common name — 'plays', for example, is 'impression_id'. The 'searchMetrics' tool resolves a keyword cheaply; 'getAvailableMetrics' returns the full catalog. Every query needs a licenseKey; `peekAllLicenses` lists the ones available. AD ANALYTICS: ad metrics use 'ad_'-prefixed keywords and are queried against a separate ads dataset. The ad completion funnel is: 'ad_quartile_1' (first quartile / 25%) -> 'ad_midpoint' (50%) -> 'ad_quartile_3' (third quartile / 75%) -> 'ad_completions'. Other ad metrics: 'ad_impressions', 'ad_starts', 'ad_clicks', 'ad_skips', 'ad_startup_time', 'ad_error_percentage', 'ad_error_sessions', 'ad_time_played', 'ad_play_percentage', 'ad_unique_users'. Ad data is present on some licenses and not others; `peekAllLicenses` output shows which. A query covers a single license, so an ad question resolves against one license at a time. With an ad metric, filters and groupBy take the AD-specific attributes from 'searchFilters' / 'getAvailableFilters' (e.g. 'AD_SYSTEM', 'AD_POSITION', 'ADVERTISER_NAME'); playback attributes and ad attributes are not interchangeable. The groupBy attribute is an exact API attribute name, and common guesses are often wrong: 'OPERATING_SYSTEM' is invalid where 'OPERATINGSYSTEM' is correct, and an unrecognised attribute fails with a validation error. The 'searchFilters' tool resolves an attribute name; 'getAvailableFilters' returns the full catalog. Results grouped by ERROR_CODE carry occurrence counts but not error semantics, which are Bitmovin-specific and documented in the live Bitmovin documentation served by the docs MCP tool (typically `general_docs_ask_bitmovin_docs`). That tool resolves one numeric error code per call and returns nothing usable for a question naming several codes at once.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"licenseKey": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uuid",
"description": "license key (uuid) to query"
},
"metric": {
"type": "string",
"description": "the metric to query. before setting a value, resolve the keyword with the `searchMetrics` tool"
},
"start": {
"type": "string",
"description": "start date/time in ISO 8601 format (e.g., '2025-10-01T00:00:00')"
},
"end": {
"type": "string",
"description": "end date/time in ISO 8601 format (e.g., '2025-10-02T00:00:00')"
},
"groupBy": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
}
],
"description": "category (or array of categories) to group results by — e.g. Case-insensitive: ['BROWSER', 'COUNTRY'] or just 'BROWSER'. Prefer an array even for a single value. Use the `searchFilters` tool (pass the licenseKey) to resolve the valid attribute names."
},
"aggregation": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"count",
"average",
"median",
"percentile",
"sum"
],
"description": "aggregation method: 'average', 'median', or 'percentile'. If not specified, uses the metric's default aggregation method"
},
"percentile": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 100,
"description": "percentile value (0-100) - required when aggregation is 'percentile'"
},
"filters": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "category name to filter on"
},
"operator": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"eq",
"ne",
"gt",
"gte",
"lt",
"lte",
"in",
"contains"
],
"description": "the filter operator"
},
"value": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "number"
},
{
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": [
"string",
"number"
]
}
}
],
"description": "the value to filter by. For 'in' operator, provide an array of values"
}
},
"required": [
"name",
"operator",
"value"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
"description": "optional filters to apply to the query"
}
},
"required": [
"licenseKey",
"metric",
"start",
"end",
"groupBy"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}🟢queryTotal(licenseKey, metric, start, end, aggregation, ...)
Get an aggregated value (one number) for a metric over a time range — no chart, no time bucketing. Can fetch SEVERAL metrics in one call: pass an array to `metric` to get one value per metric (e.g. the ad completion funnel), instead of calling this tool repeatedly. Use ONLY when the user asks for totals/averages/median/p95 over a whole period (e.g. 'total plays last month', 'average startup time yesterday', 'p95 rebuffer last week', 'the ad funnel counts last week'). For trends or any 'how did X change over time' / 'show last week' question, use the `query` tool instead — it always renders a chart. Queries resolve against API metric keywords, which can differ from a metric's common name — 'plays', for example, is 'impression_id'. The 'searchMetrics' tool resolves a keyword cheaply; 'getAvailableMetrics' returns the full catalog. Every query needs a licenseKey; `peekAllLicenses` lists the ones available. AD ANALYTICS: ad metrics use 'ad_'-prefixed keywords and are queried against a separate ads dataset. The ad completion funnel is: 'ad_quartile_1' (first quartile / 25%) -> 'ad_midpoint' (50%) -> 'ad_quartile_3' (third quartile / 75%) -> 'ad_completions'. Other ad metrics: 'ad_impressions', 'ad_starts', 'ad_clicks', 'ad_skips', 'ad_startup_time', 'ad_error_percentage', 'ad_error_sessions', 'ad_time_played', 'ad_play_percentage', 'ad_unique_users'. Ad data is present on some licenses and not others; `peekAllLicenses` output shows which. A query covers a single license, so an ad question resolves against one license at a time. With an ad metric, filters and groupBy take the AD-specific attributes from 'searchFilters' / 'getAvailableFilters' (e.g. 'AD_SYSTEM', 'AD_POSITION', 'ADVERTISER_NAME'); playback attributes and ad attributes are not interchangeable.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"licenseKey": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uuid",
"description": "license key (uuid) to query"
},
"metric": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
}
],
"description": "the metric to query: a single keyword, or an array of up to 6 keywords resolved together in one call, which returns one value per metric. A multi-metric ask such as the ad completion funnel is one array — ['ad_quartile_1','ad_midpoint','ad_quartile_3','ad_completions'] — rather than one call each. Keywords are the API's own names, which the `searchMetrics` tool resolves."
},
"start": {
"type": "string",
"description": "start date/time in ISO 8601 format (e.g., '2025-10-01T00:00:00')"
},
"end": {
"type": "string",
"description": "end date/time in ISO 8601 format (e.g., '2025-10-02T00:00:00')"
},
"aggregation": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"count",
"average",
"median",
"percentile",
"sum"
],
"description": "aggregation method: 'average', 'median', or 'percentile'. If not specified, uses the metric's default aggregation method"
},
"percentile": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 100,
"description": "percentile value (0-100) - required when aggregation is 'percentile'"
},
"filters": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "category name to filter on"
},
"operator": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"eq",
"ne",
"gt",
"gte",
"lt",
"lte",
"in",
"contains"
],
"description": "the filter operator"
},
"value": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "number"
},
{
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": [
"string",
"number"
]
}
}
],
"description": "the value to filter by. For 'in' operator, provide an array of values"
}
},
"required": [
"name",
"operator",
"value"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
"description": "optional filters to apply to the query"
}
},
"required": [
"licenseKey",
"metric",
"start",
"end"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}🟢peekAllLicenses
View a summary of all available licenses with their recent play counts and percentage distribution. Use this to understand what licenses exist and their relative usage. When a user asks about licenses by ranking (e.g., 'biggest', 'most active', 'first'), use this to identify which license matches that criteria before querying.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {},
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}🟢getImpressionOverview(impressionId, licenseKey)
Inspect a SINGLE playback session identified by a specific impressionId. Returns that one session's static properties (device, location, player) and its aggregated metrics (total played time, buffering, video quality). REQUIRES an impressionId. Do NOT use this for license-wide metrics, totals, trends, or any time-range ('last week', start/end) analysis — this tool does not accept start/end. For metrics over a time period use the 'query' tool; for breakdowns by category use 'queryGroupBy'.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"impressionId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Impression ID"
},
"licenseKey": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uuid",
"description": "license key (uuid) to query"
}
},
"required": [
"impressionId",
"licenseKey"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}🟢analyzeImpression(impressionId, licenseKey)
Deep-dive analysis of a SINGLE playback session identified by a specific impressionId: static properties, aggregated metrics, state-transition timeline, and an AI-powered interpretation of session quality. Use for detailed single-session troubleshooting. REQUIRES an impressionId. Do NOT use this for license-wide metrics, totals, trends, or any time-range ('last week', start/end) analysis — this tool does not accept start/end. For metrics over a time period use the 'query' tool; for breakdowns by category use 'queryGroupBy'.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"impressionId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Impression ID"
},
"licenseKey": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uuid",
"description": "license key (uuid) to query"
}
},
"required": [
"impressionId",
"licenseKey"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}🟢fetchImpressions(licenseKey, start, end, filters, limit)
List the impression ids (individual playback session ids) for a license over a time range, optionally narrowed by filters. Returns the ids themselves — NOT counts, totals, or trends. Use this to enumerate sessions before drilling into specific ones with `getImpressionOverview` or `analyzeImpression`. Typical uses: 'give me impression ids from yesterday', 'list sessions on Safari that errored last week', 'sample sessions from country US'. Every matching session is eligible (including failed/setup sessions), not only successful plays. Results are capped (default 100, max 200); if truncated, narrow the timeframe/filters or raise `limit`. A licenseKey is required, and `peekAllLicenses` lists the available ones; `searchFilters` resolves the filter attributes and operators used by the optional `filters` input. For metric counts/trends over a period use `query` / `queryTotal`; for category breakdowns use `queryGroupBy`.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"licenseKey": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uuid",
"description": "license key (uuid) to query"
},
"start": {
"type": "string",
"description": "start date/time in ISO 8601 format (e.g., '2025-10-01T00:00:00')"
},
"end": {
"type": "string",
"description": "end date/time in ISO 8601 format (e.g., '2025-10-02T00:00:00')"
},
"filters": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "category name to filter on"
},
"operator": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"eq",
"ne",
"gt",
"gte",
"lt",
"lte",
"in",
"contains"
],
"description": "the filter operator"
},
"value": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "number"
},
{
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": [
"string",
"number"
]
}
}
],
"description": "the value to filter by. For 'in' operator, provide an array of values"
}
},
"required": [
"name",
"operator",
"value"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
"description": "optional filters to apply to the query"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 200,
"description": "maximum number of impression ids to return (1-200, default 100)"
}
},
"required": [
"licenseKey",
"start",
"end"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}🟢getAvailableMetrics
List the full catalog of metrics with their supported aggregation methods. Prefer searchMetrics to resolve a single keyword; use this only when you need every metric.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {},
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}🟢getAvailableFilters(licenseKey)
List the full catalog of filter attributes with their supported operators. Prefer searchFilters to resolve a single attribute; use this only when you need every filter.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"licenseKey": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uuid",
"description": "license key (uuid) to query"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}🟢searchMetrics(query, limit)
Find the exact metric keyword for a topic or question (e.g. 'buffering', 'how many errors'). Preferred way to resolve a metric keyword; use getAvailableMetrics only to list the full catalog.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"query": {
"type": "string",
"description": "free-text term or question describing the metric/filter you want (e.g., 'buffering', 'browser', 'how many errors')"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 20,
"description": "maximum number of results to return (default 5)"
}
},
"required": [
"query"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}🟢searchFilters(query, limit, licenseKey)
Find the exact filter/group-by attribute keyword for a topic or question (e.g. 'browser', 'device type', 'content tier'). Preferred way to resolve an attribute; use 'licenseKey' to resolve custom namings of attributes; use getAvailableFilters only to list the full static catalog.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"query": {
"type": "string",
"description": "free-text term or question describing the metric/filter you want (e.g., 'buffering', 'browser', 'how many errors')"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 20,
"description": "maximum number of results to return (default 5)"
},
"licenseKey": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uuid",
"description": "license key (uuid) to query"
}
},
"required": [
"query"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}Community
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