Mainframe

Mainframe converts the output of AI coding agents and other automated workflows into short, shareable videos that teams can watch asynchronously. It connects to agents via an MCP integration and a companion skill, then generates or accepts uploaded recordings and publishes each one as a link. The tool is free to start and targets teams already running agents like Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and OpenClaw.

What It Is

Mainframe sits between an AI agent and a human team, translating what the agent did into a watchable video recap. Instead of reading logs or diffs, teammates get a narrated, branded video that summarizes the work — what shipped, what's blocked, what changed in a PR, or what the week's marketing numbers looked like. The core delivery mechanism is an MCP server plus an agent skill that any compatible agent can call to request a video or upload one it recorded itself.

How It Works

Agents interact with Mainframe through two paths:

• Generate: the agent asks Mainframe to produce a video from structured output (code changes, PR diffs, design options, metrics).
• Upload: the agent records its own session and hands the file to Mainframe for processing and hosting.

Every resulting video becomes a shareable link. Mainframe applies a custom avatar, voice narration cloned from the user's own voice, and brand styling (palette and typeface) to each video before publishing.

Use Cases Covered

The homepage highlights five specific scenarios:

• Coding agents — daily recap of what shipped and what's blocked
• Pull requests — per-PR summary covering the change, architecture, and review asks
• Documentation — walkthrough videos embedded in docs so visitors leave with answers
• Design — side-by-side design option reviews with tradeoff callouts
• Marketing — weekly metrics recaps showing what moved and what to improve

Platform and Integrations

Mainframe works with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and OpenClaw via MCP. The MCP-plus-skill architecture means any agent that supports the Model Context Protocol can call Mainframe without custom code. Videos are hosted by Mainframe and shared as links, requiring no additional media hosting setup from the team.

Audience and Deployment Model

The primary audience is software teams running AI agents who want non-technical stakeholders — or simply busy engineers — to stay informed without reading raw agent output. Mainframe is a web-based SaaS product; there is no self-hosted option mentioned in available sources. The free tier allows unlimited uploads and branded video generation with a monthly generation cap, while the paid tier removes watermarks, adds team invites, and raises the generation limit with per-unit overage pricing.