clearActiveCollection
Search across all collections
How to use it
clearActiveCollection is exposed by the Vidlens MCP MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the clearActiveCollection tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.
Install Vidlens MCP
npx vidlens-mcp setupOther tools in Vidlens MCP (39)
Playlist-level engagement analytics
Compare performance across multiple videos
Complete single-video deep analysis
Short-form vs long-form performance
Momentum, saturation, and content gaps in any topic
Download or ingest video, audio, or thumbnails from any supported source
List all videos in any playlist
Channel landscape and top performers
Intent-aware search with multi-query ranking, transcript summaries, structured benchmark data, and background indexing. One call replaces 5–8 individual tool calls.
Extract key frames from videos
Image-to-image frame similarity using Apple Vision feature prints
Search YouTube by query with metadata
Index a video's comments for search
Index an entire playlist's transcripts
Index specific videos by URL or ID
Import URLs or local files into the local media store, optionally building a visual index or transcript
Extract frames; run Apple Vision OCR and feature prints, Gemini frame descriptions, and Gemini semantic embeddings
Channel stats, description, recent uploads
Deep metadata — tags, engagement, language, category
Resolve YouTube, X, Instagram, TikTok, generic URLs, and local files into source metadata and capability flags
Browse a channel's full video library
Browse your indexed collections
Browse stored media files
Comment sentiment with themes and risk signals
Storage usage and diagnostics
Top comments with likes and engagement
Full transcript with timestamps and chapters
Best times to publish for engagement
Delete a collection and its index
Clean up downloaded assets
Tag and title optimization insights
Analyze what makes video openings work
Natural-language search over the comment corpus
Search social platforms through ScrapeCreators; returns a ranked list with engagement metrics and importable URLs where available
Natural-language search across indexed content
Search native YouTube and local assets, with ScrapeCreators support for TikTok/Instagram plus configurable Brave/SerpAPI/DuckDuckGo fallback
Search frames by meaning and text; returns timestamped evidence and can open the external browser gallery
Scope searches to one collection
Transcribe YouTube, social/generic URLs, and local files via native captions or configured STT