62 tools · checked 2026-10-17
Let AI agents edit in the apps you already use.
A directory of MCP servers, CLIs and workflows that connect Claude, Codex and Cursor to After Effects, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, CapCut, Final Cut Pro and FFmpeg. Each listing says what it changes in your project, how hard it is to set up, and what to watch out for.
HyperFrames (HeyGen)
Open-source framework that turns HTML, CSS, media and seekable animations into deterministic MP4s; usable from AI coding agents through skills.
MCP for Blender (formerly blender-mcp)
Connects Blender to any LLM for prompt-assisted 3D modeling, scene creation and manipulation via a Blender addon socket server.
Concat
Free, open-source, cross-platform CapCut replacement that can be driven by MCP and an API.
Remotion Agent Skills (official)
Official best-practice skills that let Claude Code, Codex or Cursor write and preview Remotion (React) video projects.
DaVinci Resolve MCP Server (samuelgursky)
Lets AI assistants control Resolve through the official Scripting API: full API coverage plus guarded helpers for editing, media pool organization, render setup, review markers, grading, Fusion and Fairlight.
OpenChatCut
Local-first conversational AI video editor with a multi-track timeline; Codex, Claude Code or its built-in agent can read, edit and export real projects that stay editable.
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Editing API and skills that add subtitles, images, picture-in-picture, AI voiceover and filters to CapCut/Jianying drafts; backend for several CapCut MCP servers.
ffmpeg-skill
42 local FFmpeg tools (captions with karaoke animation, 9:16 fit, silence removal, straighten, etc.) with a machine-readable contract; the agent checks its own output.
Claude Video Vision
Lets Claude 'watch' a video: extracts frames via ffmpeg and transcribes audio (Gemini, local Whisper or OpenAI) with timestamps.
Pireel Studio
Open-source canvas-and-timeline editor drivable by any AI agent over MCP; also has a public agent plugin.
CartCut
Layer-based video editor for motion effects that bills itself as built for AI agents.
After Effects MCP (Dakkshin)
Lets an AI assistant create compositions, text, shape and solid layers, set keyframes and properties, and apply expressions in a running After Effects project.
FableCut
Zero-dependency browser video editor with a JSON timeline that AI agents drive via MCP or REST, with a live-reloading UI.
adb-mcp (Photoshop + Premiere)
Proof of concept for AI control of Photoshop and Premiere via a Python MCP server, a command proxy, and a UXP plugin. Not endorsed or supported by Adobe.
MCP Bridge for Adobe Premiere Pro
283 Premiere tools exposed through search_tools/invoke_tool, plus context resources and guided prompts, to operate local Premiere projects from Codex, Claude Code or Claude Desktop.
MCP for Adobe Premiere Pro (leancoderkavy)
Local-first Premiere automation through Adobe's documented UXP and CEP/ExtendScript APIs: AI-assisted editing, project organization and export checks; also includes an After Effects MOGRT studio.
Resolve Claude MCP
Connects Resolve Studio to Claude for editing, color, Fusion compositing and more via the native scripting API; optional local transcription and window screenshots on macOS.
WeftCut
Desktop NLE your agent drives over MCP while you watch edits land on the timeline; code renders as editable clips.
Kinocut (formerly mcp-video)
Guardrailed editing MCP: local FFmpeg tools, 'Video Receipts', quality gates and Shorts/Reels repurposing, with 200+ MCP tools.
cutcli cookbook
Cookbook, JSON templates and prompts for cutcli, a CapCut/Jianying draft CLI, to generate editable drafts from code or an MCP agent.
VibeFrame
Turns a brief into a plan, generates assets with Seedance, Runway, Kling or Gemini on your own keys, and renders an MP4 under a hard spending cap.
SpliceKit
Adds a command palette, an MCP server and a plugin framework to Final Cut Pro, including new panels and a JSON-RPC runtime.
FFmpeg-MCP (video-creator)
Find local videos, trim, stitch and play them through chat using the ffmpeg command line.
DaVinci Resolve MCP Bridge (Free-version)
Read/write bridge claiming 155 of 162 tools work on Resolve Free, with local CPU replacements (transcription, vocal isolation, background removal) for Studio-only Neural Engine features.
FCPXML MCP
Lets Claude read, edit and generate Final Cut Pro timelines via FCPXML (cut detection, markers, roles), with an optional macOS Live Mode.
PremierPro MCP Server (ayushozha)
Open-source bridge for timeline, media, audio, effects, captions, graphics templates and export: inspection, sequence versioning, import, placement, trim, ripple, markers.
SmartCut MCP (CapCut talking-head)
Reads CapCut's auto-captions to remove silences and duplicate takes directly in a CapCut project, ideal for talking-head videos.
mcp-aftereffects (Kumo Productions)
TypeScript MCP server that inspects and edits projects, comps and layers in a running After Effects instance and can trigger renders; changes are grouped so they undo atomically.
ffmpeg-mcp (egoist)
Small stdio MCP server for common ffmpeg media operations.
Video & Audio Editing MCP
FFmpeg-powered conversion, trimming, overlays, transitions and audio processing, e.g. 'make a 9:16 social version with a text overlay and compress it'.
ae-mcp (JUNKDOGE-JOE)
A CEP extension that connects a running After Effects to AI. You can chat inside the panel or connect external agents; it runs ExtendScript for general operations and native AEGP tools for exact time/object targeting, with preview and a reusable tool library.
DaVinci Resolve MCP (apvlv)
Project management, timeline creation/switching, media pool import and folders, Fusion node helpers, page navigation, plus execute_python and execute_lua.
podcli
Turns a long podcast episode into vertical clips with face tracking and burned-in captions; can also hand multicam edits to Premiere or Final Cut as a timeline.
AE MCP Bridge
Live connection that lets an AI read your project, look at rendered frames, and change keyframes, expressions and effects while AE is open. Every change is one undo step.
After Effects MCP (HeroicSwan)
Production-minded AE MCP server with a headless startup bridge, high-level tools plus a JSX escape hatch, frame capture as images, and render helpers for building and reviewing motion graphics.
AE-MCP (70+ tools)
70+ tools covering comps, layers, animation, effects and expressions so an assistant like Claude can drive After Effects end to end.
Premiere Pro MCP Server (170+ tools)
170+ tools for editing, effects, captions and export via a WebSocket-to-CEP-to-ExtendScript bridge; optional ElevenLabs voiceover.
Wasserman's Unofficial DaVinci MCP
Cut to the beat, match a reference look, tighten dialogue, hit loudness specs and build timelines, either live in Studio or by generating FCPXML/LUT import files for the free edition.
After Effects MCP (Engine Room)
Describe an animation (lower third, logo reveal, counter) and it builds editable layers, keyframes, easing, effects, expressions and text in your project.
DaVinci Resolve AI Bridge MCP
Connects Claude, Codex, Cursor and others to the project open in Resolve (Free and Studio) for timeline editing.
DaVinci MCP Professional
Exposes the full Resolve scripting API but loads tool domains on demand, keeping token/context cost low.
aftr
'Puppeteer for After Effects': a Node controller sends JSON commands to a CEP panel that runs them as ExtendScript, plus a spec-driven pipeline that builds clips and self-corrects them by rendering.
After Effects Codex Agent rules
Codex operating rules and quality references for After Effects work through an MCP runtime. It is guidance for the agent, not a bridge by itself.
After Effects MCP (Enhanced Multilingual)
Create and inspect comps and layers, animate, apply effects and presets, manage masks and cameras, render in the background, and run arbitrary ExtendScript. Adds first-class Arabic/RTL text support.
DaVinci Resolve MCP (440+ tools)
Exposes the complete Resolve scripting API (440+ tools) plus a Claude Code skill: clip ops, color versions, CDL, stabilize, smart reframe, LUTs and app control.
dvr (Resolve CLI + library + MCP)
Declarative CLI, typed Python library and MCP server for Resolve editing, color and render automation; fixes the macOS LAN-IP connection quirk and returns structured results instead of None.
CapCut MCP Server — Extended
Fork of atx-guy/capcut-mcp-server adding parametrized typography, animation presets and full talking-head production workflows for Claude Code.
fcp-mcp (dreliq9)
Inspects, generates and transactionally edits FCPXML, then optionally hands verified files to Final Cut Pro; the default profile never mutates live projects.
capcut-mcp (JmsLdrn)
Reads and edits CapCut desktop drafts: add/move/trim/split clips, text, audio and images, set transforms, validate and save, by cloning real templates from an existing draft.
open-fusion-mcp
Lets an agent design, build, render and check real Fusion node graphs: editable titles, kinetic type, UI animation and multi-scene films.
DaVinci Resolve MCP — Works in Resolve Free
Claude-driven editing that runs in DaVinci Resolve Free via an in-app bridge, with optional transcription and macOS UI-automation tools.
after-effects-mcp-vision
Lets an agent build in a live After Effects or Illustrator session, then capture and look at the pixels it made so it can correct itself.
Plainly Videos MCP (official)
Lets agents browse your Plainly After Effects templates, see required parameters and previews, and render them in Plainly's cloud.
Premiere Pro MCP (PPMCP)
UXP-first MCP for real timeline edits, audio and export from Claude or Cursor, with an optional CEP text bridge.
Premiere Pro MCP (execute-script)
Exposes a single execute-script tool: the model writes JavaScript against the Premiere Pro UXP API on the fly, so anything the API can do is reachable.
davinci-resolve-lite-mcp
Controls the free/Lite edition from Claude by running as a Workspace > Scripts menu server.
DaVinci Resolve Fusion MCP (free version)
Controls the Fusion page through a small listener pasted into Fusion's console, bridged to the MCP server over TCP. No Studio license needed.
VideoBGRemover n8n templates (official)
Six importable n8n workflows for video background removal, compositing, AI UGC ads, AI background change and a Veo 3 + Lottie animation pipeline.
n8n: Viral clips from YouTube with Gemini + FFmpeg
Downloads a YouTube video with yt-dlp, has Gemini score transcript moments for virality, then FFmpeg cuts the top 10 into 9:16 clips with burned-in subtitles.
Zvid n8n video workflows
Ready-made n8n automations that render videos with Zvid: bulk personalized videos from Sheets/CSV, Shopify product videos, and an AI agent that drafts and renders videos.
Jumper (MCP for footage search)
Local footage analysis app whose MCP server lets Claude or Codex run visual, transcript and people search, pull selects and build sequences for Premiere, Resolve, Avid and Final Cut.
EditAssist (MCP)
Local toolkit that ingests, transcribes and semantically searches footage, assembles rough cuts, drives your NLE and renders, with Claude Code orchestrating over MCP.
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New AI connectors for After Effects, Premiere, Resolve and CapCut, tested setup notes, and what broke after app updates. One email a week.