# Cut silences on a timeline, with markers first

When to use it: You want an agent in Premiere, Resolve or CapCut to remove dead air from an interview or talking head edit without losing control of the cut.

Works with: [Auto Cut for Premiere Pro](https://agentcut.dev/tools/auto-cut-premiere-rafcopy/), [MCP Bridge for Adobe Premiere Pro](https://agentcut.dev/tools/mcp-bridge-for-adobe-premiere-pro/), [Wasserman's Unofficial DaVinci MCP](https://agentcut.dev/tools/wasserman-s-unofficial-davinci-mcp/), [Resolve MCP Server (guycochran)](https://agentcut.dev/tools/resolve-mcp-server-guycochran/), [SmartCut MCP (CapCut talking-head)](https://agentcut.dev/tools/smartcut-mcp-capcut-talking-head/)

Save as: cut-silences-timeline.md

Download: https://agentcut.dev/prompts/md/agent-cut-silences-timeline.md

~~~~markdown
On the timeline "[TIMELINE NAME]" only (it is a duplicate, the original is safe):

1. Find every pause longer than [0.6] seconds on the dialogue track [A1].
2. Do NOT cut yet. Add a red marker at the start of each pause, named "PAUSE <length>s".
3. Report: number of pauses, total time they add up to, and the 5 longest with timecodes.

After I review the markers and say go:
4. Remove each marked pause, keeping 4 frames of handle on both sides so words are not clipped.
5. Ripple the gaps closed on all tracks together so B roll and music stay in sync with dialogue. If a cut would break a clip on another track, skip it and mark it "SKIPPED: overlap".
6. Tell me the old and new duration and how many cuts you made.
~~~~

Original AgentCut prompt.

---
AgentCut: https://agentcut.dev/ · All tools as JSON: https://agentcut.dev/tools.json · Overview for agents: https://agentcut.dev/llms.txt