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.
How to set it up
- In Resolve Studio set Preferences > General > External scripting using > Local.
- Run the npm launcher; it installs a managed copy, creates a virtual env and detects Resolve paths.
- Let the installer configure your client (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex CLI and more).
- Open a project and ask the assistant to list timelines.
This is a plain-English summary of the project's own instructions. Commands and versions change, so always follow the current README at the source link.
Safety notes
- Free-edition path: Resolve 21.1 moved Python menu scripting to Studio (per samuelgursky/davinci-resolve-mcp and 2sem/davinci-resolve-lite-mcp READMEs), so free-edition bridges that rely on the Scripts menu may not work on 21.1+.
- Runs locally; no API key needed for core features.
General rule: open a duplicate of your project before letting any agent make changes, and read what a script does before approving it.
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