# mcp-video-editor (CapCut + OpenCut)

Solves: An MCP server that lets Cursor, Claude Desktop, Codex and other agents open and edit CapCut drafts and OpenCut projects: tracks, clips, trims, text and captions, transitions, effects and audio. It has 59 tools and every write is a dry run until you say to save it.

An MCP server that lets Cursor, Claude Desktop, Codex and other agents open and edit CapCut drafts and OpenCut projects: tracks, clips, trims, text and captions, transitions, effects and audio. It has 59 tools and every write is a dry run until you say to save it.

* Page: https://agentcut.dev/tools/mcp-video-editor-capcut-opencut/
* Source: https://github.com/AISEO-VirtualabDigital/mcp-video-editor
* Works with: CapCut, Agent native editors
* Type: MCP server
* Setup difficulty: medium
* Supported versions: Node.js 18 or later; made for CapCut on Windows (macOS, Linux and WSL installer also included); OpenCut 0.5 or later
* Price: free
* License: unknown
* GitHub stars: 76
* Last updated: 2026-10-29
* Checked: 2026-11-02

Setup steps:

1. Install Node.js 18 or later
2. Clone the repo, then run npm install and npm run build
3. On Windows run pwsh -File scripts/install-windows.ps1 (or bash scripts/install-unix.sh on macOS/Linux) to add it to your AI apps
4. Restart your AI app, check that video-editor shows in its MCP list, and ask it to open your latest CapCut draft

Safety notes:

* Edits CapCut's draft_content.json directly because CapCut has no official API, so close CapCut before saving
* Writes are dry runs by default and the server backs up a project before overwriting or deleting it
* export_project only queues a request and does not render a video; render_project renders through Remotion or HyperFrames
* The README says MIT, but GitHub does not detect a license file, so check before reusing the code
* Brand-new project (created Oct 2026)

More CapCut tools: https://agentcut.dev/capcut-mcp/

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