AI inside the editor you already use
You don't learn a new timeline. EditAssist is an agent that connects to DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Final Cut Pro, reading the cut, executing edits, applying grades, and triggering renders by plain-English command. Prefer to drive it from Claude? Connect EditAssist over MCP and edit by conversation. Everything runs on your own machine, so your footage never leaves it.
Read and write the timeline, run colour-grading operations, drive the render queue, and reach into the media pool, with full Lua scripting on top.
Explore DaVinci Resolve →A panel inside Premiere with live metadata sync, edit operations, markers, batch import, and sequence export, all driven by natural language.
Explore Premiere Pro →Composition control, layer properties, markers, and the render queue. The agent operates your comps from a panel beside the timeline.
Explore After Effects →A SpliceKit bridge, a Workflow Extension, and an FCPXML drop-folder route the agent's cuts and selects straight into your library.
Explore Final Cut Pro →One agent, every suite
The same agent, with the same indexed understanding of your footage, drives whichever NLE you open. Index your rushes once, so every frame is described and every word transcribed, and that knowledge follows you from a Resolve grade to a Premiere assembly to an After Effects comp. Semantic search, autonomous rough-cut assembly, colour matching from a reference still or LUT, audio sync and loudness, multi-cam, and conform across FCPXML, FCP7 XML, and CMX3600 EDL all work the same way, whatever timeline they land on.
Because everything is local, the suite you use is only a destination, never a place your media has to be uploaded. EditAssist is free to download and runs on macOS (Apple Silicon, Metal) and Windows (x64, CUDA), with local models free to run.
Turn Claude into your video editor
Claude on its own can plan an edit but cannot see your footage or cut it. EditAssist is also an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server: connect it to Claude Desktop, claude.ai, or Claude Code and Claude can search your clips, read transcripts, build a rough cut, drive your NLE, and render the result on your own machine: a complete toolkit over one MCP connection, from raw footage to finished cut in one conversation.
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Connect EditAssist over MCP
Add the EditAssist MCP server to Claude Desktop, claude.ai, or Claude Code.
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Ask Claude in plain language
For example, “find the strongest 90 seconds from yesterday’s interview and build a rough cut”.
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It edits and renders
Claude searches your footage, plans the cut, drives your editor, and renders on your machine.
Things to ask Claude
“Find every clip where the founder talks about pricing.”
“Build a 60 second teaser from the best moments.”
“Cut the ums and long pauses from this interview.”
“Assemble a rough cut and send it to Resolve.”
Questions about editing with Claude
- Can Claude edit videos?
- On its own Claude can plan an edit from a transcript, but it cannot see your footage or make frame-accurate cuts. Connected to EditAssist over MCP, Claude can search your real clips, transcribe them, assemble a cut, drive your editor, and render.
- What is an MCP server for video editing?
- MCP (Model Context Protocol) is the open standard that lets an AI client call external tools. EditAssist is an MCP server that exposes video editing tools, so Claude can run them through conversation.
- Which Claude clients does EditAssist work with?
- Claude Desktop, claude.ai, Claude Code, and other MCP-capable clients.
- Does my footage get uploaded anywhere?
- No. EditAssist runs locally on your machine, so your footage stays on your machine.
- Can Claude control DaVinci Resolve or Premiere Pro?
- Yes. EditAssist can drive DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Final Cut Pro through Claude.
- What can I ask Claude to do with my footage?
- Ingest and index clips, search by meaning, visuals, or voice, transcribe, find people and speakers, assemble a rough cut, and render.
- Do I need to know video editing software to use it?
- No. You describe the result you want in plain language and Claude calls the right tools in order.
- Is this an AI video generator?
- No. EditAssist edits footage you already shot. It does not generate footage from a prompt.
Keep exploring
Edit with Claude Code, browse real workflows in the use-case guides, or check the pricing. New accounts start with £15 free credit and no card.
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