ChatCut

io.chatcutPublished by chatcut.ioOfficial publisherv1.0.0Updated Nov 6, 2026

AI video editor for agents: cut footage, add captions and motion graphics, export editable edits.

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Overview

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ChatCut is a hosted AI video editor MCP server that lets an assistant cut footage, add captions and motion graphics, generate media, and export editable…

What you can do
  • Import media and edit project timelines: cut footage, remove silences and filler words, edit by transcript, sync multicam, add B-roll, music and markers
  • Transcribe audio and add word-timed captions and subtitles, including translation and SRT or TXT files
  • Generate media: video, images, voiceovers, voice clones, music, sound effects, lip sync and dubbing
  • Create motion graphics, title cards, overlays and brand-consistent design styles
  • Export MP4, audio, stills, Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve XML, and verify edits appear in the editor
When to use it
Useful when you want an agent to do real editing work on your own footage — cleaning up talking-head recordings, captioning, making short vertical cuts, or producing motion graphics and generated assets — and hand back an editable timeline.
Requirements
A remote MCP endpoint with OAuth sign-in to a ChatCut account, plus access to a ChatCut project you want to edit. Some features require the separately installed ChatCut Desktop app on macOS or Windows with a graphical desktop; Linux and remote agents cannot install it.
Before you install
Media generation spends ChatCut credits, and the agent is described as asking before spending them; quotes depend on current account access and need approval. Voice cloning requires the speaker's consent. Edits change project timelines and exports write new files. Connecting Desktop may disable or replace a conflicting hosted connection, and Web projects and media are not migrated automatically.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open ChatCut in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Connect the required credentials. They are stored privately and never shown on public pages.
  3. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.

Use with an agent

Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.

Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/io.chatcut%2Fchatcut/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.

Read the install guide the agent follows

Other MCP clients

Add this to your client's mcpServers config. The client completes OAuth sign-in on first connect.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "chatcut": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.chatcut.io/api/external-mcp/mcp?chatcutInstallSource=mcp_registry"
    }
  }
}

README

ChatCut Agent Plugins

ChatCut is an AI video editor for agents: an MCP server and plugin that lets Codex, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Cursor, Grok Bot, Gemini CLI, Google Antigravity, Kimi Work, WorkBuddy, Doubao Work and Qwen Work edit your own footage, add captions and subtitles, remove silences and filler words, create motion graphics, generate video, voiceovers and music, and export an editable timeline.
Website · Setup guide · ChatGPT and Codex · Claude Code · Pricing

[ChatCut MCP server on Glama]

AI video editing for your agent. The ChatCut Agent Plugins connect Codex, Claude Code, Grok Bot, Cursor, Google Antigravity, Kimi Work, WorkBuddy, Doubao Work and Qwen Work to ChatCut, so you can ask your agent to edit a video, add captions, clean up a talking-head recording, or recreate a viral video with your own footage, and get an editable timeline back.

Under the hood the plugins import media, change a project timeline, create motion graphics, generate assets, transcribe audio, add captions, export videos, and verify that edits are visible in the editor.

Quick install

ChatCut Desktop (recommended). Paste this into Codex, the ChatGPT desktop app, Claude Code or another local agent. The agent installs ChatCut Desktop, opens sign-in, and connects itself to Desktop's local chatcut_desktop MCP server:

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Read ChatCut.io/desktop to install ChatCut

Or run the official installer yourself:

sh
# macOS 13 or newer (Apple Silicon or Intel)curl -fsSL https://chatcut.io/install.sh | sh
powershell
# Windows 10 or newer (x64)irm https://chatcut.io/install.ps1 | iex

In the ChatGPT or Codex desktop app you can also open Plugins in the sidebar, search for ChatCut, and select Install.

Doubao Work (豆包工作) connects to ChatCut Desktop through a local connector: see doubao/README.md.

Google Antigravity: install the Desktop package, then ask “Install ChatCut on this computer”. It installs and connects ChatCut Desktop only; see antigravity-desktop/README.md.

sh
agy plugin install https://github.com/ChatCut-Inc/agent-plugin/tree/main/antigravity-desktop

Hosted Web plugin. Use this for existing ChatCut Web projects or Web-only use.

Claude Code (claude mcp login needs Claude Code 2.1.210 or newer; full guide):

sh
claude plugin marketplace add https://github.com/ChatCut-Inc/agent-plugin.git#mainclaude plugin install chatcut@chatcut-incclaude mcp login plugin:chatcut:chatcut

Codex CLI (in the Codex desktop app, use its bundled Codex CLI; full guide):

sh
codex plugin marketplace add https://github.com/ChatCut-Inc/agent-plugin.git --ref maincodex plugin marketplace list   # note the marketplace namecodex plugin add chatcut@<marketplace>codex mcp login chatcut

Gemini CLI:

sh
gemini extensions install https://github.com/ChatCut-Inc/agent-plugin

Grok Bot: see grok/README.md. Cursor: see cursor/README.md. Antigravity Web: see antigravity/README.md. Kimi Work: see kimi/README.md. WorkBuddy: see workbuddy/README.md. Qwen Work (千问办公): see qwen/README.md.

Other MCP clients that support remote servers with OAuth can connect to https://api.chatcut.io/api/external-mcp/mcp and sign in with a ChatCut account.

What you can make

ChatCut edits your own footage and generates new media, and the result is an editable timeline. Items marked (Desktop) need ChatCut Desktop. Generation uses ChatCut credits, and the agent asks before spending them.

Editing

  • Talking-head cleanup: remove silences, filler words, repeated takes and stumbles, and tighten the pacing.
  • Text-based editing: edit the video by editing its transcript.
  • Highlight clips and short cuts from long interviews, podcasts and lectures.
  • Multicam sync: line up camera angles and separate audio recordings, then cut to whoever is speaking.
  • Beat-synced cuts and automatic scene-cut detection (Desktop).
  • B-roll, background music, markers and multiple timeline versions, including vertical 9:16 cuts for TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts.
  • Scene-by-scene video analysis, and checks that each edit is visible in the editor.

Captions and subtitles

  • Word-timed transcripts and subtitles, including Chinese.
  • Animated caption styles, and custom kinetic typography (Desktop).
  • Subtitle translation, and SRT or TXT subtitle files.

Voice, music and sound

  • Text-to-speech voiceovers, and voice clones with the speaker's consent.
  • Music generation, instrumental or with vocals.
  • Sound effects.
  • Speech cleanup: remove background noise, hum and room echo.
  • Short crossfades that smooth the audio at every cut.
  • Audio effects such as EQ, filters, delay and reverb (Desktop).

Generation

  • AI video from text, images or reference frames, with models such as Seedance and Kling.
  • AI images, thumbnails and covers, with models such as GPT Image and Nano Banana.
  • Talking-photo presenter videos (digital human / AI avatar).
  • Lip sync for existing footage.
  • Video translation and dubbing into other languages, with or without lip sync.
  • Viral video remakes that keep a reference video's motion and timing with your own person or product (Desktop).
  • Batches of up to 50 image, video, voice, music and sound jobs in one step (Desktop).

Motion graphics and design

  • Motion graphics: title cards, lower thirds, animated overlays and full-frame animations.
  • Motion graphic templates: apply published ones, or save your own for reuse in other projects.
  • Design styles that keep a brand's colors, fonts and logos consistent across captions and graphics.
  • Google Fonts and bundled Chinese fonts.

Effects and look

  • Transitions, visual effects and custom shaders.
  • Color grading, LUTs, masks and background removal (Desktop).
  • Beauty and body retouch (Desktop).

Media in

  • Stock video, photos, music and sound effects from Pexels, Pixabay, Unsplash and Freesound.
  • Product details, brand assets and screenshots collected from a web page.
  • Videos imported from a link (Desktop).
  • Screen recordings with click and cursor data for demo videos (Desktop).
  • Dropbox for importing media and X for posting finished videos (Desktop). Google Drive, YouTube, TikTok and Instagram connectors open as each platform approves them.

Saved across projects

  • Characters: people you feature again, with photos, a description and a voice, for consistent generated shots and presenter videos (Desktop).
  • Products: photos, selling points, price and specs for product ads, so scripts stick to what you saved (Desktop).
  • Memory of your preferences, and Workflow Skills that save a working editing process for reuse.

Writing and planning (Desktop)

  • Screenplays and scripts with scene outlines, production breakdowns and shot lists.
  • Scripts export to Final Draft (FDX), Fountain, PDF or Word, and shot lists to CSV or HTML.

Export and handoff

  • MP4 video, MP3, WAV, FLAC or AAC audio, and PNG stills.
  • Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve XML.
  • 剪映专业版 (Jianying Pro) and CapCut drafts, transparent ProRes 4444 motion graphics, 4K and HDR video, and Markdown, PDF or Word documents (Desktop).

Video types: talking-head videos, podcasts and interviews, tutorials and lectures, product demos and app promos, UGC-style product ads, short-form videos, viral video remakes, presenter and avatar videos, screen-recorded demos (Desktop), multicam shoots, music videos cut to the beat (Desktop) and translated videos.

Install ChatCut Desktop (recommended)

Ask your agent to read the complete ChatCut Desktop setup guide using curl -fsSL https://chatcut.io/desktop (curl.exe on Windows), then install ChatCut and connect the current agent. The official macOS and Windows installers do not need Node.js or npm. Desktop owns its local tools and Skills. Run setup on a supported macOS or Windows computer with a graphical desktop. Linux and remote agents without access to that computer cannot install Desktop there; continue in a local agent on the supported computer.

To recreate a reference video with your person or product while retaining its motion and timing, use Desktop’s bundled video-gen Skill and submit_video_remake. See the video recreation guide. Quotes use current account access and require approval before spending credits.

The hosted packages below remain available for existing Web projects and explicit Web-only use. Web projects and original media remain separate and are not automatically migrated. Connecting Desktop to the same agent may disable or replace its conflicting hosted connection; do not promise that both connections stay active.

What Is Included

  • codex/ - the Codex plugin package.
  • claude/ - the Claude Code plugin package.
  • grok/ - the Grok Bot plugin package (hidden from Cursor).
  • cursor/ - the Cursor plugin package (hidden from Grok Bot); its skills and assets symlink to grok/.
  • antigravity-desktop/ - the Google Antigravity Desktop-only package: one Skill that installs ChatCut Desktop and connects chatcut_desktop, with no MCP server of its own; see its README.
  • antigravity/ - the Google Antigravity hosted Web plugin package.
  • antigravity/plugin.json - Antigravity plugin metadata.
  • antigravity/mcp_config.json - Antigravity MCP server configuration.
  • kimi/ - the Kimi Work plugin package, with mandatory basics, core craft skills, and in-app browser adapters; see its package and migration guide.
  • workbuddy/ - the WorkBuddy expert package for the hosted Web plugin; see its README.
  • doubao/ - the Doubao Work (豆包工作) Skill package for ChatCut Desktop; see its README.
  • qwen/ - the Qwen Work (千问办公) expert kit for the hosted Web plugin; see its README.
  • chatcut-desktop-codex-plugin/ - the store-facing, skill-only package that helps Codex install and connect the signed ChatCut Desktop app.
  • codex-store/ - builds the OpenAI plugin directory ZIP from codex/; see its README.
  • codex/.codex-plugin/plugin.json - Codex plugin metadata.
  • claude/.claude-plugin/plugin.json - Claude Code plugin metadata.
  • grok/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json and cursor/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json - Grok Bot and Cursor plugin metadata, both listed in .cursor-plugin/marketplace.json.
  • gemini-extension.json - Gemini CLI extension manifest (hosted MCP only; install with gemini extensions install https://github.com/ChatCut-Inc/agent-plugin).
  • codex/.mcp.json - Codex MCP server configuration.
  • codex/skills/ - host adapters and canonical shared craft skills for this repository.
  • Other packages use relative symlinks for identical skills, references, helper scripts, licenses and assets; host-specific files stay separate. All targets are inside this repository, not another checkout.
  • codex/assets/ - canonical plugin icons and brand assets.

Clone the complete repository with symlink support. When distributing a standalone package, dereference its symlinks so the bundle contains its shared resources (codex-store/build.mjs does this for the OpenAI directory ZIP). Live installation of each host's package still needs host-specific verification.

Requirements

  • A ChatCut account.
  • Codex with plugin support, Claude Code 2.x (CLI or desktop app), Grok Bot, Cursor, Google Antigravity (App, CLI, or IDE), Kimi Work, WorkBuddy, Doubao Work or Qwen Work.
  • Access to a ChatCut project you want to edit.

Optional hosted Web plugin authentication

The plugin connects to ChatCut through the hosted ChatCut MCP endpoint:

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https://api.chatcut.io/api/external-mcp/mcp

The host handles authentication when the plugin is installed or first used (codex mcp login chatcut, or claude mcp login plugin:chatcut:chatcut in Claude Code). Grok Bot and Cursor users complete the authorization flow from the host's Plugins screen. Antigravity users select Customizations → Authenticate next to the ChatCut MCP server. Follow the sign-in flow to connect your ChatCut account.

Install instructions per host: Codex Web guide for Codex, Claude Code Web guide for Claude Code (agent-executable copy in ./docs/claude-code-web-install.md), ./grok/README.md for Grok Bot, ./cursor/README.md for Cursor, and ./antigravity/README.md for Antigravity.

Example Prompts

After installing and authenticating the plugin, ask in your own words, for example:

  • Cut this talking-head video tighter and add captions.
  • Add subtitles to my video and export a vertical version.
  • Add a simple motion graphic overlay.
  • Generate a voiceover and background music.
  • 帮我把这段口播剪干净，加上字幕。

Repository

The public plugin repository is:

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https://github.com/ChatCut-Inc/agent-plugin.git

Support

For product information, visit chatcut.io.

License

Apache-2.0; see LICENSE.

Source: README.md at commit 5b93f3a

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