Scout for Premiere Pro

io.github.tro2789Published by GitHub account tro2789v0.3.0Updated Oct 24, 2026

Drive Adobe Premiere Pro from an AI agent: transcript search, markers, cuts, exports, 277 tools.

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Overview

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A local bridge that lets an AI assistant drive Adobe Premiere Pro on Windows: search transcripts, place markers, cut, and export via 277 tools.

What you can do
Read the active sequence: name, frame rate, duration, timecode and per-track summary, plus the full stitched transcript with sequence-time segments and word-accurate search returning exact times and timecodes. Manage markers: list, place, remove, convert duration markers into chapter markers, and export a CSV of markers by prefix. Edit the timeline: razor cuts at exact sequence times, lift or extract cleanup ranges after backing up the sequence, and re-enable all clips in one undo step. Use the larger ExtendScript tool set for effects, transitions, exports, project and bin management, track targeting and metadata.
When to use it
Worth adding if you edit in Premiere Pro on Windows and want an assistant to work on the open timeline — finding spoken words in a transcript, marking or cutting at exact times, or running export and project operations — instead of doing it by hand.
Requirements
Windows 10 or 11, Adobe Premiere Pro 26.2 or newer with the licensed Scout extension installed, and the MCP server enabled in the Scout panel. The panel and bridge must run on the same machine; the bridge is a local stdio process (Node 18 or newer if run directly) and uses a localhost WebSocket, port 18803 by default via SCOUT_MCP_PORT. Transcripts require running Premiere's own Transcribe on the sequence first.
Before you install
Scout is a paid commercial extension ($59 one time) and its source is not public. Tools change the timeline: markers are added and removed, tracks are cut, cleanup ranges are lifted or extracted, and clips are re-enabled, though cuts are undoable and cleanup backs up the sequence first. Without the panel connected, calls that need it fail. Transcript and sequence data go only to the connected MCP client; the panel's separate AI Analysis feature uses whichever provider you configure there.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Scout for Premiere Pro in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Desktop only via STDIO. STDIO servers start a local process, so they need the SourceWeft desktop host.

Other MCP clients

Follow the launch instructions in the repository.

README

Scout for Premiere Pro: MCP server

Scout is a commercial extension for Adobe Premiere Pro (Windows, Premiere 26.2 or newer). It cuts multi-camera podcasts from the audio and connects AI agents to your timeline over the Model Context Protocol.

This repository hosts the MCP bridge as a downloadable bundle and is the public issue tracker for Scout. The extension's source code is not public.

What the server exposes

The bridge talks to the Scout panel running inside Premiere. It exposes two tool families on one MCP surface:

Panel tools (11). These read Premiere's own transcript and act on the active sequence.

ToolWhat it does
get_active_sequenceName, frame rate, duration, start timecode, per-track summary
get_transcriptFull stitched transcript with sequence-time segments, optional time window
find_wordsWord-accurate search: exact sequence times and timecodes for each match
list_markersMarkers with name, comment, start, duration, type, color; optional prefix filter
place_markersAdd point or duration markers, with color
remove_markersRemove markers by prefix or by exact start time
apply_cleanupLift or Extract every Scout/Cleanup: range, after backing up the sequence
create_chapter_markersConvert duration markers into chapter-type point markers
export_markers_csvWrite a CSV of markers matching a prefix
razor_atCut tracks at exact sequence times; reversible with undo
enable_all_clipsRe-enable every clip on every track in one undo step

ExtendScript tools (266). Effects, transitions, exports, project and bin management, track targeting, metadata, and more. Adapted from the MIT-licensed adobe-premiere-pro-mcp tool layer; see THIRD-PARTY-LICENSES.md. The full reference is in TOOLS.md.

Install

Scout's Windows installer registers the bridge with Claude Code automatically when the claude CLI is present. For other clients:

Claude Desktop. Download scout-premiere-mcp-<version>.mcpb from Releases and open it. Claude Desktop installs it as an extension.

Claude Code, Cursor, and other stdio clients. Point the client at the installed executable:

claude mcp add scout --scope user -- "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Scout\scout-premiere-mcp.exe"

Then open the Scout panel in Premiere and turn on Enable MCP Server. The panel shows a live connection indicator and a log of every tool call.

Running the bundle directly

server/index.cjs is the same single-file build that ships inside the .mcpb (sha256 52fbc2dbe35ebbee1135db726d3c2fb78819027c574e84078cebab8603362a41). Any MCP client can launch it with Node 18 or newer:

node server/index.cjs

The Dockerfile builds an image that runs it over stdio. Without Premiere and the Scout panel on the same machine the server still starts and lists its tools; calls that need the panel return a "panel not connected" error.

Requirements

  • Windows 10 or 11
  • Adobe Premiere Pro 26.2 or newer with the Scout extension installed and licensed
  • Scout's MCP server enabled in the panel
  • Transcripts: run Premiere's own Transcribe on the sequence first. get_transcript and find_words read that transcript; no external transcription service is involved.

Privacy Policy

The bridge runs entirely on your machine. It relays tool calls between your MCP client and the Scout panel over a localhost WebSocket (port 18803 by default) and makes no network requests of its own. Transcript text and sequence data go only to the MCP client you connected. Scout's in-panel AI Analysis feature is separate and uses whichever AI provider you configure in the panel. Full policy: https://www.trevorohare.com/privacy-policy

License

The bundle is proprietary software, licensed to Scout customers under the terms at https://www.trevorohare.com/policies. Third-party components are listed in THIRD-PARTY-LICENSES.md.

Source: README.md at commit 4e68df9

Tools

0
SourceWeft has not started this package in its sandbox yet, so its tools are not known.

Version history

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  1. v0.3.0LatestSep 16, 2026

Score

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