Davinci Resolve MCP

Davinci Resolve MCP is an MCP server that lets AI assistants control DaVinci Resolve Studio through the official Scripting API. It provides full API coverage plus guarded workflow helpers for editing, media pool organization, render setup, review markers, grading, Fusion… It has 3,774 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y davinci-resolve-mcp.

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Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "davinci-resolve-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "davinci-resolve-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio davinci-resolve-mcp -- npx -y davinci-resolve-mcp

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "davinci-resolve-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "davinci-resolve-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "davinci-resolve-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "davinci-resolve-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About Davinci Resolve MCP

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets AI assistants control DaVinci Resolve Studio through the official Scripting API. It provides full API coverage plus guarded workflow helpers for editing, media pool organization, render setup, review markers, grading, Fusion, Fairlight, project lifecycle tasks, extension authoring, and source-safe media analysis.

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Key facts

GitHub stars	3,774
License	MIT
Language	Python
Transport	stdio (local)
Packages	npm: `davinci-resolve-mcp`
Auth	None declared
Works with	Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code
Latest release	v4.15.3 (Oct 23, 2026)
Last commit	Oct 23, 2026

Project health

ActiveActive: last commit Oct 23, 2026, last release Oct 23, 2026.

Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub

Raw inputs behind the health label
Last commit	Oct 23, 2026
Latest release	v4.15.3 (Oct 23, 2026)
Releases, last 12 months	10 or more
Releases, all time	482
Open issues	3
Open pull requests	2
Good first issues	0
Contributing guide	Yes
Security policy	Yes
Created	Mar 18, 2025

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