Fcp MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fcp-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "fcp-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FCP_PROJECTS_DIR": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude mcp add --env FCP_PROJECTS_DIR=your-value --transport stdio fcp-mcp-server -- uvx fcp-mcp-server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fcp-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "fcp-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FCP_PROJECTS_DIR": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "fcp-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "fcp-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FCP_PROJECTS_DIR": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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).

• inspect

  Read-only understanding — stats, clips, markers, keywords, EDL/CSV, pacing, keyframes

• diagnose

  Finding problems — flash frames, gaps, duplicates, health score

• edit

  Changing clips — markers, trim, reorder, transitions, speed, split, silence removal, keyframes

• mark

  Markers and chapters — batch add, SRT/VTT import, beat import

• generate

  Building new structure — rough cuts, montages, A/B roll, templates

• transcript

  Local Whisper transcription and transcript-driven cuts; transcriptpack puts the whole shoot on one page; backend:…

• deliver

  Getting the timeline out — NLE export, reformat, relink, push-to-FCP

• preview

  Seeing the edit — ffmpeg proxy render, contact sheet, and a filmstrip+waveform check read from the SOURCE MEDIA

• watch

  Closing the round-trip — notice the operator's Cmd-E export and diff it against the last one

• index

  The analysis cache — status with its age, warm every source in a timeline, clear.

• scenes

  Shot boundaries from the pixels — list cuts per clip in source and timeline time, drop a marker on each, or split the…

• organize

  Library housekeeping — bulk keywords, ratings and roles over a clip selection; organizeauto proposes keywords from…

• find

  "Find the shot where…" — a router over transcript words, metadata and offline vision captions that names the tier on…

• view

  See the cut inline — viewtimeline returns the timeline as an exact rational-time payload that MCP Apps hosts render as…

Edit Final Cut Pro by talking to Claude, and watch the cut change. One prompt, seven tool calls, and the timeline re-rendered inline after each write. Every frame is the real ui://fcp/timeline app drawing a real viewtimeline result; the B-roll provider is mocked and the recording says so on screen. Full-size mp4, re-recorded with demo/hero/build.py.*

• ai
• anthropic
• claude
• fcpxml
• final-cut-pro
• mcp
• model-context-protocol
• video-editing
• python
• cli