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BashCut

BashCutMCP Server

by dongnguyenvie
Released
MIT
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Summary

MCP server and CLI for BashCut, a native macOS video editor: let Claude or Codex edit the open timeline, captions, color and exports through undoable commands.

Features

  • About 140 editing commands via MCP and CLI
  • Layered timeline, speed ramps, keyframes and transitions
  • Word-by-word captions with local Whisper
  • LUT color grading and adjustment layers
  • All agent edits are undoable and shown in History
  • Works with Claude Desktop and Codex

Installation

Set up this MCP server in your favorite AI agent — copy a ready-made configuration below.

Any MCP-compatible agent

Most agents (Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code, and more) read a standard mcpServers configuration.

  1. Open your agent's MCP configuration file.
  2. Merge the snippet below into it.
  3. Restart the agent — the "BashCut" tools will be available.
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bashcut": {
      "command": "bashcut-mcp"
    }
  }
}

Description

BashCut is a native macOS video editor built on AVFoundation, and its bundled bashcut-mcp server exposes everything the UI does to MCP clients such as Claude Desktop and Codex. About 140 commands cover a layered timeline (video, overlay, text, sticker, adjustment, voiceover, music and SFX), split, trim, ripple delete, speed ramps, keyframed motion, transitions, word-by-word captions with local Whisper transcription, LUT-based color grading and export.

Projects are plain JSON next to your footage, and every agent edit goes through the same atomic, undoable operations as the interface, so changes appear in History and can be reverted. Dry runs let an agent preview an edit first. Because preview and export share one composition engine, what the agent edits is what renders. It works with your existing Claude or ChatGPT subscription rather than a separate AI bill. Requires macOS 14 or later; install with Homebrew (brew install --cask dongnguyenvie/tap/bashcut) or run bashcut agent setup claude to register the server. MIT licensed.

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