Fcpxml MCP Server vs Video Edit MCP

generate

Build new timeline structure from source clips: rough cuts, montages, A/B roll, templates and compound clips. Actions: auto_rough_cut, generate_ab_roll, generate_montage, apply_template, create_compound_clip, flatten_compound_clip, import_edl_json.

transcript

Transcribe source media locally and edit the timeline by what was SAID rather than by timecode. Also removes filler words. Actions: transcribe_media, edit_by_transcript, remove_filler_words, transcript_pack.

deliver

Get the edit out: export to other NLEs, CSV, EDL and stems, reformat, relink media, or push straight into a running Final Cut Pro. Exports and push refuse a cut with no rendered preview of its current state (pass confirm_unreviewed=true to ship anyway). Actions: export_csv, export_edl, export_fcp7_xml, export_resolve_xml, export_role_stems, reformat_timeline, relink_media, push_to_fcp, list_fcp_libraries.

preview

See the edit without opening Final Cut Pro. Render a proxy video of the timeline, a contact sheet of every cut, a single frame, or a filmstrip-plus-waveform check read from the SOURCE MEDIA rather than from the XML. Run preview_check to confirm a fix actually landed. Actions: preview_render, preview_sheet, preview_frame, preview_check, preview_timeline.

watch

Close the round-trip. Watch the Final Cut Pro export folder, detect the XML the moment it lands, and diff it against the last one seen. Pair with deliver.push_to_fcp for a full loop: push in, edit, Cmd-E, watch_pull. Actions: watch_start, watch_status, watch_stop, watch_pull.

index

The analysis cache under ~/.fcp-mcp/index.db. index_status shows what is cached and how old it is; index_build warms it for every source in a timeline (args: filepath, with_transcript); index_clear drops it. Every other tool works with the index off (FCP_MCP_INDEX=off) — this only makes the second question fast. Actions: index_status, index_build, index_clear.

scenes

Shot boundaries. detect_scenes reads every source in a timeline and reports cuts in timeline time (args: filepath, clip_name?, backend auto|content|adaptive|ffmpeg, threshold?, min_scene_len=0.5); scenes_to_markers writes a marker at each cut; scenes_split cuts the clips there. PySceneDetect via the scenes extra, ffmpeg without it — the result names which one answered. Actions: detect_scenes, scenes_to_markers, scenes_split.

organize

Bulk library logging and the ledger. organize_auto proposes keywords per clip from cached captions and the transcript (apply=true writes them). Select clips with clip_name (glob), keyword and/or role, then organize_keywords (keywords, mode add|remove|replace), organize_rate (rating favorite|rejected|clear) or organize_roles (audio_role, video_role); each writes a _organized copy. history lists every recorded operation for the file's folder (limit); undo (n) moves the outputs of the last n writes into the journal's undone/ folder — it never deletes and refuses when a file changed since it was written. Actions: organize_auto, organize_keywords, organize_rate, organize_roles, history, undo.