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Claude Code video editing skill · 13 tools

Video skills for Claude Code, Codex & Cursor

Installable skills and CLI toolkits that teach a coding agent to transcribe, cut, caption and render footage on your machine.

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Short answer

Of the 13 tools in this hub, Orkas VideoStudio, Showtime, OpenMontage have the most evidence-backed attributes. 7 expose an MCP server, 4 an API, 2 export a timeline to a pro NLE, and 8 confirm a free tier on their pricing page.

Tools
13
MCP
7
API
4
Free tier confirmed
8

Comparison table

✓ = quoted on the vendor's own page (hover on desktop, long-press on mobile).

ToolControl surfaceAutonomyExportsFree tier
Orkas VideoStudio
✓API✓MCP serverCLI✓Agent skill✓GUI app
Agent-driven
✓MP4✓EDL
✓Yes
Showtime
API✓MCP server✓CLIAgent skillGUI app
✓Agent-driven
MP4
✓Yes
OpenMontage
✓Chat / prompt✓APICLIAgent skill
✓Agent-driven
✓MP4
Not verified
video-use
Chat / prompt✓CLI✓Agent skill
Agent-driven
✓MP4✓EDL
Not verified
FireRed-OpenStoryline
✓Chat / prompt✓Agent skill
Agent-driven
Not verified
Yes
VibeFrame
✓MCP server✓CLI
✓Agent-driven
✓MP4
Yes
VideoDB
APISDKMCP server✓Agent skill
Agent-driven
Not verified
Not verified
CartCut
GUI appMCP serverAgent skill
Agent-driven
Not verified
Yes
Claude Code Video Toolkit
CLIAgent skill
✓Agent-driven
✓MP4
✓Yes
cutcli
CLI✓MCP server
Programmatic
CapCut draftMP4
Not verified
ffmpeg-skill
Agent skillMCP server✓CLI
Agent-driven
MP4
Yes
Tesseract (Mirage)
✓Agent skill✓CLI
Agent-driven
MP4
Not verified
Vlog Auto Edit skill
✓Agent skill
✓Agent-driven
MP4
Yes

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Filters
Control surface
MCP server 7GUI app 3API 4CLI 9Agent skill 11SDK 1No-code (Zapier/Make/n8n) 0NLE plugin 0Chat / prompt 3Scripting API 0
Autonomy
Agent-driven 12Copilot 0Autopilot 0Assist 0Programmatic 1
Edit ops
Captions 10Rough cut 6Reframe 16:9→9:16 1Render 6Silence removal 1Timeline edit 1Compose 5B-roll 2Long → shorts 1Effects 1Voice-over 1Transcription 3
Export formats
MP4 10→ Premiere 0→ DaVinci Resolve 0→ Final Cut Pro 0Premiere XML 0→ Avid 0GIF 0FCPXML 0EDL 2WebM 0CapCut draft 1JSON 0XML 0Shotcut 0
Hosting
Cloud 2Open-source, self-host 10Fully local 6Desktop app 0NLE plugin 0Embedded SDK 0Self-host 0
Pricing model
Subscription 0Free (OSS) 11Credits 0Freemium 0Usage-based 0One-time 0Enterprise 0Bring your own keys 2Source-available license 0
Free tier
Has free tier 8
Open source
Open source 9

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GridTable
  • Control surface
  • Autonomy
  • Exports
  • Pricing / free
  • Edit ops
  • ●✓ verified on official page

  • Orkas VideoStudio

    github.com

    Turn your coding agent into a video studio: describe a video in plain language, and your agent writes the timeline and produces the file.

    ✓API✓MCP serverCLI✓Agent skillAgent-driven
    ✓EDL
    ✓ Free tierMIT

  • Showtime

    github.com

    A local video studio for your coding agent. Describe a video in one sentence: your agent directs, your machine renders. Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Devin and…

    API✓MCP server✓CLIAgent skill✓Agent-driven
    ✓ Free tierMIT

  • OpenMontage

    github.com

    World's first open-source, agentic video production system. 12 production pipelines, 100+ tools, 700+ agent skill and production-knowledge files. Turn your…

    ✓Chat / prompt✓APICLIAgent skill✓Agent-driven
    Free tier not verifiedAGPL-3.0

  • video-use

    github.com

    Edit videos with coding agents.

    Chat / prompt✓CLI✓Agent skillAgent-driven
    ✓EDL
    Free tier not verifiedMIT

  • FireRed-OpenStoryline

    github.com

    Open-source AI video editing agent: conversational refinement, ASR rough-cut skill, reusable editing Skills, Claude Code/OpenClaw skills.

    ✓Chat / prompt✓Agent skillAgent-driven
    ✓ Free tierApache-2.0

  • VibeFrame

    github.com

    Frontier AI video generation for coding agents - Seedance, Runway, Veo, Kling on your own keys, behind a hard cost cap. CLI + MCP.

    ✓MCP server✓CLI✓Agent-driven
    ✓ Free tier

  • VideoDB

    videodb.io

    Video infrastructure for agents: index, search, clip, reframe and subtitle video via SDK, hosted MCP and agent skills.

    APISDKMCP server✓Agent skillAgent-driven
    Free tier not verified

  • CartCut

    github.com

    Open-source desktop video editor for AI agents: Claude plugin/skill + MCP connection to cut from transcript, subtitle, trim and add effects.

    GUI appMCP serverAgent skillAgent-driven
    ✓ Free tierMIT

  • Claude Code Video Toolkit

    github.com

    AI-native video production toolkit for Claude Code

    CLIAgent skill✓Agent-driven
    ✓ Free tierMIT

  • cutcli

    github.com

    Single-binary CLI that turns shell commands or JSON into editable CapCut/JianYing drafts, usable from Cursor/Claude Code/MCP agents, with optional cloud render.

    CLI✓MCP serverProgrammatic
    CapCut draft
    Free tier not verified

  • ffmpeg-skill

    github.com

    Local FFmpeg editing engine for coding agents: 42 tools as CLI + MCP with a machine-readable contract and post-render verification.

    Agent skillMCP server✓CLIAgent-driven
    ✓ Free tierMIT

  • Tesseract (Mirage)

    github.com

    Mirage's CLI + agent skills that let a coding agent build, preview and locally render editable .tsrct video projects.

    ✓Agent skill✓CLIAgent-driven
    Free tier not verified

  • Vlog Auto Edit skill

    github.com

    SKILL.md workflow for Claude Code/OpenClaw agents to turn raw travel footage into a finished vlog with ffmpeg + Whisper + a vision model.

    ✓Agent skill✓Agent-driven
    ✓ Free tierMIT

Facets marked ✓ (control surface, autonomy, export formats, free tier) were checked value by value against official pages. The others come from an official-page scan and are not yet checked field by field.

FAQ

About video skills for claude code, codex & cursor. Every answer is grounded in vendor pages.

What does a video skill do?

It gives the agent instructions and helper scripts (usually FFmpeg + Whisper based) so it can turn a folder of footage into a cut without a GUI.

Do they need API keys?

Several run fully local; some optionally call model APIs. Check each tool page.

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