Kinocut
Guardrailed video editing MCP server for AI agents.
Local-first FFmpeg tools, Video Receipts, quality gates, Hyperframes, and Shorts/Reels repurposing —
for Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP client. Free, Apache-2.0. Formerly mcp-video.
Demo • Status • 1.16.1 • 1.16.0 • Changelog • Beyond • Install • Quick Start • Tools • Tool Reference • Rescue • 360 assembly • AI-video • Agent Skill • kinocut.dev • What is Kinocut? • FAQ • llms.txt
Kinocut is a free, open-source video editing MCP server and AI agent workflow engine (plus Python client and
kinoCLI) that lets AI agents trim, caption, repurpose, and quality-gate local video media with typed tools and Video Receipts — not invented FFmpeg flags.
Table of contents
- What is Kinocut?
- See It Work
- Installation
- Quick Start
- MCP Tools
- Status and releases
- 360 dual-cam assembly
- Changelog
- FAQ
- Agent Skill
What is Kinocut?
TL;DR: Kinocut is a free, local-first video editing MCP server (plus Python client and kino CLI) so AI agents can trim, caption, repurpose, and quality-gate media with typed tools and Video Receipts — not invented FFmpeg flags.






