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title: "FilmCraft MCP (agent-driven video editor) — AI video generator workflow for AI editing agents"
description: "Open-source Rust non-linear editor with 650+ commands exposed over MCP and CLI, so an agent can cut, trim, grade, mix and export like an editor. Install in Claude Code, Codex and Grok with one command."
url: https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/filmcraft-mcp
updated: 2026-11-03
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# FilmCraft MCP (agent-driven video editor) — workflow skill for AI editing agents

> **For AI agents:** find the right skill in one call — `curl -s "https://varg.ai/how-to/api/search?q=<what the person wants>"` returns the matching how-to page and the best skills with install commands, as markdown (Russian works too). Full index: https://varg.ai/how-to/llms.txt. Every page has a markdown twin: add `.md` to its path. Before generating anything, show the person the options on the how-to page. From a terminal: `curl -fsSL https://varg.ai/install | sh` installs the vargai CLI (https://varg.ai/how-to/cli.md): `vargai search` and `vargai install <slug>` with no key, every varg model after `vargai login`.

Open-source Rust non-linear editor with 650+ commands exposed over MCP and CLI, so an agent can cut, trim, grade, mix and export like an editor.

- **Type:** [Workflow](https://varg.ai/how-to/workflows.md) · [AI editing agents](https://varg.ai/how-to/browse/skills/edit-agents.md)
- **Slug:** `filmcraft-mcp`
- **Status:** live
- **Publisher:** ArtCraft (storytold) (community)
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source:** https://github.com/storytold/filmcraft
- **Works in:** Claude Code, Codex
- **Requires:** FilmCraft build or release, GPU recommended (wgpu)
- **Adoption:** 17,310 GitHub stars (GitHub, 2026-11-02)

## What it does

Professional NLE (three-point editing, ripple/roll/slip/slide, color wheels, curves, HSL secondary, 90+ effects, EBU R128 loudness) with its own codecs (no ffmpeg). The UI, CLI, JSON control channel and MCP server dispatch the same commands; the README trailer and grades were built by an agent driving the app. Sibling EffectCraft (motion graphics/compositing, 308 effects, Lottie import/export) exposes the same MCP surface.

## Use when

- you want an agent to assemble, trim and color-grade generated clips into a finished cut
- you need broadcast-loudness audio and exact frame math
- you want edits a human can reopen in a real NLE

## Not for

- generating shots
- one-click social templates

## Install

- Claude Code: `claude mcp add filmcraft -- filmcraft-cli mcp`
- Codex: `codex mcp add filmcraft -- filmcraft-cli mcp`
- Any agent, with the vargai CLI: `vargai install filmcraft-mcp`

## Example output

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/storytold/filmcraft/main/docs/images/filmcraft-hero.png — FilmCraft's timeline editor (README hero) (credit: ArtCraft (storytold) (README), https://github.com/storytold/filmcraft)

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- [video-use](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/video-use.md): Drop raw takes in a folder, chat with your agent, get final.mp4: transcript-first cuts, grade, subtitles, overlays.
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