Shotstack — model skill for editing & clips

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Cloud video editing API with an official MCP server, CLI and Claude Code skill built around Edit JSON.

• Type: Model · Editing & clips
• Slug: shotstack
• Status: live
• Publisher: Shotstack (community)
• License: unknown
• Source: https://shotstack.io/docs/guide/agents/mcp-server/
• Works in: Claude Code, Claude.ai, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Any MCP client
• Requires: Shotstack account
• Cost: Per render (credits)

What it does

Shotstack renders edits described as JSON timelines (tracks, clips, transitions, captions, templates). Its beta MCP server lets Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex or Gemini CLI compose an edit, open it in an inline Studio editor for review, validate and render it, and poll status; agents are told to call get_shotstack_guide first for the authoring rules.

Use when

• render edits in the cloud from JSON
• let a person review an agent's edit before render
• template videos with merge fields

Install

• Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http shotstack https://mcp.shotstack.io
• Codex: codex mcp add shotstack --url https://mcp.shotstack.io

More editing & clips skills

• Short-form FFmpeg cookbook: copyable commands for Reels: Footage into a 9:16 MP4 with FFmpeg: crop to vertical, burn captions, trim and join, music under the voice.
• Splice AI clips into a video with FFmpeg: Splice generated clips into an original video with ffmpeg without A/V drift: absolute trims, one audio track.
• Chengfeng Videocut: Chinese talking-head editing: word-level transcript, five-pass flub sweep, human review in a Studio, subtitles, export.
• Claude Code Video Toolkit: Open-source video workspace for Claude Code: script, voice, music, visuals and Remotion render on your own GPU account.
• Herk Edit Kit: Nate Herk's kit to edit talking-head videos, reels and Shorts: silence and flub cuts, storytelling, motion graphics.
• Clipify: Long videos into social clips: find funny lines or impact beats, cut, reframe to 9:16, burn word-by-word captions.

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• Claude Code: claude plugin marketplace add vargHQ/skills && claude plugin install varg@varg (skill + hosted MCP)
• Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenClaw: npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-ai -a <agent> -y
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• Claude.ai, ChatGPT, any MCP client: connect https://mcp.varg.ai/mcp
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