# Unofficial DaVinci MCP — guide skill for editing & clips

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Resolve MCP with live Studio control plus FCPXML/LUT workflows for the free edition and beat-aware cuts.

- **Type:** [Guide](https://varg.ai/how-to/guides.md) · [Editing & clips](https://varg.ai/how-to/browse/skills/editing.md)
- **Slug:** `unofficial-davinci-mcp`
- **Status:** live
- **Publisher:** wassermanproductions (community)
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source:** https://github.com/wassermanproductions/unofficial-davinci-mcp
- **Works in:** Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Any MCP client
- **Requires:** ffmpeg, DaVinci Resolve
- **Cost:** Free/open source
- **Adoption:** 37 GitHub stars (GitHub, 2026-10-27)

## What it does

A Python MCP server that runs DaVinci Resolve live when you have Studio, and falls back to FCPXML and LUT file workflows that work with the free edition. It adds reference color matching and optional beat detection that proposes beat, bar and phrase cut points.

## Use when

- automate Resolve without a Studio license
- match the grade to a reference frame
- plan cuts on musical beats

## Install

- Claude Code: `pip install "git+https://github.com/wassermanproductions/unofficial-davinci-mcp.git" && claude mcp add davinci -- unofficial-davinci-mcp`

## More editing & clips skills

- [Short-form FFmpeg cookbook: copyable commands for Reels](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/short-form-ffmpeg-cookbook.md): 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](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/varg-ffmpeg-mixing.md): Splice generated clips into an original video with ffmpeg without A/V drift: absolute trims, one audio track.
- [Chengfeng Videocut](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/chengfeng-videocut.md): Chinese talking-head editing: word-level transcript, five-pass flub sweep, human review in a Studio, subtitles, export.
- [Claude Code Video Toolkit](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/claude-code-video-toolkit.md): Open-source video workspace for Claude Code: script, voice, music, visuals and Remotion render on your own GPU account.
- [Herk Edit Kit](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/herk-edit-kit.md): Nate Herk's kit to edit talking-head videos, reels and Shorts: silence and flub cuts, storytelling, motion graphics.
- [Clipify](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/clipify.md): Long videos into social clips: find funny lines or impact beats, cut, reframe to 9:16, burn word-by-word captions.