Claude video editor

Edit videos with Claude. Connect Cutwords and Claude cuts filler words, pauses and whole sentences in your project and adds titles. You can undo any edit.

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Works with Claude and Claude Code. Free plan, no time limit.

Can Claude edit videos?

Yes, once it's connected to a video editor. On its own, Claude can't open a video or a timeline. Connect Cutwords and Claude reads your video's word-timed transcript, plans the edit and makes the cuts in your project, where you watch, keep or undo each one.

TaskClaude aloneClaude + Cutwords
Read a transcript you paste in
Cut words, sentences and pauses–
Add titles, lower thirds and B-roll–
Undo an edit–
Export to Premiere Pro or Resolve–

Add Cutwords to Claude

One custom connector, then one sign-in. Works in Claude on the web, desktop and mobile.

  1. Add a custom connector In Claude, open Customize → Connectors and click Add custom connector.
  2. Paste the connector URL Name it Cutwords and paste the URL below.
  3. Sign in and allow Click Connect, sign in to Cutwords and choose Allow.
  4. Turn it on in a chat Open + → Connectors and turn Cutwords on.
https://api.cutwords.com/mcp

Claude's Free plan allows one custom connector. On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it first.

Claude Code video editing plugin

The plugin adds the Cutwords connector and three editing skills, so Claude Code reads first, shows its plan and undoes only its own edits.

  1. Add the marketplace and install the plugin.
  2. Run /mcp, pick cutwords and choose Authenticate.
  3. Ask for the edit in plain words.
/plugin marketplace add kemojal/cutwords-plugins /plugin install cutwords@cutwords
  • edit-video
  • clean-up-speech
  • connect-cutwords

Already connected Cutwords in Claude? Claude Code picks it up when you're signed in to the same account. View the plugin on GitHub

Edit video with Claude

Ask in plain words. Each edit lands in the open editor, in Cutwords' history.

Claude video editing prompts

Copy one into Claude once Cutwords is connected.

  • Remove the ums, uhs and pauses longer than a second from my latest video.find_in_transcript · cut_words
  • Cut every place where I repeat myself, but show me the plan first.get_transcript · propose_edit
  • Find where we start talking about pricing and cut everything before it.find_in_transcript · cut_words
  • Add a title that says “How we edit now” over the first line.propose_edit · apply_edit
  • Add a lower third for Jon Okafor, Co-host, the first time he speaks.propose_edit · apply_edit
  • Move the story about our first episode to the start.propose_edit · restructure
  • Edit this video in my style.propose_edit · style_applyPro
  • Undo your last two edits.undo_edit

Export to Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro and DaVinci Resolve

Claude edits in Cutwords. Download the MP4, or open the cut in your editor as an XML edit list.

  • Premiere Pro
  • Final Cut ProFinal Cut Pro
  • DaVinci ResolveDaVinci Resolve

Claude video editor FAQ

Can Claude edit videos for free?

Yes. Cutwords has a free plan with no time limit, and Claude's Free plan allows one custom connector. Claude Code needs a paid Claude plan.

How do I edit a video with Claude Code?

Install the Cutwords plugin with /plugin install cutwords@cutwords, run /mcp to sign in, then ask: “Clean up the ums in my latest Cutwords video.”

Is there a video editing MCP server for Claude?

Yes. The Cutwords MCP server is at https://api.cutwords.com/mcp. It signs in with OAuth and gives Claude 11 tools to read transcripts and to plan, apply and undo edits.

Does Claude watch my video?

No. Claude reads the word-timed transcript and the current edit, not the footage itself.

Can Claude edit videos in Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve?

Not directly. Claude edits in Cutwords, then you export the cut as an XML edit list or EDL that opens in Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro or DaVinci Resolve.

Can I undo what Claude changed?

Yes. Every edit shows in the editor's history under “Claude · connected”. Undo it there, with ⌘Z, or ask Claude.

What can't Claude do in Cutwords yet?

Upload footage, export, or generate AI B-roll. Pro effects such as background removal need a Pro plan.

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