MontikMCP, the Model Context Protocol, lets an AI assistant use other software through tools. A video editing MCP server decides what those tools can do, and that varies a lot. Some cut a timeline, some find clips in a long recording, and some run commands on files.
Pick by the job in front of you:
| Server | Best for | Runs | What you need |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montik | Short ads you want to watch and adjust | Hosted | A Montik account, with a free plan |
| OpusClip | Clips from long videos | Hosted | An OpusClip account; rendering needs a paid plan |
| Tella | Screen recordings and talking demos | Hosted | A Tella account, with a 7-day trial |
| Video Jungle | Searching footage and generating edits | Local server, hosted service | A Video Jungle API key |
| video-edit-mcp | Scripted jobs on files | Local | Python and uv |
These details come from each project’s own pages, checked on the date above. Plans change, so confirm before you commit.
Montik
Our own, so weigh this accordingly. Montik is a browser video editor for short ads, and its server gives an assistant the same actions as the editor’s buttons. Claude works on a real multi-track timeline while you watch, and you can change anything by hand. Each of its actions is one undo step in the same history as yours.
Good at: cutting on the transcript, captions, brand-kit graphics, hook variants, review links.
Less suited to: long-form video. It’s built for short ads and social videos. Your footage is stored in the cloud, and the free plan has monthly limits of 5 exports and 30 minutes of transcription.
OpusClip
OpusClip’s hosted server is at https://mcp.opus.pro/mcp and has 27 tools. Give it a long video and it scores the transcript for standalone moments, then returns clips that are cut, reframed to 9:16 and captioned. It can also schedule posts.
Good at: turning podcasts, webinars and interviews into a batch of short clips.
Less suited to: building an edit. By OpusClip’s own description it has no multi-track timeline and can’t stitch non-adjacent moments into one clip. Free accounts can connect and browse, but rendering needs a paid plan.
Tella
Tella is a screen recording tool with an MCP connector for Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Cursor and others. Claude can review footage through tools for storyboards, frames and previews, then cut, zoom and caption. The connector is included on every plan, including the 7-day trial.
Good at: product demos, walkthroughs and recorded explainers, especially ones made in Tella.
Less suited to: ads built from several shots, music and motion graphics, which isn’t its focus.
Video Jungle
The video-editor-mcp server connects Claude to Video Jungle. It analyses uploads, searches them by meaning and generates edits from one or more videos. One tool can also create an OpenTimelineIO project for DaVinci Resolve Studio, which suits people who finish there.
Good at: searching a pile of footage, and starting an edit you’ll finish in Resolve.
Worth checking: when we looked, its repository was last updated in September 2025, so confirm it’s still maintained.
video-edit-mcp
This open-source server runs on your own machine through uvx. It covers trimming, merging, resizing, cropping, speed, fades, overlays and audio mixing, and it can chain operations together. It’s one example of a wider group of local servers built on FFmpeg and similar libraries.
Good at: repeatable file jobs at no subscription cost, with footage that stays on your machine.
Less suited to: creative editing. You describe a change and check the output file, without a timeline to watch or adjust.
How to choose
- You have a long video and want clips: OpusClip.
- You recorded a demo: Tella.
- You want a job done on local files: video-edit-mcp or another local server.
- You want to search footage and finish in Resolve: Video Jungle.
- You’re making short ads and want to stay involved in the cut: Montik.
