# DaVinci Resolve AI Bridge MCP

> Local MCP bridge into DaVinci Resolve that runs on the Free edition, not just Studio.

- **Category:** Editing & Post
- **Vendor:** Community (flamexnreal) (community)
- **Pricing:** free
- **Verified:** 2026-09-15

## What it does

A Python bridge that starts from Resolve's own Workspace → Scripts menu and hands an MCP client some forty-five tools: timeline inspection, media import and placement, clip transforms and Fusion zoom animation, grade reads and writes, silence detection with marker-then-apply cuts, review on duplicate timelines, and render queueing. It was built Free-first: it runs inside Resolve as a menu script rather than attaching through Studio-only external scripting, so no Studio key is needed. The larger davinci-resolve server now reaches the Free edition the same way, which makes this the lighter, narrower alternative — fewer tools, one Python runtime, and a review-on-a-duplicate-timeline habit baked into the edit tools.

## Connect

- Claude Code: `claude mcp add davinci-resolve-ai-bridge -- npx davinci-resolve-ai-bridge-mcp`
- Local: `npx davinci-resolve-ai-bridge-mcp`

**Auth:** local-app — No key. Requires DaVinci Resolve (Free or Studio) open with a project, Python 3.10+, and the bridge started once per session from Workspace → Scripts → Resolve AI Bridge → Start AI Bridge.

## Capabilities

[nle-control](https://mcp.film/capabilities/nle-control.md) · [timeline-editing](https://mcp.film/capabilities/timeline-editing.md) · [color-grading](https://mcp.film/capabilities/color-grading.md) · [media-management](https://mcp.film/capabilities/media-management.md) · [scene-detection](https://mcp.film/capabilities/scene-detection.md) · [frame-extraction](https://mcp.film/capabilities/frame-extraction.md) · [render](https://mcp.film/capabilities/render.md) · [davinci-resolve](https://mcp.film/capabilities/davinci-resolve.md)

## Sample tools

`resolve_status` · `timeline_overview` · `timeline_frame` · `timeline_audio` · `import_media` · `append_media` · `set_clip_transform` · `animate_zoom` · `set_clip_grade` · `review_silence` · `apply_silence_cuts` · `preview_timeline` · `render_current_timeline`

## Field notes

Verified 2026-09-15 against the repo and npm: MIT, v1.12.0 published 7 Sep 2026, ~23 stars, one maintainer on a personal account created June 2026, repo created July 2026 — young, and the submission came from that maintainer. The npx line is an installer, not the server: it creates ~/.resolve-ai-bridge with a private Python environment, adds the Resolve menu entries and merges MCP config into the clients it detects; the stdio server it registers is a local Python command, with `npx -y davinci-resolve-ai-bridge-mcp --serve` as the alternative. Weigh it against davinci-resolve (2.6k stars, 36 compound tools, also Free-capable since its own in-app bridge shipped) and against Resolve Studio 21.1, whose first-party AI-assistant integration is Studio-only. Read the fine print: the README's live-tested matrix is macOS / Resolve Free 21.0.3.7 / Python 3.14.6 only, Windows and Linux are marked as still needing verification, and Studio-only effects stay Studio-only. FFmpeg is an optional extra download for source-frame capture. Tool names above come from the README's tool table, not a live tools/list.

## Alternatives

- [DaVinci Resolve Studio MCP (Blackmagic)](https://mcp.film/mcps/davinci-resolve-studio.md) — First-party MCP server built into DaVinci Resolve Studio 21.1 — no third-party bridge.
- [DaVinci Resolve MCP](https://mcp.film/mcps/davinci-resolve.md) — Full AI control of DaVinci Resolve Studio — edit, grade, Fusion, and render via scripting.
- [Adobe Premiere Pro MCP](https://mcp.film/mcps/premiere-pro.md) — Drive Premiere Pro timelines, effects, and exports from your agent via a CEP bridge.
- [Palmier Pro](https://mcp.film/mcps/palmier-pro.md) — AI-native Mac timeline editor with a built-in local MCP server — closed source since v0.7.6.
- [OrkasVideoStudio](https://mcp.film/mcps/orkas-videostudio.md) — Local MCP and CLI toolkit for agent-driven video composition, editing, analysis, and rendering.
- [Clueso MCP](https://mcp.film/mcps/clueso.md) — Hosted OAuth MCP that builds and edits a real, re-openable timeline by conversation.

## Verification

- Status: Review soon (39 days old)
- Added: 2026-09-15
- Last verified: 2026-09-15
- Machine JSON: https://mcp.film/api/mcps/davinci-resolve-ai-bridge.json

## Links

- Docs: https://github.com/flamexnreal/davinci-resolve-ai-bridge-mcp?utm_source=mcp.film&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=directory&utm_content=davinci-resolve-ai-bridge%3Adocs#readme
- Repo: https://github.com/flamexnreal/davinci-resolve-ai-bridge-mcp

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