FCPXML MCP

Communityby Community (DareDev256 / James Dare)freeverified Aug 11, 2026

Turn Final Cut Pro XML into QC, markers, rough cuts, and cross-NLE handoffs.

What it does

FCPXML MCP gives agents a deep Final Cut Pro XML workbench: inspect timelines, detect flash frames and gaps, add marker batches, build rough cuts, reformat cuts, export EDL/CSV, and write Resolve or FCP7 handoff files. It fits the assistant-editor jobs that do not require eyes on the frame: count, QC, annotate, restructure, and push a clean XML back into the edit bay.

Connect

Claude Code

claude mcp add fcpxml -e FCP_PROJECTS_DIR=~/Movies -- uvx fcp-mcp-server

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fcpxml-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "fcp-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fcpxml-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "fcp-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Auth: local-app — XML mode works on exported FCPXML files; Live Mode requires macOS with Final Cut Pro 10.4+ running and a one-time Automation permission grant

Tools you'll see

inspectdiagnoseeditmarkgeneratetranscriptdeliver

Field notes

Rename direction, corrected — an earlier version of this note had it backwards. `DareDev256/fcpxml-mcp-server` is the OLD path and 301-redirects to the canonical `DareDev256/fcp-mcp-server`; use the latter. Name collision warning: the `fcp-mcp` entry in this directory is dreliq9's separate Final Cut server, not this one. MIT, v0.15.0 released Aug 4 2026, 79 stars, Python >=3.10, PyPI `fcp-mcp-server`. Since v0.14.0 the advertised surface is 7 grouped tools (inspect/diagnose/edit/mark/generate/transcript/deliver) dispatching 62 underlying operations; set FCP_MCP_LEGACY_TOOLS=1 to advertise the old flat tool names. This is not an in-FCP plugin: Live Mode pushes XML into Final Cut via an Apple event, but current timelines still come back by manual File > Export XML.

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