# CutConvert (remote · cutconvert.com)

Convert subtitles, transcripts, broadcast captions (SCC/MCC/STL), EDLs, and Premiere files.

- Trust score: 82/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-20

## Components

- remote · `cutconvert.com`: 82/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-cutconvert-converter/api-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-cutconvert-converter/api-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://cutconvert.com/api/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.1.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-09-20.

- **Endpoint Security**: 74/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 71/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 660 tokens (~165/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 83/100
  - Stability observed for 25 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 5 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

## Install

### How do I install the CutConvert MCP server?

CutConvert is a hosted endpoint at https://cutconvert.com/api/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-cutconvert-converter 'https://cutconvert.com/api/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-cutconvert-converter": {
      "url": "https://cutconvert.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-cutconvert-converter": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://cutconvert.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-cutconvert-converter]
url = "https://cutconvert.com/api/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-cutconvert-converter": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://cutconvert.com/api/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-cutconvert-converter --url 'https://cutconvert.com/api/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-cutconvert-converter:
    url: "https://cutconvert.com/api/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-cutconvert-converter": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://cutconvert.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-cutconvert-converter -t streamable-http -u 'https://cutconvert.com/api/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-cutconvert-converter": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://cutconvert.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-09-19 (score 82, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 77 to 80. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 23 days of observed history at the previous scan, 24 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-17 (score 81, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 70 to 73. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 21 days of observed history at the previous scan, 22 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-15 (score 80, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 63 to 67. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 19 days of observed history at the previous scan, 20 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-13 (score 79, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 57 to 60. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 17 days of observed history at the previous scan, 18 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-11 (score 78, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 50 to 53. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 15 days of observed history at the previous scan, 16 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-10 (score 77, +6)

- [security improvement] Authorization: unverified → partial
- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads

### 2026-09-09 (score 71, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 43 to 47. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 13 days of observed history at the previous scan, 14 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-07 (score 70, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 37 to 40. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 11 days of observed history at the previous scan, 12 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (4)

### `list_converters` (~32 tokens)

List supported converters

List every conversion CutConvert supports (source format, output format, and the target id to pass to convert_file).

### `convert_file` (~272 tokens)

Convert a post-production file

Convert a subtitle, transcript, caption, EDL, FCPXML, or Premiere .prtranscript file. Pass text file contents in `content`; pass binary files (.prtranscript) as base64 in `content_base64`. The filename extension drives format detection. Use `target` from list_converters to pick the output, or leave it as "auto" to get the default output for the detected format. Returns the converted file content (text formats inline; DOCX/ZIP as base64).

Input parameters:

- `caption_language` (string): BCP 47 caption language for ITT/TTML, e.g. en-US or ja. Defaults to the source language or undetermined.
- `content` (string): The file content for text formats (SRT, VTT, TXT, EDL, JSON, FCPXML, …).
- `content_base64` (string): Base64-encoded bytes for binary formats (.prtranscript).
- `filename` (string, required): Original file name including extension, e.g. "episode1.srt" — drives format detection.
- `frame_rate` (string): Frame rate for frame-based outputs such as ITT. Defaults to auto.
- `target` (string): Conversion target id from list_converters, or "auto" for the default output.

### `inspect_file` (~85 tokens)

Detect a file’s format

Detect the format of a subtitle/transcript/EDL/FCPXML file and report what CutConvert would produce from it, without performing the conversion or using quota.

Input parameters:

- `content` (string): File content (text formats).
- `content_base64` (string): Base64 bytes (binary formats like .prtranscript).
- `filename` (string, required): Original file name including extension.

### `timecode_calculate` (~145 tokens)

SMPTE timecode calculator

Parse an SMPTE timecode at a frame rate (including 29.97/59.94 drop-frame) and report its frame count and real elapsed seconds; optionally re-express it at another rate.

Input parameters:

- `mode` (string): When converting rates: "time" keeps the same real-world moment (conform, default); "frames" keeps the frame count (reinterpret).
- `rate` (string, required): Frame rate the timecode is expressed in.
- `timecode` (string, required): Timecode like "01:00:02:12" (use ";" before frames for drop-frame).
- `to_rate` (string): Optional target frame rate to convert to.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-cutconvert-converter/api-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-09-20: 82
- 2026-09-19: 82
- 2026-09-18: 81
- 2026-09-17: 81
- 2026-09-16: 80
- 2026-09-15: 80
- 2026-09-14: 79
- 2026-09-13: 79
- 2026-09-12: 78
- 2026-09-11: 78
- 2026-09-10: 77
- 2026-09-09: 71
- 2026-09-08: 70
- 2026-09-07: 70
- 2026-09-06: 69
- 2026-09-05: 69
- 2026-09-04: 69
- 2026-09-03: 68
- 2026-09-02: 68
- 2026-09-01: 67
- 2026-08-31: 67
- 2026-08-30: 66
- 2026-08-29: 66
- 2026-08-28: 65
- 2026-08-27: 65
- 2026-08-26: 64

## Common questions

### What is the CutConvert MCP server?

CutConvert is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.cutconvert/converter. Convert subtitles, transcripts, broadcast captions (SCC/MCC/STL), EDLs, and Premiere files. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://cutconvert.com/api/mcp).

### Is the CutConvert MCP server safe to use?

CutConvert scores 82 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the CutConvert MCP server expose?

CutConvert exposes 4 tools: list_converters, convert_file, inspect_file, timecode_calculate. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 534 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the CutConvert MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to CutConvert without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the CutConvert MCP server still maintained?

CutConvert is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 20 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://cutconvert.com/api/mcp
- Website: https://cutconvert.com/mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-cutconvert-converter/api-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-cutconvert-converter/api-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-cutconvert-converter/api-mcp