Shotcut MCP
PYPI · SHOTCUT-MCP
Edit video through Shotcut's MLT engine: timelines, cuts, filters, titles, crossfades and renders.
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Last scanned (3 hours ago)
Scores higher than 69% of PyPI servers
Category Design and Media
How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Supply Chain Security100
- No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
- No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
- Runs setuptools.build_meta at install time, a recognised build step with no custom scripting around it. View diagnostics → Pass
- 0 of 28 dependencies flagged as unhealthy. View diagnostics → Pass
Provenance & Transparency97
- Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
- Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to NoBanks/shotcut-mcp). View diagnostics → Pass
- Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).Pass
- Actively maintained (last published 6 days ago).Pass
- Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository. See how to fix → Fail
Schema Quality & AI Usability56
- AI-judged instruction clarity (fair).Partial
- Tool/resource definitions use about 788 tokens (~56/item across 14 items; 14 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management0
- Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).Unverified
Tool Coverage67
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 0% of tool parameters carry a description.Fail
Tool Safety75
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- 0 of 2 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation; "remove_clip" implies "remove" and declares no destructiveHint at all, which the MCP spec reads as destructive by default. See how to fix → Fail
- An AI judge read all 14 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Unverified: 1 category
A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 3 Nov 26 +15
- Malware scan: unverified → pass ▲ security
- 30 Oct 26 −15
- Malware scan: pass → unverified ▼ security
- 29 Oct 26 73
First indexed and scored.
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 5 Nov 2026 · Analysed pypi/shotcut-mcp@0.2.1
Provenance Verified
A signed build attestation was found and verified, binding this exact artifact to the source repository it claims to come from.
| Result | Verified |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | pypi |
| Reason | Verified |
| Discovered via | Registry attestation endpoint |
| Source repo | NoBanks/shotcut-mcp |
| Certificate issuer | https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com |
| Certificate SAN | https://github.com/NoBanks/shotcut-mcp/.github/workflows/publish.yml@refs/tags/v0.2.1 |
| Rekor log index | 3572974851 |
| Predicate type | PyPI publish attestation https://docs.pypi.org/attestations/publish/v1 |
| Subject digest | sha256:365d6cb56571663b9a643b62e84f625ffd18e517d41465cb4dc2f0aec53eb9b8 |
Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →
Install scripts 1 script
| Hook | Tier | Command |
|---|---|---|
| build_backend | allowlisted | setuptools.build_meta |
Background: Why install scripts are a supply-chain risk →
Dependencies 28 packages
| Packages resolved | 28 |
|---|---|
| Tree resolution | Complete |
Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
add_clip ~72
Append a span of a source video to the end of the timeline. in_s/out_s are seconds in the SOURCE file. Returns the clip's producer_id.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| clip_path | string | yes | – |
| in_s | number | – | – |
| out_s | number | – | – |
| project_name | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
append_text_overlay ~95
Burn a text title onto the timeline between start_s and end_s (timeline seconds).
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| bg_color | string | – | – |
| color | string | – | – |
| end_s | number | yes | – |
| font_size | integer | – | – |
| halign | string | – | – |
| project_name | string | yes | – |
| start_s | number | yes | – |
| text | string | yes | – |
| valign | string | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
apply_filter ~119
Apply a filter to a clip. Allowed: ['brightness', 'crop', 'fadeInAudio', 'fadeInBrightness', 'fadeOutAudio', 'fadeOutBrightness', 'volume']. Fades take params {"duration_s": n}; brightness takes {"level": 0-2}; volume takes {"level": dB}; crop takes {"left","right","top","bottom"} in pixels.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| filter_name | string | yes | – |
| params | object | – | – |
| producer_id | string | yes | – |
| project_name | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
create_project ~68
Create a new empty MLT/Shotcut project. Choose width/height to match the delivery (e.g. 1080x1920 for vertical).
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| fps | number | – | – |
| height | integer | – | – |
| name | string | yes | – |
| width | integer | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_timeline ~42
Return the whole edit: every clip with producer_id, source in/out, timeline start/end, filters, transitions and titles.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| project_name | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_projects ~20
List all .mlt project files in the work directory.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
move_clip ~46
Move a clip to a new 1-based position on the timeline.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| producer_id | string | yes | – |
| project_name | string | yes | – |
| to_position | integer | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
project_info ~24
Return summary metadata about an existing project.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| project_name | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
remove_clip ~32
Ripple-delete one clip from the timeline.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| producer_id | string | yes | – |
| project_name | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
remove_segment ~44
Ripple-delete the timeline span between start_s and end_s.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| end_s | number | yes | – |
| project_name | string | yes | – |
| start_s | number | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
render ~52
Render a project to a video file with melt. 'mp4-project' keeps the project's own frame size.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| output_path | string | yes | – |
| preset | string | – | – |
| project_name | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
set_transition ~76
Crossfade (video dissolve + audio mix) between two ADJACENT clips. Shortens the timeline by duration_s.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| duration_s | number | yes | – |
| from_producer_id | string | yes | – |
| project_name | string | yes | – |
| style | string | – | – |
| to_producer_id | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
split_clip ~44
Split a clip at_s seconds after its own in point.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| at_s | number | yes | – |
| producer_id | string | yes | – |
| project_name | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
trim_clip ~54
Change the source in/out points of a clip already on the timeline.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| in_s | number | – | – |
| out_s | number | – | – |
| producer_id | string | yes | – |
| project_name | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the Shotcut MCP server?
Shotcut MCP runs locally as a PyPI package, launched with uvx shotcut-mcp. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
pypi · shotcut-mcp
claude mcp add nobanks-shotcut-mcp -- uvx shotcut-mcp
What is the Shotcut MCP server?
Shotcut MCP is listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.NoBanks/shotcut-mcp. Edit video through Shotcut's MLT engine: timelines, cuts, filters, titles, crossfades and renders. This page covers its PyPI package (shotcut-mcp).
Is the Shotcut MCP server safe to use?
Shotcut MCP scores 73 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 5 November 2026. Its build provenance is signed and verified. 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 Shotcut MCP server expose?
Shotcut MCP exposes 14 tools: create_project, add_clip, trim_clip, remove_clip, move_clip, and 9 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 788 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the Shotcut MCP server still maintained?
Shotcut MCP is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.
What licence is the Shotcut MCP server under?
Shotcut MCP declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.