# Shotcut MCP (pypi · shotcut-mcp)

Edit video through Shotcut's MLT engine: timelines, cuts, filters, titles, crossfades and renders.

- Trust score: 73/100 (medium)
- Change this week: 0
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- pypi · `shotcut-mcp`: 73/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/nobanks-shotcut-mcp/shotcut-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/nobanks-shotcut-mcp/shotcut-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `pypi`
- Package: `shotcut-mcp`
- Version: `0.2.1`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

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. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 100/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - Runs setuptools.build_meta at install time, a recognised build step with no custom scripting around it.
  - 0 of 28 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 97/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to NoBanks/shotcut-mcp).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 6 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 56/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (fair).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 788 tokens (~56/item across 14 items; 14 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **Tool Coverage**: 67/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 0% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 75/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - 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.
  - An AI judge read all 14 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

**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.

## Install

### 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.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add nobanks-shotcut-mcp -- uvx shotcut-mcp
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nobanks-shotcut-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "shotcut-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "nobanks-shotcut-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "shotcut-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add nobanks-shotcut-mcp -- uvx shotcut-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "nobanks-shotcut-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "uvx",
        "shotcut-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add nobanks-shotcut-mcp --command uvx --arg shotcut-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  nobanks-shotcut-mcp:
    command: "uvx"
    args: ["shotcut-mcp"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "nobanks-shotcut-mcp": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "uvx",
      "Arguments": [
        "shotcut-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add nobanks-shotcut-mcp -t stdio -c uvx -a shotcut-mcp
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nobanks-shotcut-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "shotcut-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## 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.

### 2026-11-03 (score 73, +15)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-10-30 (score 58, −15)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified

### 2026-10-29 (score 73)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (14)

### `create_project` (~68 tokens)

Create a new empty MLT/Shotcut project. Choose width/height to match the delivery (e.g. 1080x1920 for vertical).

Input parameters:

- `fps` (number)
- `height` (integer)
- `name` (string, required)
- `width` (integer)

### `add_clip` (~72 tokens)

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.

Input parameters:

- `clip_path` (string, required)
- `in_s` (number)
- `out_s` (number)
- `project_name` (string, required)

### `trim_clip` (~54 tokens)

Change the source in/out points of a clip already on the timeline.

Input parameters:

- `in_s` (number)
- `out_s` (number)
- `producer_id` (string, required)
- `project_name` (string, required)

### `remove_clip` (~32 tokens)

Ripple-delete one clip from the timeline.

Input parameters:

- `producer_id` (string, required)
- `project_name` (string, required)

### `move_clip` (~46 tokens)

Move a clip to a new 1-based position on the timeline.

Input parameters:

- `producer_id` (string, required)
- `project_name` (string, required)
- `to_position` (integer, required)

### `split_clip` (~44 tokens)

Split a clip at_s seconds after its own in point.

Input parameters:

- `at_s` (number, required)
- `producer_id` (string, required)
- `project_name` (string, required)

### `remove_segment` (~44 tokens)

Ripple-delete the timeline span between start_s and end_s.

Input parameters:

- `end_s` (number, required)
- `project_name` (string, required)
- `start_s` (number, required)

### `append_text_overlay` (~95 tokens)

Burn a text title onto the timeline between start_s and end_s (timeline seconds).

Input parameters:

- `bg_color` (string)
- `color` (string)
- `end_s` (number, required)
- `font_size` (integer)
- `halign` (string)
- `project_name` (string, required)
- `start_s` (number, required)
- `text` (string, required)
- `valign` (string)

### `apply_filter` (~119 tokens)

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.

Input parameters:

- `filter_name` (string, required)
- `params` (object)
- `producer_id` (string, required)
- `project_name` (string, required)

### `set_transition` (~76 tokens)

Crossfade (video dissolve + audio mix) between two ADJACENT clips. Shortens the timeline by duration_s.

Input parameters:

- `duration_s` (number, required)
- `from_producer_id` (string, required)
- `project_name` (string, required)
- `style` (string)
- `to_producer_id` (string, required)

### `get_timeline` (~42 tokens)

Return the whole edit: every clip with producer_id, source in/out, timeline start/end, filters, transitions and titles.

Input parameters:

- `project_name` (string, required)

### `project_info` (~24 tokens)

Return summary metadata about an existing project.

Input parameters:

- `project_name` (string, required)

### `render` (~52 tokens)

Render a project to a video file with melt. 'mp4-project' keeps the project's own frame size.

Input parameters:

- `output_path` (string, required)
- `preset` (string)
- `project_name` (string, required)

### `list_projects` (~20 tokens)

List all .mlt project files in the work directory.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Install scripts, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/nobanks-shotcut-mcp/shotcut-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 73
- 2026-11-04: 73
- 2026-11-03: 73
- 2026-11-02: 58
- 2026-11-01: 58
- 2026-10-31: 58
- 2026-10-30: 58
- 2026-10-29: 73

## Common questions

### 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.

## Links

- PyPI project: https://pypi.org/project/shotcut-mcp/
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/pypi/package/shotcut-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/NoBanks/shotcut-mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/nobanks-shotcut-mcp/shotcut-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/nobanks-shotcut-mcp/shotcut-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/nobanks-shotcut-mcp/shotcut-mcp