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name: openchatcut

description: Connect an MCP-capable coding agent to OpenChatCut and edit local video projects. Use when the user asks to install, connect, or set up OpenChatCut; inspect or edit an OpenChatCut project; work with its timeline, transcript, captions, media, generation, motion graphics, audio, color, or export tools; or recover from an OpenChatCut MCP error.

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# OpenChatCut

OpenChatCut is a local-first, agent-native video editor. This skill is the

single external entry point; specialized editing guidance remains inside the

running editor and is loaded on demand with `load_skill`.

## Route the task

- Install, connect, or diagnose the MCP server: read

`references/getting-started.md`.

- Inspect or modify a project: read `references/editing-workflow.md`.

- Recover from a failed tool call, stale session, or missing editor:

read `references/known-errors.md`.

## Essentials

1. Start OpenChatCut before connecting. The default MCP endpoint is

`http://localhost:5199/api/external-mcp/mcp`.

2. Call `openchatcut_status`, then `list_projects`. Select a project only when

the user names it or the current context identifies it.

3. Call `load_skill` before specialized work. It is read-only and requires

neither `begin_edit_session` nor `editSessionId`; available names and support

files come from the live MCP tool description.

4. Before project reads or edits, call `begin_edit_session`. Keep its

`editSessionId` and pass it to every draft-safe editor tool.

5. Use `approvalMode: "manual"` unless the user explicitly asks for unattended

application. In manual mode, the user approves the complete proposal in

OpenChatCut. In auto mode, `review_edit_session` applies the complete draft.

6. Finish with `review_edit_session`. Report success only after

`get_edit_session` returns `applied`.

## Skill version

The OpenChatCut MCP server announces its required skill baseline. If the server

baseline is newer, run:

```bash

npx skills update openchatcut

```

Fallback command:

```bash

npx skills add 0xsline/OpenChatCut --skill openchatcut

```