kinocut SKILL.md skillA

This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.

kinocut from kyanitelabs/kinocut is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add kyanitelabs/kinocut/kinocut@git:20261021.d5c2952

Pins git:20261021.d5c2952 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
kyanitelabs/kinocut
Path
plugins/kinocut/skills/kinocut/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
2
Latest version
git:20261021.d5c2952, committed Oct 21, 2026
First version recorded
Oct 21, 2026
Size
22,751 bytes
Repository stars
216
License
Apache-2.0

Use when an agent must edit local video safely. Kinocut guards planning, FFmpeg operations, subtitles, audio, analysis, quality gates, receipts, repurposing, and Hyperframes via MCP, Python, or CLI.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# Kinocut

Use Kinocut when an agent needs a structured video-editing surface instead of hand-writing FFmpeg commands. It exposes MCP tools, a Python client, and a CLI for editing, analysis, subtitles, audio, Hyperframes, layered compositing, and local repurposing workflows.

Published 1.16.2 and the matching development checkout have 203 MCP tools / 177 CLI commands; inspect the installed schemas before using development additions.
Desktop-local execution is available; native Android/iOS clients and a complete
browser processing application remain unimplemented. Recommended service/client
work is described in `docs/PLATFORM_PARITY.md`.

## Default path (do this first)

1. `kino doctor` then `kino --format json info <file>`.
2. For an unfamiliar task, call `search_tools` with the user's task (for example, "remove filler words" or "keep face in frame"), then inspect the returned tool's required inputs. Plan with `video_intent` for supported intents (optional `goal=` compiles a cutfile; a 360/desk/table/`x4` goal also proposes a `360_assembly_plan`). Check that the proposal actually satisfies the request before rendering.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add kyanitelabs/kinocut/kinocut@sha256:faedc602c1b8f56b

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261021.d5c2952, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

Badge

mdr badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_xthb2ldghjbnkx72.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_xthb2ldghjbnkx72)

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Versions

The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, all committed on Oct 21, 2026.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20261021.d5c2952 latest2026-10-21 d5c2952 22,751 BA view · diff
git:20261021.c6bd47f2026-10-21 c6bd47f 22,751 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (22751 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

kyanitelabs/kinocut · 216 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch master

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_xthb2ldghjbnkx72
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=kyanitelabs/kinocut/kinocut
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/faedc602c1b8f56bb519c80748946dec87f8dade1e662396524e38581a78a95d

Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.

Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.

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