fcp-mcp — Final Cut Pro MCP Server

local MCP server

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add fcp-mcp -e FCP_MCP_OUTPUT_DIR=... -- uvx fcp-mcp

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fcp-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "fcp-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FCP_MCP_OUTPUT_DIR": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

Summary

Final Cut Pro MCP — 88 tools: FCPXML engine, live FCP control, media analysis, puppets.

Questions

fcp-mcp — Final Cut Pro MCP Server is a local MCP server distributed as the pypi package fcp-mcp.

Run: claude mcp add fcp-mcp -e FCP_MCP_OUTPUT_DIR=... -- uvx fcp-mcp

Run: codex mcp add fcp-mcp --env FCP_MCP_OUTPUT_DIR=... -- uvx fcp-mcp

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