DaVinci Resolve

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Control DaVinci Resolve Studio from your assistant: edit timelines, organize media, set up renders and work on color.

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npx davinci-resolve-mcp setup

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A community MCP server that lets an AI assistant control DaVinci Resolve Studio through its official Scripting API. It covers editing, media pool organization, render setup, review markers, grading, Fusion, Fairlight, project lifecycle tasks and source-safe media analysis. A local browser control panel is included for inspecting Resolve state.

It runs locally over stdio. Running npx davinci-resolve-mcp setup installs a managed copy, creates a Python virtual environment and can register the server with clients such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code and Codex CLI. No API key is needed. DaVinci Resolve Studio must be open with Preferences > General > External scripting using set to Local. This is not an official Blackmagic Design product.

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  • Edit timelines and organize the media pool
  • Set up and manage render jobs
  • Add review markers
  • Work on color grading
  • Control Fusion and Fairlight features
  • Handle project lifecycle tasks
  • Run source-safe media analysis

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  • Create a new timeline from the clips in my Interviews bin

  • Add review markers at every cut on the current timeline

  • Set up a render job for the current timeline as H.264 MP4

  • Organize the media pool into bins by clip type

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Claude Code

  1. Run this in a terminal, in your project folder:
claude mcp add --transport stdio davinci-resolve -- npx davinci-resolve-mcp setup
  1. Start Claude Code and type /mcp. davinci-resolve should show as connected.

Add --scope user to make it available in every project.

Claude Desktop

  1. Open Settings → Developer → Edit Config. It opens claude_desktop_config.json. Add:
claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "davinci-resolve": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "davinci-resolve-mcp",
        "setup"
      ]
    }
  }
}
  1. Save the file and restart Claude Desktop.

Needs Node.js on your computer. The file lives in ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/ on macOS and %APPDATA%\Claude\ on Windows.

Cursor

Add to Cursor a11y.new_tab

Or add it by hand to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (all projects) or .cursor/mcp.json (this project):

mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "davinci-resolve": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "davinci-resolve-mcp",
        "setup"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Needs Node.js on your computer.

VS Code

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Or from a terminal:

code --add-mcp '{"name":"davinci-resolve","type":"stdio","command":"npx","args":["davinci-resolve-mcp","setup"]}'

Or commit it to the repo in .vscode/mcp.json:

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "davinci-resolve": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "davinci-resolve-mcp",
        "setup"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Devin Desktop

  1. Add it to ~/.config/devin/mcp_config.json (macOS and Linux) or %APPDATA%\devin\mcp_config.json (Windows):
mcp_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "davinci-resolve": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "davinci-resolve-mcp",
        "setup"
      ]
    }
  }
}
  1. Refresh the MCP server list in Cascade.

Devin Desktop is the new name for Windsurf.

Codex

codex mcp add davinci-resolve -- npx davinci-resolve-mcp setup

Or edit ~/.codex/config.toml directly:

config.toml
[mcp_servers.davinci-resolve]
command = "npx"
args = ["davinci-resolve-mcp", "setup"]

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Gemini CLI

gemini mcp add davinci-resolve npx davinci-resolve-mcp setup

This adds it to the current project. Add -s user to use it everywhere.

Any client

Most clients that start local servers accept this shape:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "davinci-resolve": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "davinci-resolve-mcp",
        "setup"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Zed puts servers under context_servers in its settings, with the same command, args and env fields.

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Can I paste mcp.tc/i/davinci-resolve into my MCP client?

No. DaVinci Resolve runs on your own computer, started by your client, so it has no web address to connect to. The quick link is the page to share; the install command is npx davinci-resolve-mcp setup.

Does DaVinci Resolve need an API key?

No. It doesn't declare any keys or environment variables. It runs with your user account's permissions, so check what its tools can reach.

Is DaVinci Resolve a remote or a local server?

Local. Your client starts it as a process on your computer with npx davinci-resolve-mcp setup, which needs Node.js.

What can DaVinci Resolve do?

You can edit timelines and organize the media pool, set up and manage render jobs and add review markers.

Which clients can use it?

Any client that starts local servers: Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Devin Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Zed and others. claude.ai and ChatGPT only connect to remote servers.

Who wrote this page?

mcp.tc's robot read DaVinci Resolve's public metadata (its package and repository pages), and an AI model drafted the text from it. A person reviews anything the checks can't confirm. The text can still be wrong, so if you spot a mistake, use Report this listing on this page.

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