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kajisho5/ffmpeg-skill

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Local video editor for coding agents: 42 FFmpeg tools with a machine-readable contract and an MCP server, for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex. Cut, captions, reframe, loudness, platform exports. No cloud, no API keys.

What it is

Give your coding agent a video editor. Claude Code, Cursor, Codex or any MCP client edits your footage with local FFmpeg, then checks its own output. No cloud · No API keys · Python standard library Left half is the input, right half is what the command produced. Every before/after demo, with the exact command under each one → — all of it generated from synthetic footage by python3 demos/build.py, so you can rebuild every frame of it yourself.

When to use it

Reach for ffmpeg-skill when you want Claude, Cursor or any MCP client to reach a new tool, API or data source — it's written in Python and fits stacks tagged agent-skills, ai-agents, audio-processing, captions.

Category
MCP & Tool Use
Also in
AI Coding Tools, Generative Media
Stars
5,082
Forks
422
Last push
today
Created
2026-09-03
Open issues
14
Website
npmjs.com/package/ffmpeg-skill
#agent-skills#ai-agents#audio-processing#captions#claude-code#codex#coding-agent#cursor#ffmpeg#gemini-cli-extension#loudness-normalization#mcp#python#subtitles

Quick start

$ git clone https://github.com/kajisho5/ffmpeg-skill.git

Hand it to your AI

Read https://ideas.asveas.com/r/kajisho5/ffmpeg-skill.md and help me add kajisho5/ffmpeg-skill to my project. Explain the setup steps for my stack and show the minimal code to get it working.
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FAQ

What is ffmpeg-skill?

kajisho5/ffmpeg-skill is a MCP server on GitHub: Local video editor for coding agents: 42 FFmpeg tools with a machine-readable contract and an MCP server, for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex. Cut, captions, reframe, loudness, platform exports. No cloud, no API keys. Give your coding agent a video editor.

When should I use ffmpeg-skill?

Reach for ffmpeg-skill when you want Claude, Cursor or any MCP client to reach a new tool, API or data source — it's written in Python and fits stacks tagged agent-skills, ai-agents, audio-processing, captions.

What are the best alternatives to ffmpeg-skill?

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Is ffmpeg-skill actively maintained?

kajisho5/ffmpeg-skill looks very actively maintained: the last push was today (2026-11-11), with 5,082 stars and 14 open issues.

What license does ffmpeg-skill use?

kajisho5/ffmpeg-skill is published under the MIT license. Check the repository's LICENSE file before commercial use.