Video editing MCP

Edit video without opening a video editor

Connect Descript to Claude, ChatGPT, or whatever AI assistant you use. Describe the edit and Underlord makes it. You only open Descript when there's something worth looking at.

Rather write the code yourself? The API docs have auth, endpoints, and examples.

Setup in about a minute

No app to install or server to configure. You just sign in with your Descript account.

1

Connect the MCP

In Claude, ChatGPT, or your MCP client, add Descript as a connector. You'll be prompted to sign in to Descript. That's it.

2

Ask for what you need

Ask in plain words: "cut five clips from this webinar." Your assistant runs the edit in Descript.

3

Open Descript if you want to

Every edit lands in a project in your drive. Open it to fix whatever the AI got wrong. If it goes quiet, ask what it made.

Things people ask it to do

Real people, sitting in rooms like you are right now, are asking Descript to help them. Some of these people may have as many half empty iced coffees on their desk as you do.

Pull five short clips out of this webinar recording
Studio Sound this, cut the filler words, add captions
What's in this recording? Give me the timestamps that matter
Add b-roll every time I mention the dashboard — don't touch the audio
Reframe this to 9:16 and keep me centered
Make a new composition with just the parts where Laura is talking
Remove the retakes and false starts, leave everything else alone
Summarize this transcript and pull the three best quotes
Make a thumbnail for this episode
What caption style is this project using? I want to match it
Drop a music bed under the intro and fade it out at 0:12
Export the transcript as an SRT
Turn this 40-minute interview into a two-minute trailer
Add lower-thirds for each speaker
Import these four files and put them in one project
Read this script verbatim in my Speaker's voice
Publish it and give me the share link
Tighten the script to 60 seconds and keep my phrasing

Put Descript to work

You don't have to imagine what to do. Pick one of these and get on your way.

A recording transcribed in Descript

Bring it in, then ask it anything

Import a recording and it gets transcribed on the way in. Then ask what's in it, where the good parts are, or what someone said about pricing. Your recordings become as searchable as your docs, and nobody has to sit through the entire 4-hour business review.

Works in the assistant you use

Setup is the same everywhere: add Descript, sign in, and start asking.

ChatGPT

ChatGPT

Descript is in the ChatGPT app directory. Connect it once and it's there in every conversation.

Claude

Claude

Add Descript from the Claude connector directory and sign in. Work in the desktop app, on the web, or in Claude Code.

Any MCP client

Any MCP client

Use Cursor, your own agent, something no one has heard of? If it speaks MCP, it can drive Descript.

The API and CLI

The API and CLI

When you'd rather write the code and handle the errors yourself, access the same capabilities over HTTP or from your terminal.

What is an MCP, actually?

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is how an AI assistant reaches a tool it doesn't own. Descript's MCP lets Claude or ChatGPT run edits in your drive when you ask. Everyone had to ask what it meant at some point.

What the Descript MCP can do

What people say about Descript

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4.6 Average Rating

837 Reviews

Descript saves me hours of work every week…Instead of watching hours of pre-recorded webinars, I can simply upload and review the transcript for the exact information I need.

Alyssa T.

Descript will find highlights and create clips of any length that I specify. It writes YouTube descriptions and creates chapters as well as will give me the start to a blog post. All from one piece of content!

Gretchen D.

With Descript I'll be able to at least double my content output since editing is taking one-quarter the time it used to.

Donna B.

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Frequently asked questions

  • What is the Descript MCP?

  • Do I need to install anything?

  • Do I need to be a developer?

  • What does it cost?

  • Which assistants work with it?

  • What can't it do yet?

  • What happens to my content?

  • What's a good first thing to try?