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Davinci Resolve MCP

Davinci Resolve MCP is an MCP server that lets AI assistants control DaVinci Resolve Studio through the official Scripting API. It provides full API coverage plus guarded workflow helpers for editing, media pool organization, render setup, review markers, grading, Fusion… It has 3,386 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y davinci-resolve-mcp.

github.com/samuelgursky/davinci-resolve-mcp (opens in a new tab)

Install Davinci Resolve MCP

Generated from the server's published package. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

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

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio davinci-resolve-mcp -- npx -y davinci-resolve-mcp

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "davinci-resolve-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "davinci-resolve-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

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

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About Davinci Resolve MCP

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets AI assistants control DaVinci Resolve Studio through the official Scripting API. It provides full API coverage plus guarded workflow helpers for editing, media pool organization, render setup, review markers, grading, Fusion, Fairlight, project lifecycle tasks, extension authoring, and source-safe media analysis.

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FAQ

Davinci Resolve MCP FAQ

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What is Davinci Resolve MCP?

Davinci Resolve MCP is an MCP server that lets AI assistants control DaVinci Resolve Studio through the official Scripting API. It provides full API coverage plus guarded workflow helpers for editing, media pool organization, render setup, review markers, grading, Fusion… It has 3,386 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y davinci-resolve-mcp. The source code is at github.com/samuelgursky/davinci-resolve-mcp.

How do I install the Davinci Resolve MCP MCP server?

Add the command npx -y davinci-resolve-mcp to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Davinci Resolve MCP free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is Davinci Resolve MCP actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 6, 2026. The latest release is v4.9.0, published Oct 6, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.