clipwright-export 0.2.0

MCP tools that export OTIO timelines to NLE exchange formats (EDL/FCPXML) and chapter sidecars (YouTube/ffmetadata).

clipwright-export

MCP tools that export OTIO timelines to NLE exchange formats (EDL / FCPXML) and chapter sidecar files (YouTube text / ffmetadata), so AI rough cuts can hand off to human editors and video publishing workflows.

Overview

clipwright-export reads an existing OTIO timeline (read-only) and writes a new sidecar file — an NLE exchange format or a chapter sidecar. It never modifies the source OTIO or referenced media.

MCP Tools

• clipwright_export_timeline — export an OTIO timeline to EDL or FCPXML for import into an NLE (Premiere / Resolve / Final Cut Pro).
• clipwright_export_chapters — export clipwright markers (e.g. scene_boundary from clipwright-scene) to a YouTube chapter list or an ffmpeg ffmetadata chapter file.

(Full parameter tables and usage details are added when the tool modules are implemented.)

Dependencies

Package	Purpose
clipwright	Shared types, envelope, errors
mcp[cli]	MCP server
pydantic	Parameter validation
opentimelineio	OTIO timeline read
otio-cmx3600-adapter	EDL exchange format adapter
otio-fcpx-xml-adapter	FCPXML exchange format adapter

Installation and Startup

uv add clipwright-export
clipwright-export

Or within a uv workspace:

uv run --package clipwright-export clipwright-export

Prerequisites

• Python 3.11 or later

MCP Client Registration

Register this tool in your MCP client configuration (.mcp.json / claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "clipwright-export": {
      "command": "clipwright-export",
      "env": {}
    }
  }
}