openchatcut

# OpenChatCut OpenChatCut is a local-first, agent-native video editor. This skill is the single external entry point; specialized editing guidance remains inside the running editor and is loaded on demand with `load_skill`. ## Route the task - Install, connect, or diagnose the MCP server: read `references/getting-started.md`. - Inspect or modify a project: read `references/editing-workflow.md`. - Recover from a failed tool call, stale session, or missing editor: read `references/known-errors.md`. ## Essentials 1. Start OpenChatCut before connecting. The default MCP endpoint is `http://localhost:5199/api/external-mcp/mcp`. 2. Call `openchatcut_status`, then `list_projects`. Select a project only when the user names it or the current context identifies it. 3. Call `load_skill` before specialized work. It is read-only and requires neither `begin_edit_session` nor `editSessionId`; available names and support files come from the live MCP tool description. With progressive exposure enabled, this call reveals the skill's referenced tools and emits `tools/list_changed`; refresh the list before continuing. 4. Before project reads or edits, call `begin_edit_session`. Keep its `editSessionId` and pass it to every draft-safe editor tool. 5. Set `reuseExisting: true` on `begin_edit_session` to reuse your active draft or adopt an unchanged orphan. Existing operations and approval mode are kept. If reuse is rejected, call `list_edit_sessions`. Use `recover_edit_session` only with a listed `recoveryActions` value; another online owner must finish or discard its own session. 6. Use `approvalMode: "manual"` unless the user explicitly asks for unattended application. In manual mode, the user approves the complete proposal in OpenChatCut. In auto mode, `review_edit_session` applies the complete draft. 7. Finish with `review_edit_session`. Report success only after `get_edit_session` returns `applied`. ## Skill version `2026-09-04.1` The OpenChatCut MCP server announces its required skill baseline. If the server baseline is newer, run: ```bash npx skills update openchatcut ``` Fallback command: ```bash npx skills add 0xsline/OpenChatCut --skill openchatcut ```