Native macOS video editor that coding agents can drive: everything the UI does, Claude Code and Codex can do through the bashcut CLI or MCP server. Layered timeline, captions, voiceover, plugins.
A native macOS video editor that coding agents can drive. Everything the UI does, Claude Code and Codex can do through the bashcut CLI or MCP.
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BashCut is a native macOS video editor built on AVFoundation, with a Claude Code / Codex terminal docked beside the timeline. Preview and export share one composition engine, so what you see is what you export. Projects are plain JSON next to your footage: agents and scripts read and edit them through the same atomic, undoable edit operations the UI uses.
BashCut is under active development: the M0 foundation is accepted on real footage and most of the editor and agent features (M1–M3, M5) are in place. See implementation status for what is verified and what is left.
No extra AI bill: BashCut works with the subscriptions and apps you already have.
You have How BashCut uses it ------ Claude subscription (Pro / Max) The Claude tab in the agent dock runs the real Claude Code CLI with your login. BashCut never passes ANTHROPICAPIKEY, so your plan is used, not API credits ChatGPT subscription (Plus / Pro) The Codex tab runs the real Codex CLI with your ChatGPT login Claude Desktop / Codex app Point them at BashCut: bashcut agent setup claude or bashcut agent setup codex installs the editing skills and the bashcut MCP server, so they edit the open project from outside the app Any other model (Gemini, GPT, Grok, Mistral, Groq, OpenRouter, a local or OpenAI-compatible server) Install the Director plugin: a chat agent inside BashCut with your own API key, with
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BashCut's agent kit: editing skills (footage survey, beat cuts, audio mix, captions, colour, voiceover…) and the BashCut MCP server for Claude Code and Codex.
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