Control the free edition of DaVinci Resolve 21.1 from Claude through a Lua script that runs inside Resolve.
View on GitHub ↗Control the free edition of DaVinci Resolve 21.1 from Claude through a Lua script that runs inside Resolve. macOS and Windows (experimental), no Studio licence, no network.
DaVinci Resolve 21.1 moved Python scripting and the external scripting API to the Studio edition, and Blackmagic's own MCP server ships with Studio only. One door is still open on the free edition: Workspace Scripts lists and runs Lua files. This project puts a small Lua script there. Launched once per Resolve session, it holds the live resolve object and executes Lua on behalf of an MCP server that Claude Desktop runs as an extension.
[!NOTE] Nothing here unlocks Studio features: the bridge uses the free edition's own Lua scripting API. Studio 21.1 users already have Blackmagic's native MCP server.
- 15 purpose-built tools: project overview, project and timeline lists, Media Pool clips, timeline items, markers, timeline and project switching, rendering with status polling, and a search over Blackmagic's shipped scripting reference. - runlua for everything else: any Lua 5.1 chunk runs inside Resolve with the live resolve object and returns JSON, captured print output and errors. - One .mcpb bundle: install it in Claude Desktop, and the server copies its two Lua scripts into Resolve's user scripts folder on first launch. - No network: the server and the script talk through a request file and Fusion's preferences. There are no sockets, no listeners and no telemetry. - Fast enough to feel interactive: about 60 ms per call, measured end to end on a Mac.
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