> **Beta only.** Agents are in Auto-Editor 6.6.0-beta.1 and later, not yet in the regular release. To get it, tick **Receive beta updates** in Preferences and choose **Check for Updates**, or download the beta for [macOS](/d/Auto-Editor-6.6.0-beta.1-macos-arm64.dmg), [Windows](/d/Auto-Editor-6.6.0-beta.1-x64-Setup.exe) or [Windows on ARM](/d/Auto-Editor-6.6.0-beta.1-arm64-Setup.exe).

Auto-Editor can be driven by an AI agent such as Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor or Codex. The agent works in the window you have open: its cuts appear on your timeline as it makes them, and you can undo any of them or take over at any point.

## Turn it on

Open **Preferences** and tick **Allow AI agents to control Auto-Editor**. It is off until you do. While it is on, programs running as you on this computer can edit and export through the app; nothing is reachable from the network or by other users.

## Connect your agent

Auto-Editor speaks the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Preferences shows the command your agent should run, with a button to copy it. For Claude Code, use **Copy for Claude Code** and paste the line into a terminal:

```sh
claude mcp add auto-editor -- "/Applications/Auto-Editor.app/Contents/MacOS/Auto-Editor" --mcp
```

For other agents, add an MCP server whose command is that path (on Windows, the installed `.exe` that Preferences shows) and whose only argument is `--mcp`:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "auto-editor": {
      "command": "/Applications/Auto-Editor.app/Contents/MacOS/Auto-Editor",
      "args": ["--mcp"]
    }
  }
}
```

If the app isn't running when the agent connects, it is opened.

## What an agent can do

- Open media, projects and timelines, and switch between open projects.
- Read the project, and the plan of what is kept and cut.
- Change how silence is detected and what happens to it.
- Cut, keep or speed up any span by hand, and add transitions and overlay layers.
- Convert an edit to a multi-track timeline, and read or replace that timeline.
- Transcribe, read the transcript, and make captions.
- Change export settings, export, follow the render queue, and save the project.
- Undo and redo.

## Licenses

Agents are available on every tier, and during the free trial. An agent's exports follow the same rules as yours: they count toward the free exports, and a target or encoder that needs a license needs it for an agent too.

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Any more questions? Email [wyattblue@auto-editor.com](mailto:wyattblue@auto-editor.com)