video-editing
Video editing toolkit. Drives FFmpeg for cutting and encoding, Whisper for transcription and subtitles, and Apple Final Cut Pro for project-level work.
| Version | 1.2.1 |
| Marketplace | magus-marketing |
| Commands | 3 |
| Subagents | 3 |
| Skills | 3 |
| MCP server | no |
| Hooks | no |
Install
claudeup
Find video-editing on the Plugins tab and turn it on. claudeup registers the magus-marketing
marketplace if you do not have it, and installs what the plugin needs to actually run —
binaries, MCP servers, CLI tools.
For a team, press s to save your plugins as a profile and commit it. Everyone else runs
claudeup install — see Teams and profiles.
Prefer to do it by hand? Installing Magus has the manual path.
When to reach for it
- Use when planning or executing video or audio processing tasks —
ffmpeg-core - Use when generating or reading FCP projects —
final-cut-pro - Use when transcribing audio or video, or generating subtitles —
transcription - Use when assembling clips into an editable timeline, or when a cut needs handing to an editor in Final Cut —
timeline-builder - Use when a recording needs subtitles, a searchable transcript, or timed captions —
transcriber - Use when a media file needs cutting, joining, re-encoding, or an audio track pulled out of it —
video-processor
Commands
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
/video-editing:create-fcp-project | Create Final Cut Pro FCPXML projects with timelines and markers |
/video-editing:transcribe | Transcribe audio/video to SRT, VTT, JSON, or TXT formats |
/video-editing:video-edit | Main video editing orchestrator with multi-agent coordination |
Subagents
Dispatched with the Agent tool, each in its own context window.
| Agent | What it does |
|---|---|
video-editing:timeline-builder | Builds Final Cut Pro projects, timelines and multicam sequences as FCPXML. Use when assembling clips into an editable timeline, or when a cut needs handing to an editor in Final Cut. |
video-editing:transcriber | Transcribes audio and video with Whisper, emitting SRT, VTT, JSON or TXT. Use when a recording needs subtitles, a searchable transcript, or timed captions. |
video-editing:video-processor | Processes video and audio with FFmpeg — trim, concatenate, convert, extract streams. Use when a media file needs cutting, joining, re-encoding, or an audio track pulled out of it. |
Skills
| Skill | What it covers |
|---|---|
video-editing:ffmpeg-core | Provides FFmpeg patterns — trim, concat, convert, extract, codec selection, filter chains. Use when planning or executing video or audio processing tasks. |
video-editing:final-cut-pro | Final Cut Pro FCPXML reference — project structure, timelines, clip references, effects, transitions. Use when generating or reading FCP projects. |
video-editing:transcription | Provides Whisper transcription patterns — model selection, SRT/VTT/JSON, timing sync, diarization. Use when transcribing audio or video, or generating subtitles. |
Source
plugins/video-editing/ on GitHub, including its full README.