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samuelgursky/davinci-resolve-mcp ↗What it does
Control DaVinci Resolve Studio via MCP for color, editing, effects
Best for
Automating complex post-production workflows (color, editing, effects) when manual Resolve UI interaction is too slow or repetitive.
Inputs
- · Resolve project paths
- · clip/timeline references
- · color LUT/DCTL files
- · Fusion templates
Outputs
- · modified timelines
- · color graded footage
- · rendered outputs
- · Fusion compositions
Requires
- · DaVinci Resolve Studio (must be running)
- · External scripting enabled in Preferences
Preconditions
Resolve running with External Scripting > Local enabled; MCP server started
Failure modes
First connection may take 60s; Lua scripts require sentinel polling in 20.x; Fuse/DCTL changes need restart; codec plugins OS-specific
Trust signals
- · 32 compound tools (default) or 341 granular tools
- · Lifecycle-verified in Resolve 20.3.2.9
- · Extension authoring kernel for plugins