PremierPro MCP Server -- AI-Powered Video Editing for Adobe Premiere Pro

An open-source MCP server for Adobe Premiere Pro. Automate supported timeline, media, audio, effect, caption, graphics-template, and export workflows through Claude, GPT, or another Model Context Protocol client.

Give it a script and your footage, review the proposed edit, then let it assemble a recoverable rough cut on a duplicated sequence.

"Edit this 5-minute video using script.pdf with the footage in /media/"

The server can parse a script, scan media, generate an edit decision list, and assemble a Premiere Pro timeline. Mutations are checked with timeline/DOM readback where the host API exposes it.

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Why This Exists

Video editors spend hours on repetitive tasks: syncing clips, rough cuts, color matching, audio leveling, exporting variants. This MCP server turns Adobe Premiere Pro into an AI-controllable tool, so you can describe edits in plain English and let your AI assistant execute them.

No separate MCP subscription. Local CEP bridge. Fully open source.

Capabilities and Verification Boundary

The source registry contains 1,066 MCP tool schemas backed by 935 literal host command names. The default standard profile exposes 74 curated, readback-first tools, which fits common model function limits and covers normal editing work. The full registry remains available for compatibility and specialist use; schema or symbol presence is not proof that a command works in every Premiere version.

The curated surface includes:

• Project/timeline inspection, sequence versioning, import, placement, trim, ripple, markers, and export.
• Rust-backed media probe, thumbnail, waveform, silence, scene, and asset-scan operations.
• Script parsing, asset matching, EDL generation, and pacing analysis.
• Caption-track creation from validated SRT with count readback.
• Installed-effect and transition discovery, application, and public-DOM readback.
• 12 native transition recipes, with dry-run checks, sequence copies, and exact cut/duration readback.
• MOGRT-based titles, social derivatives, proxy workflows, and batch-delivery recipes.

The audited caption, transition, effect, and graphics-template routes return explicit unsupported errors when Premiere cannot perform and read back the requested mutation. The broader compatibility catalog still contains legacy and experimental handlers that have not completed the same audit, so it must not be treated as a certified surface. Arbitrary script, shell, URL, clipboard, external-editor, and file-I/O tools are hidden unless unsafe is selected. A real Premiere session is still required to certify host mutations on a particular OS/Premiere build.

Supported Premiere Pro Versions

Version	Year	Support
14.x	2020	Manifest target; live matrix pending
15.x	2021	Manifest target; live matrix pending
22.x	2022	Manifest target; live matrix pending
23.x	2023	Manifest target; live matrix pending
24.x	2024	Manifest target; live matrix pending
25.x	2025	Primary development target; live matrix pending
26.x	2026	26.5.2: 8 core CEP workflows tested on macOS arm64; broader matrix pending

The CEP bridge targets macOS and Windows and declares Premiere Pro 14.0+ in its extension manifest.