Descript MCP

Edit video and audio by editing text. Import media, create projects, and use AI to edit — all from your agent.

What's included

MCP Server

Connects to the Descript API over MCP, giving agents access to:

• Discover — search_drive finds projects, folders, media, layout packs, and transcript matches across the connected Drive; list_projects / get_project inspect projects and their compositions, media, and metadata; list_folders / get_drive_info browse folders and inspect a Drive
• Import — import_media (via URL or direct file upload), import_drive_media (from a connected Google Drive), file_upload_ui (direct file uploads)
• Edit — prompt_project_agent edits with Underlord, our AI co-editor, using natural language (trim, add captions, remove filler words, and so much more)
• Publish — publish_project publishes a composition as a shareable link and exported video or audio
• Export — export_transcript exports a project's transcript; export_timeline exports a Premiere Pro / DaVinci Resolve timeline
• Jobs — wait_for_job / list_jobs / cancel_job track and manage async jobs; report_upload_status reports direct-upload progress

Full tool reference and auth details: Descript MCP docs.

Rules / context

Bundles a descript-workflows rule with best practices for working with the Descript tools: find items with search_drive (or paginate projects with list_projects) before editing, inspect with get_project, pass media URLs to import_media as-is, use prompt_project_agent for natural-language edits, and always follow the async tools (import_media, prompt_project_agent, publish_project) with wait_for_job.

The rule is Cursor-format (rules/descript-workflows.mdc). Antigravity reads the same guidance from AGENTS.md at the repo root. Claude Code has no rules concept, so it relies on the bundled skills for the same workflows.

Skills

• create-video — Create a new project from media files or URLs
• edit-project — Edit an existing project using AI-powered natural language
• publish-project — Publish a composition to create a shareable link and exported video or audio file
• export-transcript — Export a project's transcript as a downloadable file
• export-timeline — Export a project's timeline for Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve

Setup

The Descript MCP authenticates with OAuth — no API token. On first connection you sign in to Descript and pick the Drive the agent can access. To switch Drives later, log out of Descript on the web and reconnect.

Install from an official marketplace listing only: let it register the server, sign in with OAuth, pick a Drive, then confirm the connection with get_drive_info. Don't also add a second, custom Descript MCP server by hand — a duplicate connection means conflicting sessions.

Every MCP client points at the same remote server:

https://api.descript.com/v2/mcp

Quick-install steps differ by harness.

Cursor

This repo is a Cursor plugin, so installing it brings the MCP server, the descript-workflows rule, and the skills together.