OpenKlip docs
Local-first, agent-native video editing. CLI edit loop, browser review, plain files on disk.
OpenKlip is a local-first toolchain for programmatic video editing. An external agent (Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, or your scripts) runs the edit loop through CLI commands and MCP; the browser is where you review, adjust, and export. Every project is plain files on disk: project.json is the contract between agent and editor.
Guides
Getting started
Install, ingest a clip, cut, and export.
File model
How projects, project.json, and working/ relate.
Agent workflow
The read → plan → act → verify → export loop.
CLI and MCP
Commands, tools, and parity with the GUI.
Principles
- Agent at the terminal. Named CLI actions and MCP tools mutate the same edit the browser shows.
- Human at the browser. Preview, refine cuts and overlays, drop assets into
assets/. - One edit, one file.
project.jsonis the EDL. Everything underworking/andoutput/is derived. - No bundled LLM. Bring your own agent. OpenKlip ships the tools, not a model.