Kdenlive

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Inspect, edit and render Kdenlive video projects locally on Linux.

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{
  "_meta": {
    "io.modelcontextprotocol.registry/official": {
      "status": "active",
      "isLatest": true,
      "updatedAt": "2026-11-08T07:01:57.782083Z",
      "publishedAt": "2026-11-08T07:01:57.782083Z",
      "statusChangedAt": "2026-11-08T07:01:57.782083Z"
    }
  },
  "server": {
    "name": "io.github.mhbxyz/kdenlive-mcp",
    "title": "Kdenlive",
    "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
    "version": "0.1.0",
    "packages": [
      {
        "version": "0.1.0",
        "transport": {
          "type": "stdio"
        },
        "identifier": "mcp-kdenlive",
        "runtimeHint": "uvx",
        "registryType": "pypi",
        "registryBaseUrl": "https://pypi.org",
        "environmentVariables": [
          {
            "name": "KDENLIVE_MCP_ALLOWED_ROOTS",
            "format": "string",
            "description": "Colon-separated absolute directories; every file the server reads or writes must be inside them (recommended)."
          },
          {
            "name": "KDENLIVE_MCP_KDENLIVE",
            "format": "filepath",
            "description": "Absolute path of the kdenlive executable if it is not on PATH (for example an AppImage)."
          },
          {
            "name": "KDENLIVE_MCP_MELT",
            "format": "filepath",
            "description": "Absolute path of the MLT melt executable if it is not on PATH."
          },
          {
            "name": "KDENLIVE_MCP_FFPROBE",
            "format": "filepath",
            "description": "Absolute path of the ffprobe executable if it is not on PATH."
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "repository": {
      "url": "https://github.com/mhbxyz/kdenlive-mcp",
      "source": "github"
    },
    "websiteUrl": "https://github.com/mhbxyz/kdenlive-mcp",
    "description": "Inspect, edit and render Kdenlive video projects locally on Linux."
  }
}

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Run in a terminal

claude mcp add kdenlive-mcp \
  -- uvx mcp-kdenlive==0.1.0

Environment

KDENLIVE_MCP_ALLOWED_ROOTS (optional, not in the config above): Colon-separated absolute directories; every file the server reads or writes must be inside them (recommended).
KDENLIVE_MCP_KDENLIVE (optional, not in the config above): Absolute path of the kdenlive executable if it is not on PATH (for example an AppImage).
KDENLIVE_MCP_MELT (optional, not in the config above): Absolute path of the MLT melt executable if it is not on PATH.
KDENLIVE_MCP_FFPROBE (optional, not in the config above): Absolute path of the ffprobe executable if it is not on PATH.

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