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CutConvert MCP Server

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CutConvert is answering right now. Last checked 13 min ago. It exposes 5 tools.

Convert subtitles, transcripts, broadcast captions (SCC/MCC/STL), EDLs, and Premiere files.

Uptime history 69 days of history · worst day 91%
69 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
5
Tools
read from the server
331 ms
Response time
average over 24h
open, no key
Access
streamable-http

What changed 23

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 30 August 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

1 Nov a tool changed the parameters it asks for convert_file
29 Oct a tool appeared edit_export
29 Oct a tool changed version
28 Oct a tool changed the parameters it asks for convert_file
15 Oct a tool changed the parameters it asks for2 times that day convert_file
10 Oct a tool changed the parameters it asks for convert_file
3 Oct a tool changed the parameters it asks for convert_file
6 Sep a tool changed the parameters it asks for3 times that day convert_file
5 Sep a tool changed the parameters it asks for convert_file
3 Sep a tool changed the parameters it asks for6 times that day convert_file
and 13 more, back to 30 August 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check CutConvert every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 13 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add converter --transport http https://cutconvert.com/api/mcp
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address
https://cutconvert.com/api/mcp
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.converter]
url = "https://cutconvert.com/api/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "converter": {
      "url": "https://cutconvert.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "converter": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://cutconvert.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 5

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

convert
convert_file
Convert a subtitle, transcript, caption, EDL, FCPXML, or Premiere .prtranscript file. Pass text file contents in `content`; pass binary files (.prtranscript) as base64 in `content_base64`. The filename extension drives format detection. Use `target` from list_converters to pick the output, or leave it as "auto" to get the default output for the detected format. Returns the converted file content (text formats inline; DOCX/ZIP as base64).
converters
list_converters
List every conversion CutConvert supports (source format, output format, and the target id to pass to convert_file).
edit
edit_export
Turn an edit into projects that open in CapCut, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve and Final Cut Pro, with captions and titles as each editor's own editable text. Pass a CutConvert Edit JSON document in `edit` and 1 to 4 editors in `targets`. Returns a zip as an embedded resource (application/zip): a folder for each editor and report.json, plus a short text with the warnings and the exports left. The tool sends no media. Each project points to the files at their `path` in the document; a file without a path opens offline, ready to relink. Each call is one export of the Edit API's allowance: 3 a month per network without a key, or an API key's 10 free a month and its packs when the MCP client sends "Authorization: Bearer cck_…". Edit JSON: times are seconds, positions are fractions of the frame, and unknown fields are errors. Every field: https://cutconvert.com/developers/edit-json (JSON Schema: https://cutconvert.com/developers/edit-json/schema.json). A small document: {"cutconvert":"edit/1","name":"My edit","timeline":{"fps":25,"width":1920,"height":1080},"media":[{"id":"a","name":"a.mp4","path":"/Users/sam/Movies/a.mp4","duration":30,"fps":25,"width":1920,"height":1080,"audio":{"streams":[2],"sampleRate":48000}}],"video":[{"clips":[{"media":"a","start":0,"in":2,"out":12}]}],"captions":{"items":[{"start":0.5,"end":3,"text":"Hello"}]}}
inspect
inspect_file
Detect the format of a subtitle/transcript/EDL/FCPXML file and report what CutConvert would produce from it, without performing the conversion or using quota.
timecode
timecode_calculate
Parse an SMPTE timecode at a frame rate (including 29.97/59.94 drop-frame) and report its frame count and real elapsed seconds; optionally re-express it at another rate.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://cutconvert.com/api/mcp streamable-http answering 326 ms 13 min ago

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CutConvert — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can CutConvert do?
It exposes 5 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: convert_file, edit_export, inspect_file, list_converters, timecode_calculate. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
Is CutConvert working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 331 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect CutConvert?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does CutConvert need an API key?
No. CutConvert completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 5 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is CutConvert?
It answers our handshake in 331 ms on average, which is faster than 43% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.