#opencut

Deep dive into OpenCut, the open-source video editor with 72,669 stars. Rust core, MCP server for AI agents, headless mode, and cross-platform support. Build video editing workflows without vendor lock-in.

OpenCut classic exposes an EditorCore singleton on the main app boundary. Two dev-mode commits on my fork surface window.__editor and the wasm MediaTime helpers, which is enough for a Playwright + MCP server to drive the timeline from Claude Code. Here are the four traps I hit on the way.