ChatCut brings its editable video timeline into ChatGPT, Codex, and Claude Code workflows
The new agent routes let users request edits from an AI host while keeping the footage, captions, graphics, generated assets, and timeline open for manual correction.
By By WhatAI Editorial Team · Wednesday, July 29, 2026 ·
ChatCut is expanding beyond its browser and desktop editor through new agent workflows for ChatGPT, Codex, and Claude Code. The important change is not simply that an assistant can return a video. ChatCut exposes editing, captions, motion graphics, generated assets, voiceover, music, audio cleanup, and a live timeline through an agent-controlled project.
What changed
The current ChatGPT and Codex installation guide uses a public Git marketplace plugin plus MCP authentication. After installation and sign-in, ChatCut requires a new conversation before its tools become available. The guide also distinguishes desktop access from isolated web workspaces, because the plugin must be installed on the machine where the compatible Codex host is running.
ChatCut's Claude Code page describes a similar creative outcome: a user can ask for speech cleanup, captions, generated B-roll, motion graphics, voiceover, music, and a finished edit without manually navigating every panel. The associated timeline remains editable, so the user can open the visual project and change timing, text, layers, clips, and graphics directly.
There are two agent routes to understand
ChatCut's documentation currently describes more than one integration generation. Its older @chatcut/skill npm package is documented as a Claude Code skill and command-line tool. It accepts a prompt plus local files or asset URLs, creates a new project, runs the server-side edit, renders in the cloud, and returns project and job identifiers with a signed output link. That page explicitly says the npm package is not the same as the newer Codex plugin.
This distinction matters for buyers and developers. Do not assume a command, installation path, authentication method, export option, or host limitation from one integration automatically applies to the other. Follow the guide for the exact host, verify the connection, then use a new test project before trusting the workflow with production footage.
Why the live timeline matters
Many AI video systems produce a clip that must be accepted, regenerated, or moved into another editor. ChatCut's more useful idea is to treat the agent as an operator of an inspectable editor. The assistant can build a first pass, but the user can still open the transcript, viewer, assets, graphics, and multi-track timeline.
That correction path is essential. An agent can choose the wrong take, remove a meaningful pause, mishear a name, generate irrelevant B-roll, overstate a claim, crop the wrong speaker, or add a voice, image, sound, or piece of music that lacks the required permission or disclosure. A visible timeline does not remove those risks, but it makes them easier to find and fix.
WhatAI's take
This release makes ChatCut unusually relevant to creators already working inside agent environments. The best test is not a polished demonstration. Use your own footage and ask the agent to complete one real brief. Record setup time, credits consumed, transcript corrections, edit changes, generated assets rejected, export problems, and total human finishing time.
ChatCut is a strong option when the agent produces a useful first pass and the live project makes correction faster than starting in a traditional editor. It is a weaker fit when the work depends on advanced colour, sound, effects, multicamera control, or frame-level finishing that still has to be rebuilt elsewhere.
Source: ChatCut's official ChatGPT and Codex plugin guide, dated July 12, 2026, its official Claude Code plugin page, and the separate legacy agent-plugin documentation, verified July 29, 2026.
ChatCut is an AI-assisted video editor that turns natural-language instructions into editable timeline changes. It combines uploaded footage, transcript editing, captions, motion graphics, generated video and images, voiceover, music, sound effects, collaboration, and export in one browser or desktop project.
What Makes ChatCut Different?
ChatCut's clearest advantage is the handoff between agent work and manual control. The assistant can analyze footage, find highlights, build a first cut, clean speech, generate assets, and add graphics, but the result remains visible on a multi-track timeline that the user can correct. The free plan includes the full editor and 20 one-time credits. Pro begins at $25 per month for 100 credits and scales to $2,500 per month for 10,000 credits. Manual editing and transcription are generally unmetered, while agent turns, generation, and rendering consume credits. Cloud export stops at 1080p, desktop export adds 4K, and Pro is required for Seedance 2.0 plus transparent ProRes 4444 motion-graphics export.
Discuss ChatCut
ChatCut combines conversational editing with a real transcript, asset library, viewer, multi-track timeline, motion graphics, generated media, audio tools, collaboration, and several export paths.
Join the conversation below to share your experience, ask questions, compare it with Descript, CapCut, DaVinci Resolve, or another editor, and explain which footage and prompts produce reliable results. All constructive feedback is welcome.
About ChatCut
ChatCut is an AI-assisted video editor that combines conversational editing with a real multi-track timeline. Users can upload footage, work from an automatically generated transcript, ask the agent to find highlights or build a first cut, remove filler words and pauses, add captions, generate motion graphics, create video and image assets, produce voiceover, music, and sound effects, then inspect and adjust the result manually. It runs in a browser and in native macOS and Windows desktop apps. ChatCut also provides agent workflows for ChatGPT or Codex and Claude Code, although the installation route and capabilities differ between the newer Codex marketplace plugin and the older Claude-focused npm skill. Its strongest buying case is keeping editing, generated assets, audio, graphics, and export inside one editable project rather than receiving a flattened AI result. The free plan includes the complete editor and 20 one-time starter credits. Paid Pro tiers begin at $25 per month for 100 credits and scale to $2,500 per month for 10,000 credits. Most manual editing is unmetered, while agent turns, generation, and rendering consume credits. Human review remains necessary because transcript edits, generated assets, automatic cuts, captions, voice, music, rights, likeness, factual claims, and disclosure can all create creative, legal, or ethical problems.
Use Cases
Key Features
- ✓ Conversational AI editing through natural-language instructions
- ✓ Seven-panel browser editor with AI chat, assets, viewer, timeline, library, templates, and transcript
- ✓ Multi-track timeline for manual trimming, splitting, moving, layering, and review
- ✓ Automatic transcription and text-based video editing
- ✓ Highlight discovery, repeated-take cleanup, filler removal, and first-cut assistance
- ✓ Word-level captions with editable transcript-linked timing and styling
- ✓ Caption translation and subtitle export
- ✓ Prompt-generated motion graphics, titles, lower thirds, charts, counters, timelines, and callouts
- ✓ Seedance 2.0 text-to-video, image-to-video, and first-and-last-frame generation on Pro
- ✓ GPT Image 2, Nano Banana 2, and other image-generation options inside the project
- ✓ AI voiceover with multiple voices and languages
- ✓ AI music and sound-effect generation
- ✓ Noise removal and audio cleanup
- ✓ MP4, WebM, MP3, SRT, TXT, ProRes 4444, and XML export paths
- ✓ 1080p cloud export and desktop-only local 4K export
- ✓ XML timeline export presets for Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve
- ✓ Free owner and editor collaboration with share and invite links
- ✓ Version history and project recovery controls
- ✓ macOS Apple Silicon and Windows x64 desktop applications
- ✓ ChatGPT or Codex marketplace plugin, Claude Code integration, CLI, MCP authentication, and agent-controlled editing workflows
Pricing
Free
$0
- • Full editor with no credit cost for manual trimming, splitting, moving, playback, captions from an existing transcript, and version saving
- • 20 one-time starter credits
- • Automatic transcription on upload
- • Basic AI agent editing and generation while starter credits remain
- • MP4 H.264 and WebM VP8 export
- • Cloud export up to 1080p
- • Free collaboration
- • Starter credits expire 365 days after grant
- • Seedance 2.0 video generation and ProRes 4444 export require Pro
Pro, 100 credits
$25/month
- • 100 credits per monthly billing cycle
- • All Pro features, with no separate feature ladder between Pro credit tiers
- • Seedance 2.0 video generation
- • ProRes 4444 motion-graphics export with transparency
- • All AI agent editing capabilities
- • Subscription credits expire 60 days after grant
- • 100-credit annual tier is currently $252 per year
- • Extra credit packs require an active subscription
Pro, 400 credits
$100/month
- • 400 credits per monthly billing cycle
- • Same Pro feature set as the 100-credit plan
- • Higher allowance for agent turns, generated assets, and renders
- • Official pricing examples estimate up to 666 seconds of Seedance 2.0 output before other credit use
- • Subscription credits expire 60 days after grant
- • Actual project capacity depends on the selected models, duration, resolution, agent turns, and export choices
Pro credit tiers
$25 to $2,500/month
- • Eleven monthly tiers from 100 to 10,000 credits
- • Standard subscription rate of $0.25 per credit
- • Every paid tier receives the same Pro feature set
- • Choose the tier from expected AI generation and rendering volume
- • Larger yearly tiers currently advertise a limited 50% discount
- • Pricing promotions and live credit estimates can change
- • Credit packs range from 100 credits for $30 to 800 credits for $240 and require an active subscription
Pricing varies by plan and region — see current pricing.
Plan features change — last updated: 2026-07-29.
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ChatCut — Frequently Asked Questions
What does ChatCut do?
ChatCut is an AI-assisted video editor with conversational controls and a real multi-track timeline. It can analyze uploaded footage, transcribe speech, create or revise a cut, add captions and motion graphics, generate video, images, voiceover, music, and sound effects, then export or hand the timeline to another editor.
Is ChatCut free?
Yes. The Free plan includes the full editor and 20 one-time starter credits. Uploading, transcription, manual trimming, splitting, moving, playback, captions from an existing transcript, and version saving do not normally consume credits. Seedance 2.0 generation and transparent ProRes 4444 motion-graphics export require Pro.
How do ChatCut credits work?
ChatCut uses credits for agent turns, generated video, images, motion graphics, voiceover, music, sound effects, and rendering. Current documentation uses a default value of $0.25 per credit and lists video generation at 0.6 credits per second. Live estimates inside the editor are the current source of truth because rates can change without a software release.
How much does ChatCut Pro cost?
Pro starts at $25 per month for 100 credits and scales through 11 tiers to $2,500 per month for 10,000 credits. Every Pro tier receives the same feature set. The user chooses the monthly credit allowance, while annual promotions and extra credit packs can change the effective cost.
Which formats and resolutions can ChatCut export?
ChatCut offers MP4 H.264 and WebM VP8 video, MP3 audio, SRT and TXT subtitles, ProRes 4444 motion-graphics files, and FCP7 XMEML timeline export for Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve. Browser cloud export supports up to 1080p. The desktop app can export locally in 4K.
Does ChatCut have a desktop app?
The desktop app is available for Apple Silicon Macs and 64-bit Windows computers. There is no Intel Mac or Linux build. Desktop export runs locally and supports 4K, while the browser editor uses cloud rendering and provides cloud share links.
Can ChatGPT, Codex, or Claude Code edit videos with ChatCut?
ChatCut currently publishes installation routes for ChatGPT or Codex and Claude Code. The newer ChatGPT or Codex route uses a marketplace plugin and MCP authentication, while the older @chatcut/skill package is documented as a Claude Code skill and CLI. Treat these as separate integrations and verify the current guide for the host you use.
Can I continue a ChatCut project in Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve?
ChatCut can export an FCP7 XMEML XML timeline with separate Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve presets. Captions, GIFs, motion graphics, solids, SVGs, text items, some effects, and transitions can be omitted, so the handoff requires relinking media and checking the warning list.
Can teams collaborate in ChatCut?
Yes. Project owners can invite editors at no extra collaboration tier and can create view-only links for finished cloud exports. Invited editors receive full editing access rather than a limited comment or approval role, so teams should share invite links carefully.
Does ChatCut remove the need for a human editor?
No. The agent can speed up logging, first cuts, captions, cleanup, and asset generation, but a person still needs to check meaning, pacing, visual continuity, caption accuracy, rights, consent, likeness, music, generated claims, disclosure, and the final export.
Sources & References
- Official ChatCut website (verified July 29, 2026: conversational editing, timeline, transcript, captions, motion graphics, generated media, music, and agent access) ↗
- Official ChatCut features page (verified July 29, 2026: editor, motion graphics, Seedance 2.0, captions, voiceover, music, images, noise removal, sound effects, and transcript editing) ↗
- Official Plans and Credits guide (verified July 29, 2026: free editor, 20 starter credits, 11 Pro tiers, prices, paid feature gates, generation rates, and expiry) ↗
- Official ChatCut pricing page (verified July 29, 2026: Free and Pro pricing, credit allowances, current monthly examples, annual promotion, and included AI tools) ↗
- Official Credits Policy (verified July 29, 2026: unmetered editing, metered AI actions, live estimates, credit packs, failure charging, and expiry) ↗
- Official Editor Overview (verified July 29, 2026: seven panels, AI chat, assets, viewer, multi-track timeline, library, templates, and transcript) ↗
- Official Exporting guide (verified July 29, 2026: codecs, resolutions, frame rates, MP3, subtitles, ProRes 4444, XML handoff, cloud limits, and desktop 4K) ↗
- Official Desktop App guide (verified July 29, 2026: Apple Silicon macOS, Windows x64, local export, 4K, agent selection, updates, and platform limits) ↗
- Official Collaboration and Sharing guide (verified July 29, 2026: free collaboration, view links, invite links, full editor role, member removal, and revocation) ↗
- Official Uploading Media guide (verified July 29, 2026: supported formats, 5 GB media-library uploads, reference limits, and phone uploads) ↗
- Official AI Motion Graphics page (verified July 29, 2026: lower thirds, titles, logo reveals, infographics, editable layers, timeline workflow, and transparent export) ↗
- Official AI Video Generator page (verified July 29, 2026: Seedance 2.0, text, image, first-and-last-frame inputs, aspect ratios, timeline editing, and cloud processing) ↗
- Official ChatGPT and Codex plugin guide (verified July 29, 2026: marketplace installation, MCP authentication, host restrictions, verification, and new-conversation handoff) ↗
- Official Claude Code plugin page (verified July 29, 2026: prompt editing, live timeline, captions, generated media, installation, sign-in, and current availability) ↗
- Official legacy agent-plugin documentation (verified July 29, 2026: @chatcut/skill, Claude Code registration, CLI commands, job flow, limits, and distinction from Codex) ↗
- Official subscription guide (verified July 29, 2026: upgrades, downgrades, cancellation, refunds, annual discounts, feature gates, and credit expiry) ↗
- Official ChatCut terms (updated July 6, 2026: account, billing, renewal, cancellation, user content, service limitations, and statement that user media is not used to train AI models) ↗
- Official ChatCut privacy policy (verified July 29, 2026: account information, usage data, service providers, processing, storage, disclosure, and user rights) ↗
- Official ChatCut usage policy (verified July 29, 2026: rights, likeness, synthetic media, privacy, safety, high-stakes content, and platform abuse) ↗
- Official ChatCut contact page (verified July 29, 2026: product support and business partnership contact routes) ↗
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