Cli Anything Shotcut
A stateful CLI wrapper around Shotcut's MLT XML format that lets you script video edits without opening the GUI. You import media to get clip IDs, place them on tracks, apply filters with keyframes, and render using melt. The REPL mode has undo/redo, and there's a preview system that generates low-res bundles so you can iterate without waiting for full renders. The two-step media model (import first, then add-clip) takes a command to understand, but it maps cleanly to how Shotcut actually works. If you're building an AI agent that edits video or just want to batch-process edits programmatically, this gives you the primitives without reinventing a video engine.
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- Aug 21, 2026
Install
$ npx -y skills add hkuds/cli-anything --skill cli-anything-shotcut --agent claude-codeInstalls into .claude/skills of the current project.
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cli-anything-shotcut
A stateful command-line interface for video editing, built on the MLT XML format. Designed for AI agents and power users who need to create and edit Shotcut projects without a GUI.
Installation
This CLI is installed as part of the cli-anything-shotcut package:
pip install cli-anything-shotcut
Prerequisites:
- Python 3.10+
melt(MLT CLI) — required for rendering and playbackffmpeg/ffprobe— required for media probingshotcutmust be installed on your system
Usage
Basic Commands
# Show help
cli-anything-shotcut --help
# Start interactive REPL mode
cli-anything-shotcut
# Create a new project
cli-anything-shotcut project new -o project.json
# Run with JSON output (for agent consumption)
cli-anything-shotcut --json project info -p project.json
REPL Mode
When invoked without a subcommand, the CLI enters an interactive REPL session with undo/redo support:
cli-anything-shotcut
# or with a project:
cli-anything-shotcut --project my_project.mlt
REPL Commands
Workflow: Always media import first to get a clip_id, then use add-clip to place it on the timeline.
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- Repository
- github.com/hkuds/cli-anything
- Categories
- Code Review & Quality, CLI & Terminal
- First seen
- Jun 3, 2026
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