High-risk tools in DaVinci Resolve MCP

Author and install Fusion Fuse plugins (.fuse files). Fuses are Lua plugins (or GLSL view-LUT shaders) that Fusion loads at startup. A NEW Fuse requires a Resolve resta...

Author and install Resolve-page Lua/Python scripts (Workspace → Scripts menu). Scripts live under the per-category subdirs of Resolve's Fusion/Scripts/ directory and ap...

Render pipeline: jobs, presets, formats, codecs, and rendering. Actions: add_job() -> {job_id} delete_job(job_id) -> {success} delete_all_jobs() -> {succe...

Restart DaVinci Resolve application. Args: wait_seconds: Seconds to wait between quit and restart

Start rendering jobs. If no job IDs specified, renders all queued jobs. Args: job_ids: Optional list of job IDs to render. If None, renders all. is_interact...

Stop the current rendering process.

Run IntelliSearch analysis on a clip (Resolve 21+, requires AI IntelliSearch Extra). Args: clip_id: Unique ID of the clip. identify_faces: Whether to identi...

Run Slate analysis on a clip (Resolve 21+, requires AI Slate ID Extra). Args: clip_id: Unique ID of the clip. marker_color: Marker color for detected slates...

Run IntelliSearch analysis on all clips in a folder (Resolve 21+, requires AI IntelliSearch Extra). Args: folder_path: Path from root. Empty for current folder. ...

Run Slate analysis on all clips in a folder (Resolve 21+, requires AI Slate ID Extra). Args: folder_path: Path from root. Empty for current folder. marker_c...

Disable all background tasks for the current Resolve session (Resolve 21+). Useful before heavy scripted operations so Resolve does not run background work that compete...

Evidence-driven edit loops (Phase E): selects assembly, tighten, swap. Every loop is plan → confirm → execute. plan_* actions are dry-run by construction: they query th...

Classify audio of all clips in a Media Pool folder into categories (Resolve 21+). Args: folder_path: Path from root. Empty for current folder.

Transcribe audio for all clips in a Media Pool folder. Args: folder_path: Path from root. Empty for current folder.

generate_speech

Navigate up one level in the project folder hierarchy.

Navigate to the root project folder.

Open the Preferences dialog in DaVinci Resolve.

Open a project by name. Args: name: The name of the project to open

Open/navigate into a project folder. Args: folder_name: Name of the folder to open.

Open the Project Settings dialog in DaVinci Resolve.

Render the current timeline using a Quick Export preset. Mirrors Project.RenderWithQuickExport(preset_name, {param_dict}) per docs line 179. Args: preset_name:...

App-level DaVinci Resolve operations. Actions: launch() -> {success, message} — Launch DaVinci Resolve if not running. Call this FIRST if any tool returns a 'Not con...

Regenerate Magic Mask on a timeline item. Args: item_index: 0-based item index. Default: 0.

Apply Smart Reframe to a timeline item. Args: item_index: 0-based item index. Default: 0.

AI and analysis operations on the current timeline. Actions: create_subtitles(settings?) -> {success} — auto-caption from audio detect_scene_cuts() -> {success...

Set the playhead to a specific timecode. Args: timecode: Timecode string (e.g. '01:00:05:00').

Transcribe audio for a clip. The transcription language follows the project's Speech Recognition setting (Project Settings > Subtitles), not a per-call argument. A...

Transcribe audio for all clips in a folder. The transcription language follows the project's Speech Recognition setting (Project Settings > Subtitles), not a per-call a...