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Kdenlive for Gemini CLI

io.github.mhbxyz/kdenlive-mcp

Inspect, edit and render Kdenlive video projects locally on Linux.

client:Gemini CLI transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install Kdenlive in Gemini CLI

~/.gemini/settings.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.gemini\settings.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kdenlive-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-kdenlive"
      ],
      "env": {
        "KDENLIVE_MCP_ALLOWED_ROOTS": "<KDENLIVE_MCP_ALLOWED_ROOTS>",
        "KDENLIVE_MCP_KDENLIVE": "<KDENLIVE_MCP_KDENLIVE>",
        "KDENLIVE_MCP_MELT": "<KDENLIVE_MCP_MELT>",
        "KDENLIVE_MCP_FFPROBE": "<KDENLIVE_MCP_FFPROBE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Gemini expands $VAR and ${VAR} inside env values, so a secret can live in your shell rather than this file. Gemini CLI docs

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