Kdenlive for VS Code

io.github.mhbxyz/kdenlive-mcp

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

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install Kdenlive in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "kdenlive-mcp-allowed-roots",
      "description": "KDENLIVE_MCP_ALLOWED_ROOTS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "kdenlive-mcp-kdenlive",
      "description": "KDENLIVE_MCP_KDENLIVE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "kdenlive-mcp-melt",
      "description": "KDENLIVE_MCP_MELT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "kdenlive-mcp-ffprobe",
      "description": "KDENLIVE_MCP_FFPROBE",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "kdenlive-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-kdenlive"
      ],
      "env": {
        "KDENLIVE_MCP_ALLOWED_ROOTS": "${input:kdenlive-mcp-allowed-roots}",
        "KDENLIVE_MCP_KDENLIVE": "${input:kdenlive-mcp-kdenlive}",
        "KDENLIVE_MCP_MELT": "${input:kdenlive-mcp-melt}",
        "KDENLIVE_MCP_FFPROBE": "${input:kdenlive-mcp-ffprobe}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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