DaVinci Resolve Lua MCP

Control the free edition of DaVinci Resolve 21.1 from Claude through a Lua script that runs inside Resolve. macOS and Windows (experimental), no Studio licence, no network.

People who work with blackmagic, davinci resolve and lua and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in TypeScript.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-09-24 · ★ 3 · #180 OF 193 MAINTAINED MEDIA · VERIFIED 2026-09-30

MIT · TypeScript servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install DaVinci Resolve Lua MCP

before you install - you'll need

The README does not document required environment variables for a basic install.

Claude Desktop

Settings → Extensions → Install, then select the https://github.com/saadk408/davinci-resolve-lua-mcp/releases/download/v0.2.0/davinci-resolve-lua-mcp.mcpb .mcpb bundle

02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as Claude Desktop extension (.mcpb bundle)

repo age created 2026-09-21 - young repo, little track record yet

license MIT - declared in the repository

registry namespace io.github.saadk408 is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What DaVinci Resolve Lua MCP can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

Limitations (from the README)

[!WARNING] The bridge handles one request at a time and cannot answer Resolve's modal dialogs. Long synchronous API calls (RenderWithQuickExport, TranscribeAudio, Export, ArchiveProject, LoadProject on an unsaved project when live save is off) block it until they finish. Start renders with render_current_timeline and poll get_render_status instead of waiting inside run_lua.

Latest releases

v0.2.0 · 2026-09-22

v0.2.0: Windows support (experimental) · The server now runs on Windows. It computes Blackmagic's documented Windows · paths (Support\Fusion\Scripts\Utility for the scripts, Support\Fusion\Profiles · for Fusion.prefs)…

v0.1.0 · 2026-09-21

First public release. · An MCP server for Claude Desktop, shipped as an MCPB bundle, that controls the free edition of DaVinci Resolve 21.1 on macOS through a Lua script launched from Workspace > Scripts inside…

04 · Who maintains DaVinci Resolve Lua MCP

DaVinci Resolve Lua MCP is maintained by saadk408. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Sep 2026.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/saadk408/davinci-resolve-lua-mcp
website: https://github.com/saadk408/davinci-resolve-lua-mcp
category: media - ranked #180 of 193 actively-maintained media servers as of 2026-09-30.
release cadence: 2 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-09-22)
registry: io.github.saadk408/davinci-resolve-lua-mcp (active, first published 2026-09-21 · 2 versions)
packages: mcpb:https://github.com/saadk408/davinci-resolve-lua-mcp/releases/download/v0.2.0/davinci-resolve-lua-mcp.mcpb

06 · DaVinci Resolve Lua MCP FAQ

What is DaVinci Resolve Lua MCP?

Control the free edition of DaVinci Resolve 21.1 from Claude through a Lua script that runs inside Resolve. macOS and Windows (experimental), no Studio licence, no network.

Is DaVinci Resolve Lua MCP still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-30, its last commit was 2026-09-24 and it shipped 2 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

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