# Montage, the video editor for AI agents

> For AI agents: connect to https://app.getmontage.ai/mcp (remote MCP over HTTP, OAuth sign-in), then read the Montage skill at https://getmontage.ai/agents/montage/SKILL.md before you start.

Montage is a video editor. Through its video editing MCP server, an AI agent (Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and others) makes and edits videos as the person, in their Montage workspace: it imports their footage, writes the edit with the same tools Montage's own AI uses, reads their comments and exports the file. Every change is a version the person sees at once in Montage.

## Connect

- Server URL: https://app.getmontage.ai/mcp
- Transport: remote, HTTP
- Sign-in: OAuth. The person signs in to Montage and presses **Allow**. There is no API key.
- Plan: the workspace on Pro ($50 a month, 300 credits) or above. On Free or Plus every tool answers « Montage MCP is on the Pro plan and above », with the address to change plan.

| AI agent | How |
|---|---|
| Claude | Customize → Connectors → + Add → Add custom connector. Name: Montage. Server URL: https://app.getmontage.ai/mcp. Continue, then sign in and press Allow. |
| ChatGPT | chatgpt.com/plugins → + → Add custom MCP server. Server URL: https://app.getmontage.ai/mcp. Authentication: OAuth → Create as a plugin, install it, then press Allow. |
| Claude Code | `claude mcp add --transport http montage https://app.getmontage.ai/mcp`, then /mcp, pick montage, press Allow. |
| Cursor | Settings → MCP → Add new MCP server, or the install link on https://getmontage.ai/docs/agents/cursor. Then press Allow. |
| Codex | `codex mcp add montage --url https://app.getmontage.ai/mcp`, then press Allow. |
| Others | Any client that takes a remote MCP server with OAuth: the same server URL. |

## The order

1. `list_videos`, or `create_video` (`name`, optional `shape`: tall, square, wide).
2. Bring footage in: `import_from_url` (a link), `start_upload` + `finish_upload` (a file on the computer you run on, up to 5 GB), or `import_on_computer` (a file on the person's Mac, their Montage app open: the original never leaves it). Then `get_media` until ready.
3. `add_media_to_video`.
4. Read, then write the video's files: `ls`, `read`, `write`, `edit` on `main.mc.js`. Every write is a version.
5. `export_video` (MP4, the sound alone, or a ZIP for Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve; or made on the person's Mac with its own chip), then `get_export` for the download address.

## Read next

- The Montage skill: https://getmontage.ai/agents/montage/SKILL.md (ZIP: https://getmontage.ai/agents/montage.zip)
- Every tool, with its options: https://getmontage.ai/docs/agents/tools.md
- How agents use Montage: https://getmontage.ai/docs/agents/overview.md
- All the docs: https://getmontage.ai/docs/llms.txt
- This page for people: https://getmontage.ai/agents