Chatcut to Fcpxml

Clone a ChatCut project into Final Cut Pro via FCPXML with frame accuracy — cuts, multi-track overlays, zoom moves (static punch-ins and keyframed slow pushes), music/SFX with volumes and fades, and native iTT captions. Use this skill whenever a user wants to export, hand off, convert, or "open in Final Cut Pro / FCP" a ChatCut project or timeline, wants an .fcpxml file, or complains that an FCPXML import into FCP dropped media, looks wrong, or lost zooms/captions. Also use it to verify an FCPXML import inside Final Cut Pro.

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Install

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more)

npx skills add AFangTeam/chatcut-to-fcpxml --skill chatcut-to-fcpxml

Manual install

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AFangTeam/chatcut-to-fcpxml.git /tmp/chatcut-to-fcpxml
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/chatcut-to-fcpxml/. ~/.claude/skills/chatcut-to-fcpxml

Personal skills live in ~/.claude/skills. Use .claude/skills in a project folder to share a skill with your team.

From the SKILL.md

# ChatCut → Final Cut Pro (FCPXML) handoff

Rebuild a ChatCut timeline as an editable FCP project. Everything in this skill was verified against a real Final Cut Pro import (FCP 12.x) — including the failure modes. The two rules that make or break the result:

1. **FCP fails silently.** A successful XML import proves nothing: assets vanish without warnings, transforms compound unexpectedly, captions restyle themselves. Always verify the imported project visually and with the Inspector — never by exit code.
2. **Declare media truthfully.** Every `<asset>` must state its real dimensions, frame rate, and audio presence, taken from `ffprobe` — not copied from the sequence format. Lying (even accidentally) triggers silent drops.

## Workflow

### 1. Inventory the ChatCut project

Get the full timeline truth from the ChatCut MCP tools:

- `read_project` (view: timeline) → every track's items with `fromFrame / durationInFrames / sourceStartFromInSeconds`, geometry (`left/top/width/height`), `decibelAdjustment`, fades, and effect entries (zooms with magnification + shape).
- `read_captions` with no frame window and a large `limit` → the authoritative caption pages (text + start/end frames). Window reads truncate pages at the edges; don't trust them.
- If `read_project` is temporarily unavailable (backend pool congestion), `manage_media_pool`, `read_captions`, and rendered-frame checks (`view_timeline_frames`) each use different backend paths and can fill most gaps.

Read the full skill on GitHub

Details

Skill name: chatcut-to-fcpxml
Repository: AFangTeam/chatcut-to-fcpxml
License: MIT
Repo updated: 20 August 2026

FAQ

What does the Chatcut to Fcpxml skill do?

How do I install the Chatcut to Fcpxml skill?

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more): npx skills add AFangTeam/chatcut-to-fcpxml --skill chatcut-to-fcpxml. Skills go in ~/.claude/skills (personal) or .claude/skills (project), and Claude loads them automatically when a task matches the description.

Is Chatcut to Fcpxml popular?

It lives in AFangTeam/chatcut-to-fcpxml, which has 10 GitHub stars and 2 forks.

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