Use CutConvert from your AI assistant

CutConvert is available as an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server. Connect it once and your assistant — Claude, Cursor, and other MCP clients — can convert subtitle, transcript, EDL, FCPXML, and Premiere .prtranscript files right in the conversation. Chat models can fake a trivial format swap; they cannot decode binary transcripts, validate FCPXML, or do frame-accurate drop-frame math. This server does the real conversion.

The endpoint

https://cutconvert.com/api/mcp

Streamable HTTP transport, no authentication required. Anonymous use shares the guest free tier (a small monthly quota per network); for bigger jobs there is a one-time $7 conversion pack on the website.

Connect it

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http cutconvert https://cutconvert.com/api/mcp

Claude (desktop & web)

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste the endpoint URL above.

Cursor and other clients

Add the server to your MCP configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cutconvert": {
      "url": "https://cutconvert.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

What it can do

list_converters — Lists every supported conversion pair with the target id to request.
convert_file — Converts a subtitle, transcript, caption, EDL, FCPXML, or Premiere .prtranscript file and returns the result in the conversation.
inspect_file — Detects a file’s format and reports what a conversion would produce — without using any quota.
timecode_calculate — SMPTE timecode math at any broadcast rate, including correct 29.97/59.94 drop-frame handling.

Things to try

“Convert this Whisper JSON output to an SRT file.”
“Turn this SRT into Avid caption TXT for SubCap.”
“What format is this file, and what can I convert it to?”
“What is 01:00:02;12 at 29.97 drop-frame in PAL 25?”

Prefer a browser? Every converter is also on the website — batch uploads, ZIP downloads, and larger files included.