Edit videos with Claude Code

Download PandaStudio from writepanda.ai and run the installer for your OS (macOS or Windows). Open it once so it finishes setting up the recordings folder.

Claude Code and the PandaStudio CLI both need Node 18+. Check:

node --version

If that prints v18.x.x or higher you're set. Otherwise grab the LTS installer from nodejs.org.

npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code

Then run claude once — it walks you through signing in with your Anthropic account.

Claude Code talks to PandaStudio by running pandastudio commands in its Bash tool. Install the CLI so that command is available:

npm install -g @writepanda/cli

The Skill teaches Claude what PandaStudio can do — its full command surface, editorial rules, async job patterns, and more. Install it once from your terminal (outside Claude Code):

npx skills add kamskans/pandastudio-skills

The skills tool detects which AI agents you have installed and copies the Skill into each one's directory. For Claude Code it lands at ~/.claude/skills/pandastudio/SKILL.md and is picked up automatically — no restart needed.

The same command also installs for Cursor, Cline, Continue, and 40+ other agents if you use them — one install covers everything.

1. Open PandaStudio.
2. Go to Settings → Automation.
3. Toggle Enable automation server on.

The server binds to 127.0.0.1 only and requires a bearer token in your OS keychain. Nothing outside your machine can reach it.

Open any terminal, run claude, and try:

• "Open my latest recording, transcribe it, remove filler words and silences, then export an MP4."
• "Create a new 9:16 project, import the file at ~/Recordings/launch.mov, add bold captions, and preview it."
• "List all my projects from this week and tell me which one is longest."

Claude will call pandastudio system.status to confirm the license, then chain commands like transcript.transcribe, transcript.remove-fillers, caption.set-template, and export.start — narrating each step as it goes.