Edit videos with Cursor

PandaStudio from writepanda.ai. Cursor from cursor.com. Launch PandaStudio once so it writes its local credentials file — that's all the setup PandaStudio needs.

PandaStudio ships its MCP server inside the installed app. On macOS, link it onto /usr/local/bin once:

sudo /Applications/PandaStudio.app/Contents/Resources/cli/install-cli-symlink-mac.sh

Windows installer (NSIS) adds the launcher directory to %PATH% automatically — skip this step.

Cursor reads MCP servers from one of two files:

• Global: ~/.cursor/mcp.json (recommended — available in every workspace)
• Project-only: .cursor/mcp.json at the workspace root

Create the file if it doesn't exist, then paste this in:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pandastudio": {
      "command": "pandastudio-mcp"
    }
  }
}

No token field, no env var, no Node runtime. The PandaStudio MCP server runs under the Electron-bundled Node inside the app and auto-discovers credentials from ~/.config/pandastudio/ (loopback only, never exposed to the internet).

The Skill teaches Claude (and any other model you use in Cursor) PandaStudio's full command surface so it can chain edits without you explaining the API. Run once in your terminal:

npx skills add kamskans/pandastudio-skills

The installer detects Cursor and copies the Skill to .cursor/skills/pandastudio/ globally. It also installs for any other agents you have set up — one command covers all of them.

Open Cursor settings → Features → MCP. You should see pandastudio listed with a green dot. If it's red, click View logs — most often a JSON typo or PandaStudio hasn't been launched yet.

Open the Composer (⌘L on macOS / Ctrl L on Windows), pick Agent mode, 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."