MCP tools - AskEditor

The connector lists the tools of everyday editing. AskEditor has about two hundred more, grouped into guides: your agent asks for a guide when the work needs it, so its tool list stays short and every new tool works without reconnecting.

Everyday tools

Group	Tools	What they do
Projects	`list_workspaces`, `list_projects`, `create_editor_project`, `open_project`, `read_project`, `get_editor_url`	Find, make and open a project. `get_editor_url` gives the link to the editor; with `pane: true` it gives a one-time link that opens the editor beside the chat.
Timeline	`get_timeline`, `edit_timeline`, `add_timeline_clip`, `move_clip`, `trim_clip`, `split_clip`, `delete_clip`, `set_clip_timing`	Read the timeline and change it. `edit_timeline` makes several changes in one call.
Look and motion	`set_clip_transform`, `set_clip_animation`, `set_keyframes`, `add_keyframe`, `set_transition`, `set_canvas_aspect_ratio`	Position, size, animation, keyframes, transitions and the frame shape.
Text and markers	`add_text`, `set_text`, `add_marker`, `remove_marker`	Titles and text on the timeline, and markers.
Media	`list_media`, `search_media`, `get_asset_metadata`, `get_clip_transcript`	Your media library, stock media, a clip’s file details, and what a clip says with its times.
Motion graphics	`list_assets`, `write_asset`	The project’s motion graphics, and new ones your agent writes. The editor shows them live and the export draws them.
Bringing files in	`create_upload`, `complete_upload`, `import_media_from_url`	Upload a file from your machine, or bring one in from a web address.
Looking	`watch_edit`, `watch_clip`	The edit, or a clip, returned as pictures, as it will export.
Export	`set_export_settings`, `export_video`, `get_export`	Render the film and get its download link.
Credits	`wait_for_credits`	Wait while you add credits for a call that needs more than your balance.

Guides and the rest

Tool	What it does
`list_skills`	Names the guides: how a group of tools works (the timeline, animation, captions, sound, motion graphics, tracking, the camera, your brand) and how to make one kind of video well.
`load_skill`	Hands over one guide in full, with the tools it brings and their schemas.
`call_tool`	Runs any tool a guide brought in, by name.

Your agent reads a guide before the work it covers, then calls its tools. Each guide is also an MCP resource, askeditor://skills/{name}.

Resources

Resource	What it carries
`askeditor://projects/{project_id}/timeline`	Every clip on the timeline, with its effects and keyframe values.
`askeditor://projects/{project_id}/assets/{asset_id}`	The code of a motion graphic your agent wrote.
`askeditor://skills/{name}`	A guide, as `load_skill` returns it.

What every answer tells your agent

What changed. Each answer names the change it made, including a clip’s animation, look and style, and the change appears live in the editor.
When it waits for you. A call that costs more than a few credits, or deletes something, answers needs_approval. Once you approve, the agent calls again with the approval_id it was given. See Connect over MCP.
When credits run short. A paid call your balance cannot cover answers waiting_for_credits: nothing ran and nothing was charged.