Automating video editing with GPT-6 Astra and the DaVinci Resolve MCP
The author lays out a full workflow and usable prompts for having Codex control DaVinci Resolve via MCP to transcribe, cut, color grade, mix audio, and render in 4K.
let go your $1600/mo video editor davinci resolve MCP and GPT-6 Astra can now do video editing here's how to get codex to do it buy resolve studio 21.1. file > setup ai assistants. open chatgpt desktop, switch to work mode, tell codex to test the davinci resolve mcp connection hand it the footage folder from there it can transcribe the take, put a-roll and screen on separate tracks, cut dead air, pick cutaways, pull stills and b-roll that match 2–3 refs you attach, build titles and lower thirds, key greenscreen, do splitscreen, animate graphics, apply a power grade, mix audio to youtube loudness, and render 4k a raw 75-minute recording can come back as a finished cut a folder of clips can come back graded a few hours of travel footage can come back as a 20-minute video in under 10 minutes it talks to resolve through mcp media pool, timeline, color page, render queue and no clicking around the gui prompts that work: cut the pauses. match b-roll to these refs. use this power grade. this shot is overexposed, that one has a magenta tint, fix contrast, analyze and balance it again if it still looks off. captions and titles. greenscreen or splitscreen, or pick the layout. mix it. render. save that as a skill so you are not rewriting the same brief every video. the last 5% of timing still needs your ear $295 once for studio. astra tokens after that. studio is required for the official mcp. community servers exist. long runs chew a 20x plan, so reuse the skill