Scout for Premiere Pro: MCP server
Scout is a commercial extension for Adobe Premiere Pro (Windows, Premiere 26.2 or newer). It cuts multi-camera podcasts from the audio and connects AI agents to your timeline over the Model Context Protocol.
This repository hosts the MCP bridge as a downloadable bundle and is the public issue tracker for Scout. The extension's source code is not public.
- Get Scout ($59, one time): https://trevorohare.gumroad.com/l/scout4premiere
- Product page and demo video: https://www.trevorohare.com/dev
- Bug reports and feature requests: open an issue here, using one of the templates
- Community and support: https://discord.gg/qYkacEyfUQ
What the server exposes
The bridge talks to the Scout panel running inside Premiere. It exposes two tool families on one MCP surface:
Panel tools (11). These read Premiere's own transcript and act on the active sequence.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
get_active_sequence | Name, frame rate, duration, start timecode, per-track summary |
get_transcript | Full stitched transcript with sequence-time segments, optional time window |
find_words | Word-accurate search: exact sequence times and timecodes for each match |
list_markers | Markers with name, comment, start, duration, type, color; optional prefix filter |
place_markers | Add point or duration markers, with color |
remove_markers | Remove markers by prefix or by exact start time |
apply_cleanup | Lift or Extract every Scout/Cleanup: range, after backing up the sequence |
create_chapter_markers | Convert duration markers into chapter-type point markers |
export_markers_csv | Write a CSV of markers matching a prefix |
razor_at | Cut tracks at exact sequence times; reversible with undo |
enable_all_clips | Re-enable every clip on every track in one undo step |
ExtendScript tools (266). Effects, transitions, exports, project and bin management, track targeting, metadata, and more. Adapted from the MIT-licensed adobe-premiere-pro-mcp tool layer; see THIRD-PARTY-LICENSES.md. The full reference is in TOOLS.md.
Install
Scout's Windows installer registers the bridge with Claude Code automatically when the claude CLI is present. For other clients:
Claude Desktop. Download scout-premiere-mcp-<version>.mcpb from Releases and open it. Claude Desktop installs it as an extension.
Claude Code, Cursor, and other stdio clients. Point the client at the installed executable:
claude mcp add scout --scope user -- "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Scout\scout-premiere-mcp.exe"
Then open the Scout panel in Premiere and turn on Enable MCP Server. The panel shows a live connection indicator and a log of every tool call.
Requirements
- Windows 10 or 11
- Adobe Premiere Pro 26.2 or newer with the Scout extension installed and licensed
- Scout's MCP server enabled in the panel
- Transcripts: run Premiere's own Transcribe on the sequence first.
get_transcriptandfind_wordsread that transcript; no external transcription service is involved.
Privacy Policy
The bridge runs entirely on your machine. It relays tool calls between your MCP client and the Scout panel over a localhost WebSocket (port 18803 by default) and makes no network requests of its own. Transcript text and sequence data go only to the MCP client you connected. Scout's in-panel AI Analysis feature is separate and uses whichever AI provider you configure in the panel. Full policy: https://www.trevorohare.com/privacy-policy
License
The bundle is proprietary software, licensed to Scout customers under the terms at https://www.trevorohare.com/policies. Third-party components are listed in THIRD-PARTY-LICENSES.md.