ffmpeg-skill
by kajisho5
A set of 42 video and audio editing tools built on FFmpeg, packaged so that coding agents such as Claude Code, Cursor and Codex can run them, either as an agent skill or through an MCP server. It cuts, captions, reframes, normalises loudness and exports footage locally, then checks the result.
- Stars
- 4.1k +70 a day, est.
- Licence
- MIT
- Runs on
- Your computer
- Setup
- Moderate
- Language
- Python
- Age
- 58 days
What you can do with it
- Cut, join and remove silences from recordings by asking your coding agent
- Add animated captions and reframe landscape video to 9:16 for social platforms
- Normalise loudness and run delivery checks before exporting for a specific platform
Make money with it
Offer short-form video repurposing, such as captioned vertical clips cut from longer recordings, to clients as a paid service.
An idea, not financial advice. Check the licence before charging for anything built on it.
Ways a business could use it
- Batch-process folders of client or marketing videos into platform-ready sizes with captions and consistent loudness, without paid editing software
- Edit sensitive footage offline so nothing is uploaded to a cloud service
Can you use it commercially?
Free to use, change and sell, including in paid products. Keep the copyright notice.
Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.
Getting it running
Install FFmpeg and Python 3, then run "npx ffmpeg-skill" to add the skill to your coding agent or MCP client.
Follow the official instructions in the project README.
Things to check
- Needs a coding agent such as Claude Code, Cursor or Codex, which may carry their own costs
- Some features, such as automatic captions, may need extra tools like Whisper installed
Who's talking about it
- raiscui (gh-trends): GitHub trends — 2026-10-27 Featured in a roundup
Checked 01 Nov 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.
