Gemini CLI can cut your video.

A generous free tier driving a tool that does not charge either.

Setup takes a minute: add the server, then pair with the code in the editor header. After that Gemini CLI has all 59 tools.

Setup

Add Frapea to Gemini CLI

  1. 1

    Add the server

    The user-level file is ~/.gemini/settings.json; a project-level ./.gemini/settings.json overrides it. Gemini CLI wants httpUrl for a streamable-HTTP server — plain url is its SSE field and will connect to nothing.
    ~/.gemini/settings.json
    {
  "mcpServers": {
    "frapea": {
      "httpUrl": "https://app.frapea.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Then, the same for every client

Pair Gemini CLI with the editor

  1. 1Open the editor and click Connect an agent in the header. It shows an eight-character code.
  2. 2Paste the whole line into Gemini CLI — the sentence, not just the code. It tells the agent which tool to call.
  3. 3Good for ten minutes, and once. If it has expired, read a fresh one.

Nothing to sign up for, and no API key on either side. The endpoint is https://app.frapea.com/mcp.

When it doesn't take

One thing goes wrong, and this is it.

1Frapea is missing from /mcp
Either a project-level ./.gemini/settings.json is shadowing the user-level one, or the key is url rather than httpUrl — the first is for SSE servers and this one is not.

What you just handed it

59 tools, and one of them is looking at the result.

Gemini CLI now has the whole editor: it cuts, captions, sources footage it does not have, writes the titles as code, and renders frames back to itself to check the work before it says it is finished.

All 59 tools Gemini CLI can call →
Can it actually cut, or only suggest?add_clipsinsert_clipssplit_clipstrim_clipsmove_clipsremove_clipsripple_delete_rangesremove_silenceremove_wordscut_to_angleset_clip_propertiesset_keyframesmanage_transitionsmanage_effectsmanage_tracksapply_layoutgenerate_captionscreate_timelineCan it see what it made?inspect_timelineinspect_mediaget_timelineget_mediaget_transcriptsearch_mediaget_analysis_statusmanage_queueget_projectsWhere does it get what it doesn't have?search_stock_mediadownload_stock_mediasearch_soundsdownload_soundadd_sfxgenerate_voiceoverlist_voiceover_modelsorganize_mediaorganize_poolconnect_media_folderWho makes the titles?create_motion_compositionupdate_motion_compositionget_motion_compositionlist_motion_compositionsWhat am I doing while it works?open_projectnew_projectclose_projectset_active_timelineset_project_settingsundoawait_user_actionexport_projectCan it follow a person?track_faceslist_face_tracksmerge_facesbind_faceHow does it know what good looks like?read_skillrequest_ai_modelsstart_transcriptionstart_visual_indexingretry_analysisget_job_status

Using something else?

Any client that speaks MCP can drive Frapea. These are written out.

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