VS Code can cut your video.
Agent mode already has the repository; this gives it the timeline as well.
Setup takes a minute: add the server, then pair with the code in the editor header. After that VS Code has all 59 tools.
Setup
Add Frapea to VS Code
- 1
Add the server
Run MCP: Add Server from the command palette, or write the file yourself. VS Code wants"type": "http"— this is the client that needs it..vscode/mcp.json{ "servers": { "frapea": { "type": "http", "url": "https://app.frapea.com/mcp" } } }
Then, the same for every client
Pair VS Code with the editor
- 1Open the editor and click Connect an agent in the header. It shows an eight-character code.
- 2Paste the whole line into VS Code — the sentence, not just the code. It tells the agent which tool to call.
- 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
Two things go wrong, and it is almost always one of them.
1The server never starts
The key is
servers, not mcpServers. VS Code is the odd one out here and the error does not say so.2Tools are listed but Copilot will not call them
Chat is in Ask mode. Tool calls only happen in Agent mode — the picker is at the bottom of the chat box.
What you just handed it
59 tools, and one of them is looking at the result.
VS Code 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 VS Code 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.