How to Install kimo in Claude Code

Video editor with no GUI that AI agents drive over MCP

What kimo does

Video editor with no GUI that AI agents drive over MCP. Cut, keyframe, colour grade, track, key, caption, mix audio and export, all through tool calls. One CPU-only Rust binary, MIT-licensed.

video-editing

mcp

ai-agents

open-source

Installation steps

1Copy the config below
2Open or create .claude/mcp.json in your project root
3Paste inside "mcpServers": {}
4Reload Claude Code

Configuration

File location: .claude/mcp.json (project root) or ~/.claude/mcp.json (global)

.claude/mcp.jsonjson

{
  "kimo": {
    "command": "cargo",
    "args": [
      "build",
      "--release"
    ]
  }
}

Full server details GitHub Open Config Editor

Install in other clients

🤖Claude Desktop ⌨️Cursor 🏄Windsurf ✨OpenAI ♊Gemini

For maintainers

If you maintain kimo, add this badge to your README to show it's verified on CuratedMCP:

[![CuratedMCP Verified](https://www.curatedmcp.com/api/badge/kimo)](https://www.curatedmcp.com/marketplace/kimo)

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