Premiere Pro MCP servers: which one to use
Use Adobe for Claude for Adobe-hosted tasks like resizing video. Pick leancoderkavy or hetpatel-11 to drive your open Premiere project.
- Servers
- 10
- active
- Local
- 6
- runs on your machine
Adobe publishes its own Adobe for Claude connector, which lists Premiere among the Adobe apps it covers and requires an Adobe sign-in. The other five options are community projects that run on your computer and talk to Premiere through a small panel you install inside it. Two of them, leancoderkavy and hetpatel-11, install a command with the same name, so install only one and check the package name before you add it to Claude. Start by asking the assistant to check the connection and make no changes.
Good for
- Editors who want Adobe's hosted connector and an Adobe sign-in instead of a local panel
- Video editors who want Claude to assemble rough cuts, markers and exports in Premiere Pro
- Editors who want to preview each change before it is applied
- Windows and Mac editors, with CaYatur as a Windows-only option
Which Adobe Premiere Pro MCP server to use
Use Adobe for Claude, Adobe's own hosted connector, if you want Adobe to host the Premiere work and you are fine signing in with an Adobe account. Pick leancoderkavy or hetpatel-11 if you want an assistant to drive your open Premiere project through a panel on your computer.
| Server | Official | Runs | Works on | Tools | GitHub stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For Adobe Premiere Pro | |||||
| leancoderkavy | No | Local | Windows, Mac | 446 | 463 |
| hetpatel-11 | No | Local | Windows, Mac | 283 | 793 |
| ayushozha | No | Local | Windows, Mac | 1,066 | 132 |
| CaYatur | No | Local | Windows | 283 | 6 |
| Adobe MCP (Zach Shallbetter) | No | Local | – | 96 | – |
| Other tools for the same job | |||||
| Adobe for Claude | Yes | Hosted | – | – | – |
All Adobe Premiere Pro MCP servers
10 active · official first, then by GitHub stars
Adobe_Premiere_Pro_MCPAdobe Premiere Pro MCP. Tools for AI-driven video editing via MCP, for Codex, Claude, and other MCP clients.
793 GitHub stars
Premiere Pro MCP (leancoderkavy)LocalNo sign-inLocal-first MCP for supported Adobe Premiere Pro workflows; start with a read-only connection check.
463 GitHub stars
AdobePremiereProMCPAn open-source bridge between AI assistants and Adobe Premiere Pro, for supported editing workflows. Go, Rust, Python, and TypeScript.
132 GitHub stars- PremiereProMCP
UXP-first MCP for Adobe Premiere Pro — AI timeline edits, audio & export via Claude/Cursor. Optional CEP bridge only for editable titles.
6 GitHub stars - Premiere Claude BridgeLocal
Assistant editor for Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve: logs, transcribes, rough cuts, subtitles, QC
2 GitHub stars - premiere-mcp
An MCP server that lets Claude edit inside your open Premiere Pro project — reads the real timeline, cuts in place, verifies with rendered frames.
2 GitHub stars 
adobe-premiere-mcpLocalControl Adobe Premiere Pro video editing via ExtendScript.
0 GitHub stars- Premiere-MCP-IMT + SKILLS — Premiere Pro for AI agentsLocal
Premiere Pro for AI agents: every Adobe UI language, large skills library, generative AI tools
0 GitHub stars - Scout for Premiere ProLocal
Drive Adobe Premiere Pro from an AI agent: transcript search, markers, cuts, exports, 277 tools.
0 GitHub stars 
Premiere Pro MCP ServerLocalDrive Adobe Premiere Pro from any MCP client: projects, sequences, timeline edits, effects, export.
132/wk downloads a week
Questions
Is there an official Adobe Premiere Pro MCP server?
Yes, in part. Adobe for Claude is a hosted connector made by Adobe Inc. at https://adobe-creativity.adobe.io/mcp, and its Claude connector page lists Premiere among the apps it covers and says sign-in is required. The page names resizing video as one capability. The other servers here are independent community projects; the leancoderkavy README says it is not affiliated with or endorsed by Adobe.
Which Premiere Pro MCP server is best?
leancoderkavy has the highest weekly npm downloads and hetpatel-11 has the most GitHub stars, so start with one of those two. Both have a Premiere panel to install, both are MIT licensed, and both are free.
Does it run in the cloud or on my computer?
Adobe for Claude is hosted by Adobe. The community servers run on your computer: hetpatel-11 requires Premiere Pro, the MCP client and the package on the same machine, and leancoderkavy describes itself as local-first and connects through a local CEP bridge.
Does it work with Claude?
Yes. Adobe for Claude is listed in the Claude connector directory. hetpatel-11 ships a one-click Claude Desktop bundle and a Claude Code plugin, and leancoderkavy lists Claude, Cursor and Codex as supported clients.
Which systems does it support?
leancoderkavy, hetpatel-11 and ayushozha support Windows and macOS. CaYatur is marked as a Windows platform and installs with a Setup.bat file.
Can it damage my project?
It edits your open project, so work on a copy. ayushozha builds rough cuts on a duplicated sequence, and leancoderkavy previews some edits and applies them only after a single-use confirmation token.
Why are the tool counts so different?
They count different things. leancoderkavy lists 446 core tools, hetpatel-11 lists 283 behind a search step, and ayushozha has 1,066 tool schemas but exposes 74 by default.
What is the difference between leancoderkavy and hetpatel-11?
Both declare a premiere-pro-mcp command, so the leancoderkavy README warns you to check the package and repository before you configure a client. hetpatel-11 sends anonymous usage telemetry by default, which you can switch off in its Premiere panel.
Is it free?
The community servers are: leancoderkavy says it is free and MIT licensed, and hetpatel-11 is MIT licensed. Adobe for Claude requires an Adobe sign-in, and you still need your own Premiere Pro for the local servers.