# Can ChatGPT edit videos? Yes, with cuttingfloor.

> On its own, ChatGPT can write a script or describe an edit, but it can’t cut your video. Add cuttingfloor as a plugin and it can: ChatGPT imports the video you attach, cuts it, adds captions and music, looks at a preview to check its work, and gives you back a finished MP4.

Canonical: https://cuttingfloor.ai/agents/chatgpt · Updated: 2026-11-04 · Index: https://cuttingfloor.ai/llms.txt

## Add cuttingfloor to ChatGPT

### ChatGPT (chatgpt.com (add it on the web))

1. Open chatgpt.com/plugins.
2. Click +, then Add custom MCP server.
3. Name it cuttingfloor. Under Connection, paste https://api.cuttingfloor.ai/mcp as the Server URL.
4. Set Authentication to OAuth.
5. Accept the warning, click Create as a plugin, check the tools and click Install. Sign in when asked.
6. In a chat, type @cuttingfloor and say what you want.

The Server URL:

```
https://api.cuttingfloor.ai/mcp
```

- Which plans can add a custom MCP server is up to OpenAI and your plan.
- On Business, only admins and owners can create plugins with MCP servers. On Enterprise and Edu, plugins are off until an admin allows them.
- Plugins you install work in ChatGPT on your phone too, but you add them on the web or desktop.

### ChatGPT Work (ChatGPT on the web and the desktop app)

1. Add cuttingfloor as a plugin in ChatGPT, as above.
2. Start a Work task and type @cuttingfloor with the edit you want.

In a Work task:

```
@cuttingfloor cut this into a 30-second vertical clip with captions
```

- Workspace admins choose which plugins Work can use.

### Codex (CLI, IDE extension and the ChatGPT desktop app)

1. Run the first command below to add cuttingfloor.
2. Run codex mcp login cuttingfloor and sign in in your browser.
3. In the IDE extension: gear menu → MCP servers → add, then Restart extension.
4. In the desktop app: Settings → MCP servers → Add server, choose Streamable HTTP, paste the address, Save and Restart, then click Authenticate.

Run in a terminal:

```
codex mcp add cuttingfloor --url https://api.cuttingfloor.ai/mcp
codex mcp login cuttingfloor
```

- The CLI, the IDE extension and the desktop app share ~/.codex/config.toml, so adding it once covers all three.

## Then say what you want

```
@cuttingfloor Turn this into a 15-second vertical Short with big captions and a hook title.
```

## Edited in ChatGPT

- [Turn a beauty product review into a 15-second Short](https://cuttingfloor.ai/demos/edit-a-product-review-short) ([Markdown](https://cuttingfloor.ai/demos/edit-a-product-review-short.md)): A beauty creator asks ChatGPT to make a lip gloss review into a Short. cuttingfloor opens on the best line, speeds through the application, pops up callouts as she says them and cuts her out onto a pink end card with the price.
- [Edit a real estate listing video with ChatGPT](https://cuttingfloor.ai/demos/edit-a-real-estate-listing-video) ([Markdown](https://cuttingfloor.ai/demos/edit-a-real-estate-listing-video.md)): A realtor asks ChatGPT to cut a wrong address and the dead air from a listing clip, then add captions and a price card. cuttingfloor turns 20 seconds into a 14-second post.
- [Let AI pick your best take, then make the thumbnail](https://cuttingfloor.ai/demos/pick-your-best-take-with-ai) ([Markdown](https://cuttingfloor.ai/demos/pick-your-best-take-with-ai.md)): A tech creator gives ChatGPT four takes of his channel intro. cuttingfloor has Jev, its own vision model, watch every quarter second of each take, keeps the best one, then picks the frame where he looks best for a thumbnail.

## Can ChatGPT edit videos?

Not by itself: ChatGPT can plan an edit and write the script, but it doesn’t cut video. With cuttingfloor added as a plugin it can, because it gets the editing tools: import, cut, caption, mix, preview and export.

## Can I attach my video in the chat?

Yes. Attach it and type @cuttingfloor with what you want. ChatGPT passes the file to cuttingfloor, and the finished video comes back as a link that plays in any browser.

## Which ChatGPT plans can add it?

Adding a custom MCP server is up to OpenAI and your plan. On Business, only admins and owners can create plugins with MCP servers; on Enterprise and Edu, an admin has to allow them first.

## Does it work in the ChatGPT app on my phone?

Yes, once it’s added. You add plugins on the web or the desktop app, and they work on your phone too.

## What does it cost?

Start free for 3 days, no card. After that, plans are on the pricing page.

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