kimo: a GUI-free video editor your AI drives via 255 MCP tools, built by vibecoding
LieTop7965 · reddit · 2026-10-12
A developer released kimo v1.0.0, a video editor with no GUI that AI clients (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, etc.) drive through MCP — you just say "cut this to 15 seconds, grade it warm, add a title."
- 255 MCP tools in 17 categories covering cuts, keyframes, color grading, tracking, keying, captions, audio and export; only 16 grouped tools exposed by default to protect your context window
- A single 10 MB Rust binary, CPU-only, runs on a 2 GB laptop; MIT licensed
- The project is largely vibecoded; the author fuzz-tested every tool before release (9,359 calls, 0 failures)
- Setup in 2 minutes: grab the binary, install ffmpeg, mount via claude mcp add, then give instructions conversationally
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