# auto-editor-export

Exports auto-editor cuts and mic recordings to DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, or timeline files instead of direct rendering.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 702 installs · ★ 5633
- Author: WyattBlue
- License: Unlicense · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/WyattBlue/auto-editor/tree/HEAD/skills/auto-editor-export/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/auto-editor-export

## What it does

By default, auto-editor outputs a rendered media file. This skill configures `--export` to generate project files for non-linear editors instead: XML for Adobe Premiere Pro, FCPXML for DaVinci Resolve and Final Cut Pro, or projects for ShotCut and Kdenlive. It also handles exports to split clip sequences and native `.v1`, `.v2`, or `.v3` timeline formats.

Recording from a microphone via `:mic` keeps a companion `*_RECORDING.mka` track next to the project file. The default audio encoder is lossless FLAC. You can select another Matroska-compatible codec with `-c:a`, but unsupported encoders will fail immediately before capture starts. For Final Cut Pro and Resolve, the skill configures the FCPXML version and custom timeline names.

Importing works in reverse. Auto-editor accepts `.v3` timelines and experimental FCP7 XML files directly as inputs to render the final video. That lets you inspect and tweak cut points before starting a render pass.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add WyattBlue/auto-editor --skill auto-editor-export -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/auto-editor-export/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/auto-editor-export/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add WyattBlue/auto-editor --skill auto-editor-export -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/auto-editor-export/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add WyattBlue/auto-editor --skill auto-editor-export -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/auto-editor-export/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install WyattBlue/auto-editor auto-editor-export
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/auto-editor-export/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add WyattBlue/auto-editor --skill auto-editor-export -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/WyattBlue/auto-editor --path skills/auto-editor-export
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/auto-editor-export/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add WyattBlue/auto-editor --skill auto-editor-export -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/WyattBlue/auto-editor/tree/HEAD/skills/auto-editor-export/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- export auto-editor cut decisions directly to DaVinci Resolve or Premiere Pro
- preserve microphone capture in a companion MKA audio file
- split media into individual clip files at cut points
- render edited `.v3` timeline files or FCP7 XML projects back to video
- adjust FCPXML compatibility versions for legacy editing software

## Example prompts
- Export the edit of video.mp4 to a DaVinci Resolve fcpxml project
- Record audio from :mic and export a Premiere XML project named interview
- Render the finished video from timeline.v3

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````text
---
name: auto-editor-export
description: Export auto-editor's edit or microphone recording to a video editor (Premiere, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, ShotCut, Kdenlive), to individual clips, or to auto-editor timeline files (.v1/.v2/.v3); and import timeline/XML files to render them. Use when someone wants an editor-ready project, a preserved microphone source, split clips, or timeline files instead of a finished video.
---

# Exporting & importing

By default auto-editor renders a media file. `--export` (`-ex`) changes the
target. The output extension is chosen automatically per mode.

```bash
auto-editor video.mp4 --export premiere    # → video_ALTERED.xml for Premiere Pro
```

## Export targets

| `--export` | For | Output |
|---|---|---|
| `premiere` | Adobe Premiere Pro (fcp7 xml) | `.xml` |
| `resolve` | DaVinci Resolve (fcpxml) | `.fcpxml` |
| `resolve-fcp7` | Resolve via legacy fcp7 xml | `.xml` |
| `final-cut-pro` | Final Cut Pro | `.fcpxml` |
| `shotcut` | ShotCut | `.mlt` |
| `kdenlive` | Kdenlive | `.kdenlive` |
| `clip-sequence` | individual media clips, one per kept segment | media files |
| `v1` / `v2` / `v3` | auto-editor timeline files | `.v1` / `.v2` / `.v3` |
| (default) | rendered media file | per container |

```bash
auto-editor video.mp4 --export resolve
auto-editor video.mp4 --export final-cut-pro
auto-editor video.mp4 --export clip-sequence
auto-editor video.mp4 --export v3 -o timeline.v3
```

## Export a microphone recording

Use `:mic` as the input and press Ctrl-C to finish capture. Editor and timeline
exports keep a sibling `*_RECORDING.mka` source so the project remains usable:

```bash
auto-editor :mic --export resolve -o interview.fcpxml
# writes interview.fcpxml and interview_RECORDING.mka
```

With `-c:a auto` (the default), persistent recordings use lossless FLAC.
Choose another Matroska-supported encoder explicitly; unsupported encoders fail
before capture. Encoder sample rates and channel layouts are negotiated during
the recording transcode.

```bash
auto-editor :mic --export resolve -c:a opus -o interview.fcpxml
auto-editor :mic --sample-rate 44.1kHz --export v3 -o interview.v3
```

Ordinary rendered outputs and `clip-sequence` use a temporary capture instead;
their final audio codec still follows the output container and `-c:a`.

## Naming the timeline

`premiere`, `resolve`, and `final-cut-pro` accept a `name` attr (default
"Auto-Editor Media Group"). Pass extra attrs after a colon:

```bash
# POSIX shells
auto-editor example.mp4 --export 'premiere:name="Your name here"'
# PowerShell (double the inner quotes)
auto-editor example.mp4 --export 'premiere:name=""Your name here""'
```
````
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