AVE plans
The connected assistant orchestrates the request while AVE uses its configured editing assistant to create the edit plan.
AVE MCP
Let Codex or Claude Code work inside your AVE projects.
AVE MCP gives your installed coding assistant a controlled local bridge into the editor, so it can understand footage, make timeline changes, review the result, and export without uploading the project to a public MCP service.
Connections Local assistant access
Ready on this Mac Codex Codex plans · asks before changes · 8/8 access
Connected Claude Code Claude Code plans · asks before changes · 8/8 access
Connected - Tool surface
- 20 AVE tools
- Permission model
- 8 access scopes
- Connection
- Local authenticated bridge
Setup
Connect once. Keep working where you already think.
AVE handles configuration inside the Mac app. You do not need to copy commands into Terminal for the normal setup path.
- Connect once
Open AVE Settings, choose Connections, and connect Codex CLI or Claude Code. Restart that assistant once so it can load the AVE tool surface.
- Choose the control level
Let AVE plan edits or let the connected assistant plan them. AVE asks before consequential work by default, with an optional Approve for me setting.
- Work from your assistant
Describe the edit in Codex or Claude Code. The assistant reads AVE project context, uses the allowed tools, checks jobs, reviews frames, and can export the result.
Tool surface
The full local editing loop, not a one-way command box.
The assistant can gather context, do the work AVE allows, and inspect the visible result before it keeps going.
Discover AVE projects and read their structure, assets, analysis, sequences, clips, and transitions.
Search analyzed footage by transcript, visual evidence, detections, and timecoded frame descriptions.
Create projects, import selected local media, and build sequences from source ranges.
Plan or directly apply validated timeline edits, including trims, transitions, captions, graphics, motion, audio, and color work.
Render bounded review frames so the assistant can inspect the visible result before continuing.
Run export preflight and render finished videos through AVE on the Mac.
Planning
Choose who does the editorial reasoning.
Use AVE's assistant when you want the connected client to orchestrate with fewer tokens, or let Codex or Claude Code take the planning role end to end.
Codex or Claude plans
The connected assistant reads AVE project context, authors the plan itself, and sends validated actions to AVE for local execution.
AVE asks before consequential project, import, edit, and export work by default. Approve for me is optional and configured separately for each assistant.
Local boundary
Authenticated on your Mac. Scoped in AVE.
AVE MCP is deliberately local. It connects apps you installed on the same Mac and keeps AVE in charge of project execution and access.
Designed for local Codex CLI and Claude Code installations on the same Mac as AVE.
Not a ChatGPT cloud connector, Claude Desktop integration, remote MCP endpoint, or public MCP server.
Source footage stays local. Only information and rendered review frames allowed by the selected scopes are returned to the connected assistant.
Each assistant has its own access, planning, and approval settings, and AVE remains the execution boundary for project changes.
FAQ
The practical details.
What connects, what stays local, and when AVE asks for approval.
Which assistants can connect to AVE MCP?
AVE supports local Codex CLI and Claude Code connections on the same Mac. It does not expose a public MCP endpoint and is not a ChatGPT cloud or Claude Desktop connector.
Do I connect the assistant every time AVE starts?
No. Configuration is persistent. Connect the assistant once and restart it once to load AVE. After that, AVE detects live connections when both apps are running.
Can Codex or Claude Code edit without an AVE assistant configured?
Yes. Choose the connected-assistant planning mode and Codex or Claude Code can read the project, author the edit plan, and ask AVE to execute it locally. AVE analysis models still provide footage intelligence.
Does AVE MCP approve edits automatically?
No. AVE asks before consequential project, import, edit, and export work by default. Approve for me is an optional per-assistant setting for users who want a more autonomous workflow.
Does footage pass through MCP?
No source footage is sent through the MCP connection. AVE exposes scoped project information and can provide bounded rendered review frames only when that access is allowed.