Set it up
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Turn on Descript in your AI
In Claude: Customize → Connectors → search Descript → Connect (or add the custom URL https://api.descript.com/v2/mcp). In ChatGPT: add the Descript app. Then ask it to edit or publish.
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Add it to your app once
Copy the short config below into your app. It just tells your AI where to find Descript.
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Just ask
Tell it what you want in plain words — no special commands.
Need the exact config? Show it +
Add to your client
{
"mcpServers": {
"descript": {
"url": "https://api.descript.com/v2/mcp"
}
}
}Paste into your client's MCP configuration file.
How to get good results
Checked 2026-06-14 — live · by Ilya GindinTested prompts and honest limits — deeper than the README.
Descript edits audio and video by editing the transcript — delete a word and the audio goes with it. It's strongest for podcasts, talking-head video, and screen recordings, not motion graphics.
Clean up a raw recording
Prompt that works
“Remove all filler words (um, uh, like) and trim every silence longer than one second.”
Why: Filler-and-silence removal is the highest-leverage edit, and Descript does it in one pass — it makes amateur audio sound produced.
Pull a shareable clip
Prompt that works
“Find the 60-second section where I explain pricing and export it as a vertical clip with captions.”
Why: It locates a topic in the transcript and cuts to it, so you describe the moment instead of scrubbing a timeline.
Add accurate captions
Prompt that works
“Generate captions for the whole video and burn them in, large and centered.”
Why: Captions come from the existing transcript, so they're accurate — much better than re-transcribing from scratch.
What it can’t do
- ×Cloud connector: you sign in, and the media has to be in Descript (uploaded or recorded there).
- ×Transcript accuracy drops with heavy accents or noisy audio — proofread before exporting.
- ×It's a transcript-first editor, not a motion-graphics or VFX tool.
- ×Long videos take time to process and can hit plan limits.
What it can access
Hosted remote connector (api.descript.com/v2/mcp): you sign in with your Descript account, and your media lives and is processed there — no local keys.
Source: www.descript.com · checked 2026-07-13
About
Descript is an editor for video and podcasts where you edit by editing text. Its connector lets Claude or ChatGPT import your media, make edits, manage projects, and publish — you describe what you want in plain English and the assistant does it.
The MCP connects to whichever Descript Drive you're logged into.
Workflows That Use Descript
Generate a chill beat in Suno, then a seamless matching visual in Kling — a ready-to-post study/stream loop, no DAW and no video editor.
Write the song in Suno with bracket-tag sections, generate one visual per section in Kling, and let the song's own structure drive the shot list.
Find the moments by describing them, cut by editing the transcript, caption for free — and optionally re-voice a clip in another language with ElevenLabs.
Narrate in ElevenLabs, generate matching scenes in Runway, then cut and caption it in Descript by editing text — a social-ready explainer with no camera.
Animate one still in Kling, add a natural voiceover in ElevenLabs, and post a vertical reel — no video editor, no studio voice.
Read your script aloud in ElevenLabs, generate matching scenes in Runway, and assemble a narrated explainer — from text, with no footage.
Polish the shot in Freepik, give it motion in Kling, add a friend-like voice in ElevenLabs, caption it in Descript — a TikTok-ready ad from a single photo.
FAQ
What does Descript do? +
Descript is an editor for video and podcasts where you edit by editing text. Its connector lets Claude or ChatGPT import your media, make edits, manage projects, and publish — you describe what you want in plain English and the assistant does it.
Do I need to know how to code? +
No. Turn it on in your AI's settings and ask in plain English — no terminal, no coding.
How do I install Descript? +
In Claude Code, run: claude mcp add --transport http descript https://api.descript.com/v2/mcp. Copy-paste configs for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Windsurf are at the top of this page.
How do I clean up a raw recording with Descript? +
Try this prompt: "Remove all filler words (um, uh, like) and trim every silence longer than one second." — Filler-and-silence removal is the highest-leverage edit, and Descript does it in one pass — it makes amateur audio sound produced.
How do I pull a shareable clip with Descript? +
Try this prompt: "Find the 60-second section where I explain pricing and export it as a vertical clip with captions." — It locates a topic in the transcript and cuts to it, so you describe the moment instead of scrubbing a timeline.
How do I add accurate captions with Descript? +
Try this prompt: "Generate captions for the whole video and burn them in, large and centered." — Captions come from the existing transcript, so they're accurate — much better than re-transcribing from scratch.
