Connect Descript to Claude and Never Touch the Timeline Again
✨Try Descript: https://bit.ly/3POk8Z1 What if you could tell AI to make your video — and then go touch grass, take a nap, or make a smoothie while it does? That's exactly what the Descript API + MCP connection makes possible. In this video, we walk through how to connect Descript to Claude using a custom MCP server, then use it to automatically create, edit, and publish videos — without ever opening the Descript app yourself. No coding required. Seriously. Whether you're a solo creator drowning in unedited footage, a marketer who wants to repurpose content at scale, or someone who just has a lot of opinions about peanut butter pickle sandwiches — the Descript API can help you automate the boring stuff so you can focus on the 10% that actually requires a human brain. Watch the final video here: https://youtu.be/sDRlnBMbV_o ⚠️ Quick heads up: This demo uses the custom MCP connector (api.dscr.com/v2/mcp), not the official Claude MCP connector. The steps shown are fully replicable for any user. However, if you connect via the official Claude MCP, some generative features — like AI voice and image generation — are limited per Anthropic's terms. Claude will let you know what it can't do and hand off the rest to Descript to finish. In this video: ✅ Why the Descript API is useful even if you're not a developer ✅ How to connect Descript to Claude via custom MCP in minutes ✅ How to use Claude to prompt Underlord and generate full videos automatically ✅ Real-world automation use cases: Slack → video pipeline, bulk podcast repurposing, content libraries, and more ✅ How AI credits work smarter when Claude does the pre-planning Chapters: 00:00 — Why non-coders should care about the Descript API 00:44 — How to connect Descript to Claude via MCP 02:00 — What Claude can do with your Descript account 03:15 — Live demo: generating a full AI video with one prompt 06:00 — Creative API use cases from real users 08:00 — Bulk repurposing, content libraries & Claude skills 📖 Descript API + MCP setup docs: https://help.descript.com/hc/en-us/articles/46056322186509-Use-Descript-with-an-AI-assistant-MCP Descript Skills Repo: https://github.com/descriptinc/skills ✨Try Descript: https://bit.ly/3POk8Z1 ---------------------------------- 📺 Subscribe on YouTube @Descript 🆘 For help: http://help.descript.com 🫂 For community support: http://discord.gg/descript 𝕏 X: https://x.com/descript/ 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/descript_app/ 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/descriptapp/ ⌨️ Blog: http://descript.com/blog 🪵 Changelog: http://changelog.descript.com 🎥 Sign up for future live events: https://luma.com/descript?utm_source=ytdescription ---------------------------------- ✨Try Descript: https://bit.ly/3POk8Z1 #descript #aiVideoEditing #claudeAI #MCP #videoAutomation #contentCreator #videoEditing #AI #podcastEditing #Underlord