# Resolve MCP > Orientation and index for DaVinci Resolve MCP work — grading, editing, conforming, delivery, media analysis, and .drp/.drt/.drx file work, live in a running Resolve or offline with none open. Load this for a map of the domain skills, the live-vs-offline servers, and the cross-cutting safety rules. The per-domain skills (resolve-color / resolve-edit / resolve-conform / resolve-delivery / resolve-media-analysis) carry the depth and self-trigger on their own descriptions; use this as the map, or when a task spans several domains. - Skill: `samuelgursky/resolve-mcp-2` (Agent Skill) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add samuelgursky/resolve-mcp-2` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/samuelgursky/resolve-mcp-2/raw - Safety review: pending - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: AI & ML - Author: samuelgursky (https://skillmd.com/u/samuelgursky) - Updated: 2026-09-21 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/samuelgursky/resolve-mcp-2 --- # DaVinci Resolve MCP — Index Orientation for any Resolve MCP task. This is the **map, not the depth** — each domain skill below carries its own routing and triggers on its own `description`. Open the one that matches, or use this when a task spans several domains. This skill does not auto-load the others; it points at them. ## Two servers — compute offline, apply live - **Live** — `davinci-resolve` (Python): drives a *running* Resolve via the scripting API. - **Advanced / offline** — `davinci-resolve-advanced` (Node): authors `.drp`/`.drt`/`.drx` files and patches the project DB with **no Resolve open**. Rule of thumb: compute grades, QC, and conform math offline; apply the result live. Node never drives Resolve. ## Domains | Task | Skill | Kernel | Any-MCP-client prompt | |---|---|---|---| | Grading, looks, shot match, LUT/CDL/DRX | `resolve-color` | `color-grade-kernel.md` | `/color_grade_workflow` | | Cutting, trimming, ranges, variants, changelist | `resolve-edit` | `timeline-edit-kernel.md` | `/timeline_edit_workflow` | | Conform, relink, finishing QC, grade tracing | `resolve-conform` | `timeline-conform-interchange-kernel.md` | `/conform_workflow` | | Render, deliverable QC, media/provenance | `resolve-delivery` | `render-deliver-kernel.md` | `/delivery_workflow` | | Fusion comps (titles, MG, VFX) | `resolve-fusion` | `fusion-composition-kernel.md` | `/fusion_workflow` | | Audio / Fairlight (tracks, buses, loudness) | `resolve-audio` | `audio-fairlight-kernel.md` | `/audio_workflow` | | Media pool ingest / organize / multicam | `resolve-media-pool` | `media-pool-ingest-kernel.md` | `/media_pool_workflow` | | Reading/analyzing source media | `resolve-media-analysis` | `media-analysis-guide.md` | `/analyze_media` | ## Less-common domains (no dedicated skill — go straight to the kernel/tool) These have real coverage but low enough traffic that they route through this index rather than their own skill: - **Project lifecycle** — create/export/import/archive/restore projects, databases, settings, presets: `project_manager` compound tool → `docs/kernels/project-lifecycle-kernel.md`. Offline DB read/patch: advanced `project_read` / `project_db` (project CLOSED + quit/relaunch). - **Review / annotations** — timeline markers, review reports, annotation copy/move/scope: `timeline_markers` → `docs/kernels/review-annotation-kernel.md`. Offline audit/lineage: advanced `provenance`. - **Extension authoring** — install/remove Fuse/DCTL/Lua-Python plugins: `script_plugin` → `docs/kernels/extension-authoring-kernel.md`, `docs/authoring/`. - **Pipeline (DB-as-truth)** — YAML-authored canonical project DB, staged runs with gates + provenance + drift: advanced `pipeline` tool → `resolve-advanced/README.md`. ## Read the build before you promise a capability **The scripting API changes per PATCH release, not per major one.** "Resolve 21" is not a fine enough label to reason from: `GetFairlightPresets` exists on 20.2.2 and not on 19.1.3, and three surfaces reported in 21.0.4 are absent from 21.0.2. Guidance given without knowing the build is how an agent ends up insisting a method is there when it is not (issue #132). So, before describing what is possible: 1. `resolve_control get_version` → note **both** `version_string` (the Resolve build) and `mcp.version` (this server). 2. `resolve_control check_version_support` → every recorded gate this build does **not** clear. With a `symbol`, it answers for one method. 3. `resolve_control api_truth ""` → each fact now carries a `version_context` saying whether it was measured on an older, newer, or identical build. **An older measurement is a prior, not a finding.** Two failure modes worth naming, because neither announces itself: - **`unknown` is the common answer, and it means probe — not yes.** Only surfaces with recorded evidence are gated; most of the API has never been version-bisected. Absence from the unavailable list is not a promise that a method exists. - **`mcp.version` is the version this process STARTED with.** A running server keeps executing it, so `git pull` does not refresh the ledger until restart — an `api_truth` miss may mean "stale server", not "no known issues". When a build is too old for what was asked, say so and name the floor. Do not offer the call and let it fail. ## Cross-cutting rules (always) - **Source media is sacred** (AGENTS.md): never modify, transcode, convert, proxy, relink, or derive source media unless explicitly asked. Outputs go to sidecars, scratch, or the analysis project root. - **Frame-first color**: inspect Resolve-rendered frames before applying any grade/look/LUT/CDL/DRX, and preserve a recoverable grade version. - **Guards refuse rather than fabricate** on the advanced server — read a "refused" message before retrying (usually wrong value space, log-encoded frames, missing media, or a missing optional dep; call the advanced `capabilities` tool). ## Deeper references - `AGENTS.md` — canonical brief + the `## Domain Routing` index (all platforms). - `docs/SKILL.md` — operating reference for both servers. - `docs/kernels/` — per-action depth. `resolve-advanced/README.md` — offline catalog.