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Trim and Cut Clips

Precisely trim video footage and extract the best segments without opening heavy editing software.

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Raw footage always has dead time — long intros, awkward pauses, off-topic tangents, and tail-end silence. Trimming these out is the most common video editing task, but launching a full editing suite just to cut a clip is overkill for most people.

ToolRouter's edit_footage skill handles precise trimming and cutting through simple commands. Specify start and end timestamps, mark segments to remove, or ask the AI to automatically detect and remove silence. The output is a clean, ready-to-use clip without any quality loss.

This is essential for podcast producers cleaning up raw recordings, content creators extracting highlights from long streams, and marketing teams pulling the best moments from webinars and interviews for social media repurposing.

Agent Guides

Claude

  1. Connect ToolRouter to Claude: claude mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Provide your video and describe the edit: "Trim the first 30 seconds and last 15 seconds from this recording"
  3. Claude calls edit_footage and returns the trimmed clip
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ChatGPT

  1. Add ToolRouter to ChatGPT using the MCP JSON configuration
  2. Share your video and describe what to trim: "Remove the intro and outro from this recording"
  3. ChatGPT processes the edit via ToolRouter and delivers the trimmed clip
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Copilot

  1. Add ToolRouter to Copilot MCP config
  2. In Copilot Chat: "Trim my screen recording to keep only 0:30 to 5:00"
  3. Copilot calls ToolRouter's edit_footage and returns the trimmed video
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OpenClaw

  1. Connect ToolRouter: openclaw mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Provide the video: "Trim this recording to keep only the main presentation from 3:00 to 45:00"
  3. OpenClaw processes the edit and returns the trimmed clip
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