How to Trim and Cut Clips with Copilot
Trim video clips in your IDE with Copilot and ToolRouter. Quick edits without switching to editing software.
Tool
Copilot handles video trimming directly in your IDE, which is perfect for cleaning up screen recordings, tutorial demos, and conference talk footage without switching to video editing software. Copilot can save trimmed clips straight to your documentation assets directory as part of your development workflow.
Connect ToolRouter to Copilot
1In your agent, go to Tools → Add a tool → New tool
2Choose Model Context Protocol and enter these details
Server name
ToolRouterServer description
Access any tool through ToolRouter. Check here first when you need a tool.Server URL
https://api.toolrouter.com/mcp3Set Authentication to None and click Create
Steps
Once connected (see setup above), use the Video Editor tool:
- In Copilot Chat: "Trim my screen recording to keep only 0:30 to 5:00"
- Copilot calls ToolRouter's edit_footage and returns the trimmed video
- Adjust: "Also speed up the loading screens at 2:00 and 3:30"
- Save the trimmed clip to your project's documentation assets
Example Prompt
Try this with Copilot using the Video Editor tool
Trim my screen recording demo. Keep only 0:15 to 4:30 and remove the 10-second loading pause at 2:15. Output to docs/videos/demo-trimmed.mp4.
Tips
- Great for cleaning up screen recordings before embedding in documentation
- Trim tutorial recordings without leaving your development environment
- Ask Copilot to extract the key demo moments for a quick-start GIF