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Step-by-step guides for connecting Cut Express and cutting your first video.
Cut Express is an MCP server: you connect it once to Claude, and from then on "cut this into a reel" comes back as an MP4. Claude.ai and Claude Desktop sign in with your Cut Express account; Claude Code uses a key.
Stuck on a step? Write to support@cut.express and say which app you use.
How to upload video to Claude for editing with Cut Express: the upload panel in Claude.ai and Desktop, uploads from Claude Code, formats, sizes and storage.
How color grading LUTs for Reels work: picking a look by feel, how strong to apply it, one look per video vs per scene, and the sliders that finish the grade.
Where to find free stock footage for YouTube, how to search so clips match what you're saying, vertical vs horizontal, and how to credit the creators.
Set up Cut Express in Claude.ai, Claude Desktop and Claude Code: add the connector, sign in or use a key, send your first clips and render a test video.