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Premiere MCP on Sol

Working as of 2026-05-02. Drives Adobe Premiere Pro 2026 on Sol via Claude Desktop (Mac app), not Claude Code CLI.

Architecture

Claude Desktop (Sol) → MCP server (Node, ~/Adobe_Premiere_Pro_MCP/dist/index.js)
  → file IPC at /tmp/premiere-mcp-bridge
  → CEP Panel "MCP Bridge (CEP)" inside Premiere → Premiere DOM/QE

Where things live on Sol

Item Path
Repo /Users/sol/Adobe_Premiere_Pro_MCP/
Built MCP server /Users/sol/Adobe_Premiere_Pro_MCP/dist/index.js
Bridge IPC dir /tmp/premiere-mcp-bridge/
CEP extension installed by npm run setup:mac, location managed by Adobe
Claude Desktop config auto-updated by npm run setup:mac to register premiere-pro MCP entry

To use

  1. Premiere Pro must be open with a project loaded.
  2. Open Window > Extensions > MCP Bridge (CEP) in Premiere.
  3. Confirm Temp Directory is /tmp/premiere-mcp-bridge, click Start Bridge.
  4. Open Claude Desktop on Sol, prompt as normal. Claude will see ~97 Premiere tools and call them when prompted.

To reinstall / repair

ssh sol
export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm" && . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
cd ~/Adobe_Premiere_Pro_MCP
git pull
npm run setup:mac
# then restart Claude Desktop and Premiere

If the CEP panel stops responding, click "Reload" inside it (right-click). If MCP server seems disconnected, run npm run setup:doctor from the repo dir.

Install prereqs we hit

  • Node.js: not preinstalled on Sol. Used nvm to install Node 20 (/Users/sol/.nvm/versions/node/v20.20.2/). nvm itself was installed via the official one-liner; doesn't need sudo.
  • Homebrew NOT installed on Sol — skipped because brew install requires interactive sudo, and SSH-spawned osascript prompts can't reach the user's interactive desktop session (same isolation issue we hit with WinForms on Vector). Use nvm instead.
  • python3 ✅ (3.9.6 stock macOS)
  • git ✅ (Apple Git 2.50.1)

Validated by

A real prompt against Justin's open project ("List all sequences..."), returned 6 real sequences with resolutions, durations, track counts. Claude even noticed a typo in a sequence name. End-to-end working 2026-05-02.

Known platform notes

  • Repo is macOS-only validated. The setup:mac script handles all the install plumbing automatically. Windows port would require manual work (hardcoded /tmp/ paths, no Windows installer).
  • The 97 tools span: project/sequence management, media import, timeline editing, effects/transitions/color/keyframes, markers/metadata, exports, MOGRT/captions/proxies, high-level assembly workflows (build_motion_graphics_demo, assemble_product_spot, build_brand_spot_from_mogrt_and_assets).
  • Includes a premiere://config/get_instructions MCP resource you can attach to give Claude Premiere-specific operating guidance before editing.

[Console-Claude, 2026-05-02]