sidhantpande/AI-Video-Editor

Premiere Transition Pack

Use transitions to clarify structure or hide a motivated discontinuity. Prefer a clean cut when no transition improves the edit.

Required server profile

The standard and transitions profiles include the 12 native recipe tools. Use MCP_TOOL_PROFILE=transitions for additional transition discovery and removal tools. Reconnect clients caching the old catalog after updating the server.

Native recipes

Call premiere_list_transition_recipes and select an exact recipe ID with confirmed native availability. Call premiere_apply_transition_recipe with recipe_id, track_index, and the outgoing clip_index; omission of dry_run plans only. Inspect the cut, duration and handles, then set dry_run=false to apply on a verified sequence copy by default. Do not make a second manual copy first unless intentional. Require status=applied, verified=true, and final transition readback. Inspect recovery identities and mutation diagnostics on errors before retrying. See recipe library and limits.

Manual native workflow

1. Inspect the target cuts and call premiere_get_installed_transitions. Use only names confirmed by the host. premiere_get_available_transitions is a legacy English-name probe, not a complete inventory.
2. Resolve the active sequence index, call premiere_duplicate_sequence, verify exactly one new copy, and activate it with premiere_set_active_sequence. Leave the source untouched as the recovery boundary. Record existing transitions with premiere_get_transitions; timeline snapshots and saved sequence versions are comparison/audit data only, not whole-sequence rollback points.
3. Choose one small vocabulary: short dissolve for continuity, dip for a time/section break, and an audio crossfade for dialogue/music joins.
4. Apply only a host-confirmed name with premiere_add_video_transition or premiere_add_audio_transition, supplying the desired duration in the add call.
5. Read transitions back and verify the public DOM count increased and that name, cut location, and duration match the request.

Guardrails

• Do not run premiere_apply_transition_to_all_cuts without an explicit request and an untouched duplicate recovery sequence.
• Keep dialogue audio crossfades short and listen for phase or level changes.
• Wipe direction/color, synthesized zoom/glitch transitions, and alignment mutation are explicitly unsupported by the CEP backend. Use a confirmed installed transition instead.
• Remove a failed or misplaced transition before retrying.