Edit AI-assisted videos locally on Mac with Palmier Pro

What it is

Palmier Pro is a macOS video editor aimed at creators who want a conventional timeline plus an AI-agent surface. The public repository describes a Swift-native editor, a local MCP server, and integrations for Claude, Codex, Cursor, and Claude Desktop so an agent can work against the same editing project.

The practical hook is the MCP bridge. When the app is open, the project exposes a local MCP endpoint so an agent can connect to the timeline workflow instead of treating the video editor as a black-box GUI task.

Why it is useful

Use this if you create short-form video, tutorials, product clips, or social edits and want to test what agent-assisted editing feels like without starting from a closed web-only tool. The repository ships a downloadable macOS DMG and the editor can be used without login for normal editing and MCP experiments.

The generative AI side is not fully free: the README says video/image generation features require login and subscription. That makes Palmier Pro best viewed as a free editor and agent-integration testbed first, with paid AI generation as an optional layer.

Setup surface

The latest GitHub release observed for this run is v0.6.14, published on July 22, 2026, with a PalmierPro.dmg asset. The repository metadata reports GPL-3.0 licensing, but the README adds an important caveat: the editor, MCP server, and agent chat are open source, while generative AI processing is closed source.

Platform support is narrow. The README states that Palmier Pro requires macOS 26 Tahoe on Apple Silicon, so Windows, Linux, Intel Mac, and older macOS users should skip it for now.

Caveats before you try it

Do not paste production API keys or private client media into a new editor workflow just because it has an agent interface. Review what the MCP server exposes, use disposable test projects first, and treat any agent/video-generation workflow as a privacy boundary until you know which data stays local and which data goes to external model providers.

The install path includes a DMG download and the README also documents agent connection snippets. Review the release asset, permissions, network behavior, and MCP tools before connecting a real coding-agent workspace.

Source links

• Palmier Pro GitHub repository: https://github.com/palmier-io/palmier-pro
• Palmier Pro v0.6.14 release: https://github.com/palmier-io/palmier-pro/releases/tag/v0.6.14
• Show HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49022911
• Palmier website: https://palmier.io