Descript pipeline hooks
Descript documents six of the nine hooks on the pages read. Public API: an API that imports media and sends editing instructions to its AI assistant. Agent and automation hooks: an MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT, Codex and Cursor, signed in with a Descript login. Nothing on downloads, file formats and SDKs. From 5 source pages, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.
| Tool | Agent hooks |
|---|---|
| Adobe Firefly | Not documented in the docs read |
| BytePlus ModelArk | Not documented in the docs read |
| Colossyan | Not documented in the docs read |
| D-ID | An MCP connection |
| Descript | An MCP connection |
| fal | Not documented in the docs read |
| Flixly | An MCP connection |
| Google Veo | Not documented in the docs read |
| HeyGen | An MCP connection |
| Higgsfield | An MCP connection |
| invideo | Not documented in the docs read |
| Kapwing | Not documented in the docs read |
| Kling AI | An agent skill |
| Krea | An MCP connection |
| LTX | Not documented in the docs read |
| Luma | Not documented in the docs read |
| MiniMax | An MCP connection |
| OpenAI Sora | Not documented in the docs read |
| Pika | Not documented in the docs read |
| PixVerse | Not documented in the docs read |
| Replicate | An MCP connection |
| Revid | An MCP connection |
| Runway | An MCP connection |
| SceneMixer | Not documented in the docs read |
| Synthesia | An MCP connection |
| VEED | Not documented in the docs read |
| Vidu | An MCP connection |
| Wan (Alibaba Cloud) | A command-line tool |
Inclusion rule. All 28 tools in the register, each with what its pages say about MCP and similar hooks. Order. Alphabetical by tool name.
- API
- An API for its own models
- Agents
- An MCP connection
- Resolution
- 4K
- Hand-off
- XML export for editing
- Subtitles
- SRT and VTT files
- Download
- Not documented in the docs read
- Formats
- Not documented in the docs read
- SDKs
- Not documented in the docs read
- Webhooks
- A webhook or callback URL
1From its documentation
Descript is an editor with an API and an MCP server that signs in with a Descript login. A timeline exports into Premiere Pro, Final Cut and Pro Tools, subtitles export as SRT or VTT files, and video exports go up to 4K. API jobs are polled or answered at a callback URL.
Public API: An API for its own models
With the Descript API, you can import media and tell Underlord
Descript, help centre: Descript API
- Get startedAn API that imports media and sends editing instructions to its AI assistant
Descript on this hook · Public API for every tool
Agent and automation hooks: An MCP connection
It authenticates through your Descript login, so there is no API token to manage.
Descript, help centre: Descript MCP
- Before you connectAn MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT, Codex and Cursor, signed in with a Descript login
Descript on this hook · Agent and automation hooks for every tool
Highest resolution named: 4K
Export at 480p, 720p, 1080p, or 4K.
Descript, help centre: export a video or GIF
- ResolutionExports at 480p, 720p, 1080p or 4K, with 720p on the free plan
Highest resolution named for every tool
Hand-off to editing software: XML export for editing
Export your Descript timeline into Premiere Pro, Final Cut, Pro Tools, and other video editing tools.
Descript, help centre: timeline exports
- Page headerTimeline export into Premiere Pro, Final Cut, Pro Tools and other editors
Descript on this hook · Hand-off to editing software for every tool
Subtitle files: SRT and VTT files
Export your subtitles from Descript as an SRT or VTT file.
Descript, help centre: export subtitles
- Page headerSubtitles exported as a separate SRT or VTT file
Descript on this hook · Subtitle files for every tool
The finished file: Not documented in the docs read
- Page read; not statedNot documented in the docs read (2026-09-25)
The finished file for every tool
File formats named: Not documented in the docs read
- Page read; not statedNot documented in the docs read (2026-09-25)
File formats named for every tool
Official SDKs: Not documented in the docs read
- Page read; not statedNot documented in the docs read (2026-09-25)
Finished-job signal: A webhook or callback URL
or pass a callback_url and Descript will POST the same payload when the job finishes
Descript, help centre: Descript API
- JobsA job status to poll, or a callback URL that receives the result
Descript on this hook · Finished-job signal for every tool
2Next to it in the register
How a hook is counted: method.
3Documentation read
- Descript, help centre: Descript API, read 2026-09-25
- Descript, help centre: Descript MCP, read 2026-09-25
- Descript, help centre: export a video or GIF, read 2026-09-25
- Descript, help centre: timeline exports, read 2026-09-25
- Descript, help centre: export subtitles, read 2026-09-25