cli-anything-kdenlive

A stateful command-line interface for video editing, following the same patterns as the Blender CLI harness. Uses a JSON project format with MLT XML generation for Kdenlive/melt.

Installation

This CLI is installed as part of the cli-anything-kdenlive package:

pip install cli-anything-kdenlive

Prerequisites:

• Python 3.10+
• kdenlive must be installed on your system

Usage

Basic Commands

# Show help
cli-anything-kdenlive --help

# Start interactive REPL mode
cli-anything-kdenlive

# Create a new project
cli-anything-kdenlive project new -o project.json

# Run with JSON output (for agent consumption)
cli-anything-kdenlive --json project info -p project.json

REPL Mode

When invoked without a subcommand, the CLI enters an interactive REPL session:

cli-anything-kdenlive
# Enter commands interactively with tab-completion and history

Command Groups

Project

Project management commands.

Command	Description
new	Create a new project
open	Open an existing project
save	Save the current project
info	Show project information
profiles	List available video profiles
json	Print raw project JSON

Bin Group

Media bin management commands.

Command	Description
import	Import a clip into the media bin
remove	Remove a clip from the bin
list	List all clips in the bin
get	Get detailed clip info

Timeline

Timeline management commands.

Command	Description
add-track	Add a track to the timeline
remove-track	Remove a track
add-clip	Add a clip to a track
remove-clip	Remove a clip from a track
trim	Trim a clip's in/out points
split	Split a clip at a time offset
move	Move a clip to a new position
list	List all tracks

Filter Group