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  {
   "date": "2026-09-13",
   "fact": "homepage",
   "note": "Blackmagic Design presents DaVinci Resolve as professional editing, color, effects, audio post, and photo editing, with Resolve 21 as the current version.",
   "source": "https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-13",
   "fact": "vendor",
   "note": "Blackmagic Design's llms.txt identifies Blackmagic Design as the vendor and lists DaVinci Resolve at /products/davinciresolve.",
   "source": "https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/llms.txt",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-13",
   "fact": "name",
   "note": "The opened product page titles the application DaVinci Resolve and headlines What's New in DaVinci Resolve 21.",
   "source": "https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-13",
   "fact": "deployment",
   "note": "Resolve is sold as downloadable desktop software (Free and Studio), not a hosted NLE tenant.",
   "source": "https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-13",
   "fact": "platforms[0]",
   "note": "The Resolve 21 new-features guide opens with Welcome to DaVinci Resolve for Mac, Linux and Windows.",
   "source": "https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/SupportNotes/DaVinci_Resolve_21_New_Features_Guide.pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-13",
   "fact": "platforms[1]",
   "note": "The same guide lists Mac among the supported desktop operating systems.",
   "source": "https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/SupportNotes/DaVinci_Resolve_21_New_Features_Guide.pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-13",
   "fact": "platforms[2]",
   "note": "The same guide lists Linux among the supported desktop operating systems.",
   "source": "https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/SupportNotes/DaVinci_Resolve_21_New_Features_Guide.pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-13",
   "fact": "license",
   "note": "The product page offers a free DaVinci Resolve download and DaVinci Resolve Studio for $295.",
   "source": "https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-13",
   "fact": "status",
   "note": "The 2026 product page markets DaVinci Resolve 21 as the current release, including the Photo page and new AI tools.",
   "source": "https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-13",
   "fact": "modalities.api.exists",
   "note": "Blackmagic documents a Scripting API. Detailed documentation is in Help > Documentation > Developer. The 19.1 guide lists additions such as load cloud projects, render options, and Quick Export.",
   "source": "https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/SupportNotes/DaVinci_Resolve_19_1_New_Features_Guide.pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-13",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds[0]",
   "note": "The official Fusion Fuse SDK states Lua is built into Resolve and Fusion and is used for scripting and for hosting Python scripting as well as Fuse plugins.",
   "source": "https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/UserManuals/Fusion_Fuse_SDK.pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-13",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds[1]",
   "note": "The same SDK states Lua is the embedded scripting language in Resolve and Fusion and is the language of Fuse plugins.",
   "source": "https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/UserManuals/Fusion_Fuse_SDK.pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-13",
   "fact": "modalities.api.coverage",
   "note": "Resolve 20.2 adds Scripting API support for subtitles in render jobs and for setting timeline and media-pool clip names, and points back to Help > Documentation > Developer. Coverage is the in-app scripting surface, not a hosted REST catalog.",
   "source": "https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/SupportNotes/DaVinci_Resolve_20.2_New_Features_Guide.pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-13",
   "fact": "modalities.api.docs",
   "note": "Opened as a current vendor PDF that locates the Scripting API reference in Help > Documentation > Developer and enumerates 19.1 API additions.",
   "source": "https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/SupportNotes/DaVinci_Resolve_19_1_New_Features_Guide.pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-13",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.exists",
   "note": "Blackmagic publishes the Fusion Fuse SDK for Resolve and Fusion, including seven template Fuses in the Developer section and platform Fuse directories.",
   "source": "https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/UserManuals/Fusion_Fuse_SDK.pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-13",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.official",
   "note": "The Fuse SDK is vendor-published Blackmagic documentation that requires Fusion or Resolve installed.",
   "source": "https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/UserManuals/Fusion_Fuse_SDK.pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-13",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages[0]",
   "note": "Python is documented as hosted by Resolve/Fusion Lua scripting.",
   "source": "https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/UserManuals/Fusion_Fuse_SDK.pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-13",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages[1]",
   "note": "Lua is documented as the built-in scripting and Fuse language.",
   "source": "https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/UserManuals/Fusion_Fuse_SDK.pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-13",
   "fact": "modalities.extensibility.scripting[0]",
   "note": "Vendor docs locate scripting support under Help > Documentation > Developer for workspace/console scripts.",
   "source": "https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/SupportNotes/DaVinci_Resolve_19_1_New_Features_Guide.pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-13",
   "fact": "modalities.extensibility.scripting[1]",
   "note": "Fuses are Lua plugins hosted by the Resolve-Fusion engine, installed under Fusion/Fuses on macOS, Windows, and Linux.",
   "source": "https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/UserManuals/Fusion_Fuse_SDK.pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-13",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.third_party[0]",
   "note": "Independent MIT repository. README states the server runs inside Resolve via Workspace > Scripts because the free edition blocks external scripting, binds localhost HTTP MCP, and lists macOS as the requirement.",
   "source": "https://github.com/2sem/davinci-resolve-lite-mcp",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-13",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.third_party[0]",
   "note": "Official MCP registry lists io.github.2sem/davinci-resolve-lite-mcp versions 0.17.0 and 0.18.0 as active, with 0.18.0 latest as of 2026-08-24. Unrelated davincibets listings were ignored.",
   "source": "https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0.1/servers?search=davinci",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-13",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.first_party",
   "note": "The opened product page and vendor scripting PDFs do not declare a first-party MCP server or state that none exists, so first_party stays unknown.",
   "source": "https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-13",
   "fact": "modalities.rpa.ui_stack[0]",
   "note": "Resolve is presented as a desktop post-production application with Cut, Edit, Fusion, Color, Fairlight, and Deliver pages. No UI probe was run.",
   "source": "https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-13",
   "fact": "modalities.agent_docs.llms_txt",
   "note": "https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/llms.txt opened as a genuine Blackmagic product index and names DaVinci Resolve with the products/davinciresolve URL.",
   "source": "https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/llms.txt",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-13",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.api",
   "note": "Official, maintained Python/Lua scripting with an in-app developer reference and continuing 19.1/20.2/21-era additions is a useful production path. The public catalog is the Help menu rather than a hosted REST service, and Free versus Studio external-scripting limits apply, which keeps the score at 6.",
   "source": "https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/SupportNotes/DaVinci_Resolve_19_1_New_Features_Guide.pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-13",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.mcp",
   "note": "One maintained third-party implementation, listed on the official registry and updated 2026-08-24, scores 3. It must run inside Resolve's Scripts menu and is not vendor-owned.",
   "source": "https://github.com/2sem/davinci-resolve-lite-mcp",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-13",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[0].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as the current DaVinci Resolve 21 product page, including Free and Studio $295.",
   "source": "https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-13",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[1].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as the vendor Scripting API additions page pointing at Help > Documentation > Developer.",
   "source": "https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/SupportNotes/DaVinci_Resolve_19_1_New_Features_Guide.pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-13",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[2].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as the official Fuse SDK stating Lua and hosted Python scripting in Resolve.",
   "source": "https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/UserManuals/Fusion_Fuse_SDK.pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-13",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[3].url",
   "note": "Opened the independent DaVinci Resolve Lite MCP repository README.",
   "source": "https://github.com/2sem/davinci-resolve-lite-mcp",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-13",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[4].url",
   "note": "Opened the official MCP registry search for davinci; io.github.2sem/davinci-resolve-lite-mcp 0.18.0 is latest.",
   "source": "https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0.1/servers?search=davinci",
   "tier": "scraped"
  }
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  "volatility": "medium",
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   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/SupportNotes/DaVinci_Resolve_19_1_New_Features_Guide.pdf"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/UserManuals/Fusion_Fuse_SDK.pdf"
   },
   {
    "type": "repo",
    "url": "https://github.com/2sem/davinci-resolve-lite-mcp"
   },
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    "url": "https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0.1/servers?search=davinci"
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  },
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   "coverage": "partial",
   "docs": "https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/SupportNotes/DaVinci_Resolve_19_1_New_Features_Guide.pdf",
   "exists": true,
   "kinds": [
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    "lua"
   ]
  },
  "cli": {
   "exists": "unknown"
  },
  "computer_use": {
   "issues": [],
   "viability": "unknown"
  },
  "data_access": {
   "export": [],
   "import": []
  },
  "extensibility": {
   "scripting": [
    "workspace-scripts",
    "fusion-fuses"
   ],
   "webhooks": "unknown"
  },
  "integrations": {
   "make": "unknown",
   "n8n": "unknown",
   "power_automate": "unknown",
   "zapier": "unknown"
  },
  "mcp": {
   "first_party": "unknown",
   "third_party": [
    {
     "maintained": true,
     "registries": [
      "official"
     ],
     "repo": "https://github.com/2sem/davinci-resolve-lite-mcp"
    }
   ],
   "verdict": "unknown"
  },
  "rpa": {
   "drivability": "unknown",
   "notes": "No repeatable UI probe was run. Official Python and Lua scripting through Help > Documentation > Developer, Workspace Scripts, and Fusion Fuses automate a local Resolve install. A third-party MCP can host that scripting API inside the Workspace > Scripts menu. This record is DaVinci Resolve 21 Free and Studio. It is not Adobe Premiere Pro.\n",
   "ui_stack": [
    "desktop-native"
   ],
   "vendor_support": []
  },
  "sdk": {
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   "languages": [
    "python",
    "lua"
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   "official": true
  }
 },
 "name": "DaVinci Resolve",
 "platforms": [
  "windows",
  "macos",
  "linux"
 ],
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   "adobe-premiere-pro"
  ],
  "our_products": []
 },
 "schema_version": 1,
 "score_version": 1,
 "status": "active",
 "vendor": "Blackmagic Design",
 "verdict": {
  "best_path": "api",
  "scores": {
   "api": 6,
   "cli": null,
   "computer_use": null,
   "integrations": null,
   "mcp": 3,
   "overall": 6,
   "rpa": null
  },
  "summary": "DaVinci Resolve is automatable today through Blackmagic's official Python and Lua scripting API on a local desktop install. This record is DaVinci Resolve 21, Free and Studio. It is not Premiere Pro. The product page presents Resolve 21 as editing, color, Fusion effects, Fairlight audio, and the new Photo page, with a free download and Studio at $295. The Resolve 21 new-features guide welcomes Mac, Linux, and Windows users. Vendor new-features PDFs document a Scripting API whose detailed reference ships in Help > Documentation > Developer. The Fusion Fuse SDK states that Lua is built into Resolve and Fusion for scripting and for hosting Python, and that Fuses are Lua plugins. Resolve 19.1 and 20.2 list ongoing scripting additions for render jobs, clip names, cloud projects, and graph operations. One independent MIT MCP, github.com/2sem/davinci-resolve-lite-mcp, is listed on the official MCP registry (io.github.2sem/davinci-resolve-lite-mcp, v0.18.0, active 2026-08-24). It runs inside Workspace > Scripts because the free edition blocks external scripting, and the opened README lists macOS as the requirement. Blackmagic has not been shown to declare a first-party MCP server or the absence of one, so first_party and the MCP verdict stay unknown. Material limits are a running desktop session, Studio versus Free external-scripting differences, and an in-app rather than hosted public API catalog. Computer-use viability is unassessed. Scripting scores 6 and is the best path. The third-party MCP scores 3.\n"
 }
}