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OpenChatCut is a new open source video editor that lets an AI agent, built-in or connected through MCP, edit a real multitrack timeline instead of generating a flattened video. Launched on Product Hunt in July 2026, it has drawn technical questions about stable clip references, rollback for agent-made edits, and whether the full editing history is reproducible outside the app. This piece pulls together what OpenChatCut actually does, how it compares with a traditional editor and a one-shot generator, and the boundaries the project itself has admitted to.