create_bars_and_tone
Generate bars & tone media
How to use it
Project documentation lists create_bars_and_tone for the Premiere Pro MCP MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), then check which tools your installed version makes available. Tool availability can depend on configuration and credentials. A server handshake does not verify this tool’s behavior. See the full listing for setup details.
Install Premiere Pro MCP
npx -y premiere-pro-mcp@1.9.3 --install-cepOther tools in Premiere Pro MCP (39)
Apply LUT files
FCP XML custom properties
Auto-reframe for social media
Apply effect to multiple clips
Export frame as PNG, return as base64 image
Lumetri: exposure, contrast, temperature, etc.
Project Manager consolidation
Copy effects via QE
Create caption/subtitle tracks
Run arbitrary ExtendScript (ES3); requires explicit unsafe-script authority
Export via Adobe Media Encoder
Detailed active sequence with all clips
Collaboration/AI API support, prerequisites, entitlements, and user-assisted boundaries
Color space info
Everything about a clip: effects, keyframes, metadata
Comprehensive snapshot: bin tree, sequences, media types
Exhaustive sequence data: tracks, clips, effects, markers
Full snapshot: project, sequence, playhead, selection
Current project name, path, sequences, items
Human-readable overview: duration, coverage %, effects
Query interpolated value at any time
Explore any Premiere Pro DOM object interactively
All items in the project panel
Move between tracks (QE)
Play in source monitor
Remove clip and close gap (QE)
Filter by name, extension, offline status, color label
27 blend modes
Opacity, scale, rotation, position
Set color properties on effects
Linear / Hold / Bezier
Override FPS
Auto-scale to sequence frame
Configure scratch disks
Warp Stabilizer with configurable settings
Start render queue
Replace nested sequence with its clips
Validate an .epr file and resolve its output extension in Premiere
Verify output size and calculate SHA-256/SHA-512 checksums