Reelary
Search your own local video and photo library by meaning, find quotes in transcripts and faces, and build rough cuts or NLE exports, all on-device on Mac or Windows.
दस्तावेज़
Reelary for AI agents
Talk to your footage. Reelary indexes the videos and photos already on your Mac or Windows PC and lets Claude, Cursor, Codex and other agents search every frame by meaning and cut the matches into a video. 100% local: nothing leaves your computer.
Install
npx reelary
Installs the signed Reelary app (runs in the background with a tray icon), connects it to Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor and Codex, and adds the skills below.
Skills only (any of 60+ agents):
npx skills add reelary/skills
Claude Code plugin (skills + MCP server):
/plugin marketplace add reelary/skills
/plugin install reelary@reelary
What you can ask
- "Index ~/Movies and find drone shots of the coast."
- "Find b-roll for this voiceover: …"
- "Cut a 30-second 9:16 recap of my Lisbon trip."
- "Rough cut this script from my footage and export it for DaVinci Resolve."
Skills
| Skill | For |
|---|---|
| reelary | Start here: install, index folders and drives, troubleshoot |
| find-footage | Shots by description, photos, quotes (Pro), people (Pro), places and drone GPS (Pro) |
| broll-finder | B-roll for a voiceover or interview |
| rough-cut | Rough cuts, script-to-video, montages, highlight reels |
| vertical-video | Shorts, Reels, TikTok (9:16, 1:1) |
| nle-export | FCPXML / XML / EDL for Premiere, Final Cut, Resolve (Pro) |
Skills source: https://github.com/reelary/skills
Plans
Free: unlimited indexing, visual search, rough cuts; MP4 exports at 720p with a watermark, up to 60 seconds, 5 per month. Pro (one-time purchase, Mac + Windows): dialogue search, people, places, NLE export, full-quality unlimited exports. https://reelary.app/pricing
CLI
npx reelary status
npx reelary index ~/Movies
npx reelary search "sunset over water" --json
npx reelary cut "Sunrise over the city. Coffee being poured." --aspect 9:16 --save Morning
npx reelary export <project_id> [--nle fcpxml]
npx reelary uninstall [--app]