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Media & Video

updateTextClip

Update Text

Update a typewriter text/title on a Studio video project: change its text, position, size, color, timing, or typewriter settings (speed, caret, sound).

write

Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "make the title bigger", and it calls updateTextClip.

Example call

The MCP tools/call params, with the required arguments only.

{
  "arguments": {
    "appId": "<appId>",
    "clipId": "<clipId>"
  },
  "name": "updateTextClip"
}

Arguments

• appIdstringrequiredThe Studio video project (app) ID.
• clipIdstringrequiredThe text clip id (from listTextClips).
• textstringoptionalReplacement text.
• startnumberoptionalNew timeline start seconds.
• durationnumberoptionalNew on-screen seconds.
• xnumberoptionalNew anchor x 0..1.
• ynumberoptionalNew anchor y 0..1.
• fontSizenumberoptionalNew font size, fraction of frame height.
• colorstringoptionalNew color as #RGB or #RRGGBB.
• alignstringoptionalHorizontal alignment of the text at its anchor point.
• typewriterobjectoptionalNo description is declared in the tool schema.

Returns

The registry does not declare a return shape.

Declared limits

• text: minimum length 1
• start: minimum 0
• duration: minimum 0.1
• x: minimum 0
• x: maximum 1
• y: minimum 0
• y: maximum 1
• fontSize: minimum 0.01
• fontSize: maximum 1

Ask for it

The Cloud routes these requests to this verb.

• make the title bigger
• type it faster
• turn off the typing sound
• move the caption up

Pair it with

The verbs that finish the job.

• listTextClips
• renderStudioVideo

Questions

• What does updateTextClip do?

  Update a typewriter text/title on a Studio video project: change its text, position, size, color, timing, or typewriter settings (speed, caret, sound). It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.

• How do I use updateTextClip from Claude or ChatGPT?

  Connect your AI to The Cloud at https://mcp.thecloud.so/mcp and sign in once. Then ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "make the title bigger", and it calls updateTextClip.

• Is updateTextClip safe to let an AI call?

  updateTextClip changes your workspace. What an AI creates is Private until you share it.

Connect

One endpoint gives your AI this tool and every other one: connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Gemini, read what The Cloud is, or see pricing.