# Release Notes ### 3.1.3 **πŸŽ‰ Released:** - 8 Apr 2026 **What's New:** - Added Apple Intelligence+ agentic mode in the Command Palette with timeline-aware tools and natural-language editing. - Added an embedded Lua 5.4 scripting engine with REPL, menu scripts, example scripts, and MCP tools. - Improved social captions with Basic Title support, karaoke highlighting, auto-transcription, and better lower-third behavior. - Added default spatial conform controls for new timeline clips. - Fixed Lua RPC deadlocks, caption engine selection, Parakeet build compatibility, and long-clip caption blocking. --- ### 3.1.2 **πŸŽ‰ Released:** - 7 Apr 2026 **What's New:** - Added local App Store receipt validation for Creator Studio subscriptions before launch. - Shows an alert when no valid subscription is found. --- ### 3.1.1 **πŸŽ‰ Released:** - 7 Apr 2026 **What's New:** - Added support fixes for Final Cut Pro Creator Studio. - Fixed subscription validation and a CloudKit crash on ad-hoc signed builds. --- ### 3.1.0 **πŸŽ‰ Released:** - 6 Apr 2026 **What's New:** - Added configurable J/L playback speed ladders instead of Final Cut Pro’s fixed shuttle progression. - Added menu and API controls for custom playback ladders. - Added MCP playback speed controls and current-rate reporting. - Preserved original K+L and K+J single-frame stepping behavior. --- ### 3.0.2 **πŸŽ‰ Released:** - 6 Apr 2026 **What's New:** - Improved Final Cut Pro discovery so SpliceKit can find non-standard app locations automatically. - Added a manual β€œBrowse for Final Cut Pro...” fallback. - Fixed a launch crash caused by a missing log panel class in the dylib build. - Fixed incorrect version display when Final Cut Pro is installed outside the default path. --- ### 3.0.1 **πŸŽ‰ Released:** - 5 Apr 2026 **What's New:** - Fixed Sparkle showing false update prompts on the latest version. - Bundled the pre-built `parakeet-transcriber` in the DMG for easier setup. - Improved Parakeet error messages and skipped clips shorter than 0.5s. - Deployed helper tools into the SpliceKit tools folder during deployment and added more detailed logging. --- ### 3.0.0 **πŸŽ‰ Released:** - 5 Apr 2026 **What's New:** - Rebranded FCPBridge as **SpliceKit**. - Introduced a new wizard-style patcher app, DMG distribution, and app icon. - Renamed the Final Cut Pro menu item to **Enhancements**. - Removed hardcoded user-specific paths and standardized tool locations. - Existing users need to re-patch because the framework name changed. --- ### 2.8.4 **πŸŽ‰ Released:** - 4 Apr 2026 **What's New:** - Added effect browser favorites support through Final Cut Pro’s built-in favorites API. - Exposed Final Cut Pro internal debug and diagnostics tools through MCP presets. - Fixed patcher signing to preserve Apple framework signatures. - Added crash prevention for unsafe trim selectors and fixed the `retimeHold` action mapping. --- ### 2.8.3 **πŸŽ‰ Released:** - 2 Apr 2026 **What's New:** - Added effect dragging to empty timeline space to create named adjustment clips. - Included a toggle for this behavior in the FCPBridge menu. --- ### 2.8.2 **πŸŽ‰ Released:** - 2 Apr 2026 **What's New:** - Added support for Final Cut Pro Creator Studio with auto-detection and an edition picker. - Added adjustment clip creation when dragging effects into empty timeline space. --- ### 2.8.1 **πŸŽ‰ Released:** - 2 Apr 2026 **What's New:** - Improved Parakeet error messages with download progress and network, disk, memory, and Xcode CLT diagnostics. - Expanded the command palette to 120+ entries. --- ### 2.8.0 **πŸŽ‰ Released:** - 2 Apr 2026 **What's New:** - Added full MCP control with universal menu access and dialog handling. - Added effect parameter read/write support for opacity, transform, crop, and volume. - Expanded timeline actions to 200+ operations. - Improved playhead monitoring, tool selection, and modal-safe dispatch. --- ### 2.7.0 **πŸŽ‰ Released:** - 2 Apr 2026 **What's New:** - Added batch export to export timeline clips individually to a folder with one initial destination prompt. - Added `batch_export()` and `set_timeline_range()` MCP tools. - Added absolute `startTime` and `endTime` positions for timeline clips. - Used swizzling and range controls to automate Final Cut Pro’s export pipeline. --- ### 2.6.1 **πŸŽ‰ Released:** - 1 Apr 2026 **What's New:** - Fixed Parakeet in the release patcher by embedding transcriber source in the patcher app bundle. - Added handling for read-only app bundles by copying sources to a writable temp directory before building. --- ### 2.6.0 **πŸŽ‰ Released:** - 1 Apr 2026 **What's New:** - Made Parakeet v3 Multilingual the default transcription engine, with Parakeet v2 still available. - Added batch transcription with shared model loading, source deduplication, and concurrent diarization. - Fixed installation issues caused by hardcoded paths and improved binary deployment. - Cleaned up logs, sockets, repo files, and patcher resources. --- ### 2.5.0 **πŸŽ‰ Released:** - 1 Apr 2026 **What's New:** - Added Sparkle auto-update support to the patcher. - Fixed β€œBrowse Titles...” so titles insert correctly as connected clips. - Made NVIDIA Parakeet the default transcription engine. - Added speaker diarization and improved transcript/playhead sync after edits. --- ### 2.4.0 **πŸŽ‰ Released:** - 1 Apr 2026 **What's New:** - Added NVIDIA Parakeet transcription as the default engine. - Added speaker diarization for Parakeet and Apple Speech. - Added speaker renaming in the transcript UI. - Improved transcript/playhead sync, long-audio stability, authorization flow, and progress updates. --- ### 2.3.0 **πŸŽ‰ Released:** - 1 Apr 2026 **What's New:** - Added a VS Code-style command palette inside Final Cut Pro. - Added Apple Intelligence integration for natural-language editing commands. - Added silence detection and removal using Apple-native audio analysis. - Added scene detection with configurable marking and blading actions. - Improved timeline state, playhead positioning, and media path resolution. --- ### 2.2.0 **πŸŽ‰ Released:** - 1 Apr 2026 **What's New:** - Fixed live playhead sync for transcript highlighting during playback. - Moved patcher shell commands off the main thread to prevent beachballing. - Removed the git dependency by switching downloads to `curl`. - Fixed button overflow and clean Cmd+Q shutdown. --- ### 2.1.0 **πŸŽ‰ Released:** - 31 Mar 2026 **What's New:** - Added a transcript editor for text-based video editing inside Final Cut Pro. - Added word-level transcription, click-to-seek, delete-to-ripple-delete, and drag-to-reorder. - Added toolbar, menu bar, and keyboard shortcut integration. - Added a self-contained signed patcher app. - Added MCP tools for opening, reading, deleting, and moving transcript words. --- ### 2.0.0 **πŸŽ‰ Released:** - 31 Mar 2026 **What's New:** - Introduced **FCPBridge 2.0.0** with direct programmatic control of Final Cut Pro via injected dylib and MCP server. - Added 28 MCP tools, 40+ timeline actions, JSON-RPC access, object handles, KVC property access, and FCPXML generation/import. - Added patcher app support for copying, injecting, re-signing, and launching a modded Final Cut Pro build. - Verified the system with 30 passing tests across editing, playback, color, effects, and timeline analysis.