Instagram's Edits app is now available on macOS, and it supports AI agents through a Model Context Protocol covering all of its editing tools. Creators can use any agent they choose, including Meta's Muse, to build rough cuts and refine them by hand. The desktop app runs only on macOS for now.
Instagram’s standalone video editing app, Edits, is now available on macOS, and it is built to work with artificial intelligence. Creators can plug in the AI agent of their choice to help assemble and refine their videos.
Can creators use their own AI agent in Instagram Edits?
The desktop release comes with a Model Context Protocol, or MCP, for all of the app’s editing tools. Matthew Simari, Instagram’s head of product management for Edits, said in an interview with The Verge that creators can use any agent they want. Meta’s Muse agent is one option, he said, and the company would welcome people using it.
Edits launched on mobile platforms last year. Simari said creators had been “heavily” requesting a desktop version. AI plans were also a factor in the expansion to macOS. In September, Instagram added an AI “creative assistant” to the mobile app. It can offer video suggestions and feedback based on data from a user’s Instagram account, including views and retention.
How does agentic editing work on the Edits desktop app?
On the desktop, Simari said users can “go back and forth from agentic to manual editing.” He described a creator asking Muse to use the Edits MCP to build a rough cut of a video stored in the downloads folder. The agent would make the tool calls and produce the rough cut, and the creator could then open the project file in Edits and keep working on it by hand.
The move to desktop follows Instagram’s push into longform, widescreen video, which is generally easier to edit on a larger screen. Meta says it is expanding Edits to support multiple aspect ratios and adding watermark-free 4K exports. The desktop app also offers a full multi-track timeline, precise audio waveforms and more advanced color grading tools. It supports keyboard shortcuts, which Meta says can be carried over from another editor.
Like the mobile app, the desktop version gives users access to Instagram’s audio library and lets them publish videos directly to Instagram. Audio and text styles saved in the mobile app will also be available on desktop, Meta said.
Is Instagram Edits available on Windows or Linux?
The app has limits for now. It runs only on macOS and is not available on Windows or Linux. Users also cannot edit the same project across mobile and desktop. Meta says it is working on cross-platform editing and plans to update the desktop app weekly.
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