You Can Now Run Eddie AI as an MCP Server, Unlocking Pay-As-You-Go Use for AI Assistant Editing
Eddie AI has rolled out a set of updates that collectively make the service more accessible and more deeply integrated into existing workflows. The headline change is a pay-as-you-go pricing option that lets users pay only for what they consume, with no standing monthly fee required. The company says this model can be up to 50% more cost-efficient depending on usage patterns - a meaningful consideration for editors who work on projects intermittently rather than continuously.
The other significant addition is MCP server support, which allows Eddie AI to run directly inside Claude or ChatGPT. Rather than switching to a dedicated app, editors can prompt an edit from within whichever AI assistant they already have open. The integration surfaces around 100 tools - including transcript generation, soundbite selection, assembly cuts, b-roll suggestions, captions, music, voiceover, multicam angle handling, and NLE export. Inside ChatGPT specifically, completed edits return as playable cards showing real frames from the footage, keeping the whole experience within a single interface.
Eddie AI has also released a native iPhone app, available now on the App Store. The workflow is straightforward: import footage from the camera roll, Google Drive, or Frame.io, submit a prompt describing the edit, and receive a push notification when the cut is ready. The finished edit plays back in a gapless player and can be saved as an MP4 or shared via link. Importantly, the app shares the same cloud project system as the web and desktop versions, so a project started on one platform is immediately accessible on another.
These updates sit alongside earlier releases, including the company's own EddieEditor1-9B model and tools for generative sound and b-roll. The AI assistant editing space is growing - similar capabilities are being folded into tools like Adobe Premiere - but Eddie AI's breadth of integrated features keeps it among the more fully developed standalone options currently available. The company will also be demonstrating the product at IBC 2026 in Amsterdam this September.
