i've spent an unhealthy amount of time on agentic video editing, here's everything i learned:
video editing is 100% solved. we're pushing out hundreds of videos a day with agents and have replaced almost all of our editors
drop every limiting belief you have about agentic editing, any style of creative is possible
here are the best models for video editing right now:
1. GPT 6 Astra (best taste by far, but also the most expensive)
2. Opus 5.5
3. Gemini 4 Argon
the best all around model is Opus 5.5
and don't waste your time on editing app MCPs like CapCut or DaVinci Resolve. they're slow and burn a ton of tokens compared to a custom workflow built for your specific use case
all editing is moving to the terminal + organized file systems
the most valuable (and most time consuming) part is having your best editors train your harness so it learns from its mistakes and can one-shot creatives
your best editor becomes 100x more leveraged once you teach them how to use Opus 5.5 in their workflow and build skills around their process
in 6 months most teams will be 1 creative engineer managing everything with agents
what a time to be alive..