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You can edit your videos with AI on Instagram’s new desktop Edits app

Instagram's standalone video editing app is now available on macOS, where you can plug in your AI agent of choice to assemble your videos.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 2 sources•1 min read•Updated November 5, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC

The move puts Edits in more direct competition with ByteDance's CapCut, the video-editing app Meta sought to challenge when it launched Edits last year.

Instagram's Matthew Simari, head of product management for Edits, said in an interview with The Verge, "One of the things we're releasing with Edits Desktop is a MCP for all the […].

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