[barefootford]

Hey I’ve been trying to get Claude code to generate Final Cut xml myself. Mostly I just have a Claude.md with the FCP xml reference and some guidelines. What does this do differently?

[fcpguru]

Well, the format is incredibly complex. You have to generate the XML correct in every last detail or FCP will crash when you import it. I learned the hard way you need a robust validator system and not just tests alone. Before XML goes out the door you need a last line of defense to catch problems. The go version of cutlass is pretty good at this now and python is catching up.

[parentheses]

The idea here (I think) is that it (1) can be a program with code used to generate the XML and (2) is typed.

Just by virtue of being a go program it enables even more sophisticated validation and automation if you want to implement it.

[fcpguru]

hehe now I feel funny working on the python version too. It depends on my mood, yeah sometimes I want go. But sometimes I want a little python.