# Eddy docs

> How Eddy Studio, the agentic video editor for Mac, works, for creators and for the AI agents they use.

Source: https://eddystudio.ai/docs/ · Written from the app's source code, last checked 3 November 2026; generated tables are rebuilt from the source on every build; not every behaviour hand-tested in the beta build

Eddy Studio is a Mac app that edits your talking-head and screen recordings for you. You drop in raw footage, and Eddy cleans the sound, cuts the retakes, adds captions and motion graphics, and renders a long video plus up to 3 Shorts. You ask for changes in chat, and most of what Eddy changes can be undone ([what can't](https://eddystudio.ai/docs/working-with-eddy/#undo-and-apply)).

These docs describe what the app does today. Where something isn't confirmed yet, the page says **Unknown**, **Not yet** or **Not final** instead of guessing. The tables of agent tools, AI Tools, caption styles, edit stages and Mac requirements are generated from the app's source code, and the docs won't build if a page disagrees with the app.

> **Private beta:** Eddy is in a private beta. The first 10 creators are hand-picked and free. There's a 30-second fit check at the bottom of this page, right before the link to apply.

## The proof

LAB-0024, from the founder's own YouTube show, edited with the engine that ships in the Eddy beta: the long video and one of its Shorts. Nothing loads from YouTube until you click play.

[Video on YouTube: LAB-0024, the long video (14:07), on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIGJmUUqUr8)
[Video on YouTube: A Short cut from LAB-0024 (1:19)](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sIuka-k1Hf0)

## Start here

| If you want to | Read |
| --- | --- |
| Check your Mac and install Eddy | [Get started](https://eddystudio.ai/docs/get-started/) |
| See each step from raw footage to finished files | [How an edit works](https://eddystudio.ai/docs/how-it-works/) |
| See how far one real recording got, and what's still unmeasured | [A real recording](https://eddystudio.ai/docs/real-edit/) |
| Change an edit, undo it, or use the one-click AI Tools | [Working with Eddy](https://eddystudio.ai/docs/working-with-eddy/) |
| Set your colours, lettering, logo and captions | [Your look and style](https://eddystudio.ai/docs/your-look/) |
| Let ChatGPT, Claude or another agent drive Eddy | [For agents](https://eddystudio.ai/docs/for-agents/) |
| Paste one prompt and have your agent run an edit | [Agent quickstart](https://eddystudio.ai/docs/agent-quickstart/) |
| Know what leaves your Mac | [Privacy](https://eddystudio.ai/docs/privacy/) |
| See the limits and open questions | [Limits and unknowns](https://eddystudio.ai/docs/limits/) |
| Look up a word these docs use | [Glossary](https://eddystudio.ai/docs/glossary/) |

## For AI agents

If you are an agent, start at [/llms.txt](https://eddystudio.ai/llms.txt). It lists every page, and each page has a plain Markdown copy at the same address ending in `.md`. [/llms-full.txt](https://eddystudio.ai/llms-full.txt) has all of them in one file.

## What Eddy is not

- It is not a cloud editor. Your footage stays on your Mac.
- It never publishes for you. Nothing goes to YouTube unless you click Upload yourself, and whether that upload works in the beta is [still unknown](https://eddystudio.ai/docs/limits/).
- It is not for Intel Macs or Windows.

## 30-second fit check

Three questions before you apply. Nothing is saved or sent.

1. Is your Mac Apple silicon (M1 or later), on macOS 13 or later, with 16 GB of memory? Yes: Good. Eddy runs on that Mac and your footage stays there. No: Eddy won't run on an Intel Mac or on macOS older than 13. With less memory it warns you that edits may be slow or stop. [See the full list](https://eddystudio.ai/docs/get-started/#what-you-need).
2. Do you pay for ChatGPT or Claude? Yes: Good. Eddy edits through that plan. You sign in once, in your browser; Eddy never uses an API key. No: Eddy needs one of them to edit. Either one is enough.
3. Are you OK with an edit taking hours, not minutes? Yes: Good. Eddy keeps your Mac awake while it works. How long an edit takes is not measured yet, so plan for hours. No: Eddy isn't for fast turnarounds yet. [See how an edit works](https://eddystudio.ai/docs/how-it-works/#how-long-it-takes).

[Apply for the beta](https://eddystudio.ai/#apply)