Problem[01]
Which take was it
You ran the intro until it felt right and the ad read until it was word perfect. Knowing which take that was means watching every one again.
For YouTubers and creators
Upload day, without the scrubbing
A card of talking-head takes, a sponsor read and three hundred b-roll clips. Prewatch logs it on your Mac, so you can ask which intro to use and get the cut started in Resolve.
14 days free, then $59 a year or $7.99 a month. Works with your Claude or ChatGPT plan; timelines need DaVinci Resolve Studio 21.1+. Clip descriptions are optional and use your own API key, billed by Anthropic or OpenAI.
Works withA Mac with Apple silicon · macOS 26+
ClaudeClaude Desktop and Claude Code
ChatGPTThe ChatGPT Mac app and Codex
DaVinci Resolve Studio 21.1Timelines through its own MCP server
Any drive or NASThe Prewatch folder travels with the media
Problems
What slows YouTubers and creators down
Problem[02]
B-roll you already shot
The desk pan, the product on the turntable, the walk to the car. You filmed it for an older video, and now it sits in a folder nobody can search.
Problem[03]
Thursday comes anyway
The video goes live Thursday whether the edit is done or not. Every hour spent scrubbing the card comes out of the next script.
What Prewatch gives you
Your footage, already watched
Prewatch indexes every clip on your Mac, so Claude or ChatGPT knows what is in your footage and can build the cut with you in DaVinci Resolve Studio.
| What you get | Where it runs | What it does for you |
|---|---|---|
| Takes transcribed | On your Mac | Every take where you talk is transcribed on the Mac with the time of each word, so tries at the same line can be compared. |
| Shot roles | Claude or OpenAI | Each clip marked as talking to camera, b-roll, action or establishing, so the assistant knows your A-roll from your cutaways. With your own Claude or OpenAI API key. |
| Bad clips flagged | On your Mac | Soft focus, too dark, blown out, black at the start or frozen: flagged per clip, before anything reaches the timeline. |
| Steady seconds | On your Mac | Handheld vlog and gimbal shots classed as locked off, steady, handheld or shaky, with the steadiest stretch of each marked. |
| Every shoot searchable | On your Mac | One search across every folder you have indexed, so b-roll from last year's shoots can be reused in this week's video. |
| Rough cut in Resolve | Your AI app | Your assistant lays your picked takes and b-roll on a timeline in DaVinci Resolve Studio 21.1 or later, through Resolve's own MCP server. |
Prewatch · ClipsMac app
The screenshot arrives with the app
Ask it
One question instead of a day of scrubbing
You ask in Claude or ChatGPT. Prewatch answers with the clips, the seconds and the timecode, and your assistant builds the timeline in DaVinci Resolve Studio.
01
Which sponsor read gets the whole script out without a restart?
Each take's transcript side by side, the complete read first, with its in and out points.
Your AI app02
Find b-roll of my desk setup from any shoot this year.
The clips that show it, across every indexed folder, with the steadiest seconds of each marked.
Your AI app03
Lay out a rough cut: cold open, intro, three segments, outro.
A timeline in DaVinci Resolve Studio with your chosen takes in order and b-roll under each segment.
Your AI appDoes it work with my phone, GoPro and mirrorless footage?
Yes, if macOS can decode it: H.264, HEVC and ProRes in MOV or MP4, from iPhone, Canon, Fujifilm, GoPro, DJI and others. Camera details such as lens and ISO are read from those files.
Do I need the paid version of DaVinci Resolve?
To have the assistant build timelines, yes: that runs through the MCP server in DaVinci Resolve Studio 21.1 or later. With the free Resolve you can still index your footage and ask about it; a file handoff for it is planned.
What does it cost on top of the subscription?
Indexing, transcripts, flags and search cost nothing extra. Descriptions and shot roles use your own Claude or OpenAI API key: a fraction of a cent for a typical clip on the default model, priced up front in Settings.
Try it on your own footage
Point Prewatch at a folder you have already shot, then ask about it in Claude or ChatGPT.
14 days free, then $59 a year or $7.99 a month. Works with your Claude or ChatGPT plan; timelines need DaVinci Resolve Studio 21.1+. Clip descriptions are optional and use your own API key, billed by Anthropic or OpenAI.