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

<figure> <img alt="A promotional screenshot for Instagram’s desktop Edits app" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: Instagram / Meta" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/11/instagram-edits-desktop-timeline-1.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Instagram's standalone video editing app is <a href="https://edits.instagram.com/desktop/" data-type="link" data-id="https://edits.instagram.com/desktop/">now available on macOS</a>, where you can plug in your AI agent of choice to assemble your videos. Instagram's Matthew Simari, head of product management for Edits, said in an interview with <em>The Verge</em>, "One of the things we're releasing with Edits Desktop is a MCP for all the tools within Edits Desktop. You can use any agent you want, you can use Muse - we would love you to - but really any agent you want of [your] choice, to edit, tweak, work with your video."</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Edits app originally <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/653136/instagram-edits-meta-capcut-clone-tiktok-bytedance">launched on mobile platforms</a> last year. Simari said creators have been "heavily" requesting a desktop version, but AI …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1027444/instagram-edits-desktop-ai-agents-muse-mcp">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>