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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?

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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.

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.

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.

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