Built-in agent
Press ⌘K.
Say what you want to see.
It plans the scenes, picks the models, shoots in order and checks its own work.
FirstTake
Say it. See it.
Describe your film. FirstTake plans, shoots, voices, scores and edits it on your Mac. You get a finished MP4.
$9One time. Yours for good.$9
Lifetime licence. Every update included.
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Get the highlights.
Press ⌘K.
Made in FirstTake
$3.49
The whole Paper Boat film below, in generation, on the creator's own account.
Your provider
0%
Markup on generation. fal.ai, OpenRouter or Higgsfield bill you at their own prices.
Continuity
Every shot starts where the last one ended.
Rooms, light and characters carry through the cut.
Bring your own
Claude, Cursor and Codex get a studio too.
One click in Settings connects them to FirstTake's MCP server.
Claude CodeCursorVS CodeWindsurfCodexAny MCP client
Risk free
14 days
To ask for a full refund. Pay once, keep it for good.
The agent
An editor that
does the work.
It uses the same tools you do. It writes scenes, chooses models, generates, looks at every result, fixes what's off, adds dialogue, music and titles, and exports. All on your Mac.
In Paper Boat, three over-long shots were trimmed instead of rendered again.
Plans in plain words.
"Turn these three photos into a 30-second trailer." It drafts the scenes and keeps your characters consistent.
Shows the price first.
Every paid step stops at a card with the model and the estimated cost. Switch models right there, then allow.
Keeps listening.
Type while it works. Messages queue up, and Send now changes its course mid-run.
You pick the brain.
Change the model it thinks with any time. Conversations are kept per project.
Looks before it says done.
It checks frames, continuity and colour, and re-does shots that don't hold together.
Hands you the file.
The finished MP4 appears in the chat with Open and Show in Finder.
You stay in charge
Nothing is spent
until you say so.
Every step
Generating, stills, voices, music and planning all ask first, with the cost. Allow once, allow all, or don't.
Every cent
Each take is labelled with the provider that made it and what it cost, including the ones you didn't keep.
Every key
Encrypted in your Keychain. Projects are ordinary files on your Mac. Only prompts go to your provider.
The studio
A real editor.
When you take the wheel.
Whatever the agent builds is an ordinary project. Open any of it and change it by hand.
Models you know.
Seedance, Kling, Veo, MiniMax, Wan and more through fal.ai, OpenRouter or Higgsfield.
Music and voices.
Score the whole episode with fades and ducking. A fixed voice per character, in every scene.
Colour, titles, trims.
Free, local grading and captions. Trim a take to a tenth of a second and restore it any time.
Assets in the scene.
Drop images on the picture, or add them from the asset bin.
One-click export.
A live progress card, then the file. Updates download in the background.
Made for the Mac.
⌘ shortcuts throughout, Show in Finder, and your keys kept in the Keychain.
Or bring your own
One call.
A whole film.
FirstTake runs an MCP server on your Mac. In Settings, AI agents, Set Up adds it to Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf and Codex in one click. Ask them for a film, and the project opens in your editor.
- One
create_videocall can make a whole film - Storyboard, approval and preview panels in your agent
- Listens on 127.0.0.1 only; agents never see your keys
you Make a 30-second vertical film about a lighthouse keeper.
firsttake create_video 6 scenes · render: false
firsttake request_render_approval $4.80 · waiting for you
✓ Approved · exported Last Night.mp4
Made in FirstTake
Paper Boat.
Planned by the director, rendered shot by shot on Kling 3.0 Pro, voiced by a MiniMax narrator. Straight from the export. No outside editing.
Plainly
Pay us once.
Pay your provider as you go.
The one-time purchase
- The studio, the editor and the built-in agent
- The MCP server and one-click setup for other agents
- Colour, music mixing, captions, trims, export
- Updates, and commercial use of your films
Billed by your provider
- Video, image, voice and music generation on your own fal.ai, OpenRouter or Higgsfield account
- At their prices, with no markup from us
- The price is shown before every paid step
FirstTake doesn't include generation credits. Without a provider key it opens and edits projects but can't generate.
Pricing
Get in early.Buy it once.
Keep it for good.
No subscription. The price rises as licences sell, and it never comes back down.One Mac. Every update. All yours.
FirstTake for Mac
Launch edition · macOS 12 or later
From your first idea
to the final cut.
- Your AI director and complete video editor
- A lifetime licence for one Mac
- Every future update included
Bring your own provider. Generation is billed separately.
$9USD$9
One-time payment. No subscription. Save 0%.
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Everything included.
- The full editor, built-in agent and MCP server
- Claude, Cursor, Codex and more in one click
- Automatic updates, which you can turn off
- Commercial use of what you make
- Move it to a new Mac any time
- Not included: generation, billed by your provider
Secure checkout by Dodo Payments. Your licence key arrives by email.
Questions? Answers.
Does the purchase include video generation?
No. Generating video, images, voices and music uses your own fal.ai, OpenRouter or Higgsfield account, billed by them at their prices with nothing added by us. Without a provider key FirstTake opens and edits projects but can't generate.
Can the agent spend my money without asking?
No. Every paid step shows its model and estimated cost first, and runs only when you allow it. You can switch the model on the card, allow one step or allow the rest of a conversation, or decline. Every request is recorded with its cost.
Do I need Claude or ChatGPT?
No. The built-in agent thinks on the same provider key you use for video, and you choose its model. If you already use Claude Code, Cursor or Codex, you can connect them too with one click.
What does "local" mean here?
The studio, your projects, the agent server, colour grading and export all run on your Mac. Projects are ordinary files and keys are encrypted in your Keychain. Prompts, reference images and dialogue go only to the provider you chose.
Can I use it without an agent?
Yes. It's a complete editor: plan, generate, trim, voice, score, caption and export by hand, or mix both.
What if it isn't for me?
Every purchase has a 14-day money-back guarantee. Reply to your receipt within 14 days for a full refund. There's no free trial; this is the trial.
Is this a subscription?
No. You pay once. The only ongoing cost is generation with your own provider. Updates download in the background, and you can turn that off in Settings.
Why does the price go up?
After that FirstTake is $9. It rewards the people who back it first. The count on this page is live.
Can I use what I make commercially?
Yes, FirstTake's licence covers personal and commercial work. What you generate is also subject to your provider's terms and the model's terms, so check those too.
Can I move my licence to a new Mac?
Yes. Choose Deactivate this Mac in FirstTake's Licence window, then activate the same key on the new one.
Is there a Windows version?
Not yet. FirstTake is built for macOS first.
Your next film is
one sentence away.
$9. One time. Yours for good.
Lifetime licence. All updates. 14-day money-back guarantee.