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Sift turns a card dump into a synced, sorted Premiere Pro project with a rough cut in a channel's style. These pages follow the order you'll use it in.
Get started
- Install & first runDownload Sift, get past the unsigned-app warning, and finish the three setup checks.
- API keys & costsWhich provider to use, where the key is kept, which models do what, and what a run costs.
- Style profilesLearn a channel's editing style from its videos, read what the profile measured, and tune it.
Cut an event
- EventsCreate an event from a folder of cards, confirm the devices board, run the pipeline and watch the spend.
- ReviewThe goal bar, sync issues, Listen, the playhead and angles, J/K/L, and choosing candidates for Selects.
- Rough cutPlan a cut in your channel's style, change its structure and length, trim, lock, swap angles, and cut it to a song.
- Export to PremiereWhat goes in the XML, the bins and sequences, copying media, editor paths, and importing in Premiere Pro.
Reference
- Keyboard shortcutsEvery shortcut in Sift, by screen, taken from the app's keymaps.
- Agent access (MCP)Connect Claude or another MCP client to Sift, and what an agent can read and change.
- Privacy & dataWhat stays on your Mac, exactly what is sent to your AI provider, and where Sift keeps its files.
- TroubleshootingWhat Sift's error messages mean and how to fix them.