davinci-resolve-mcp / rules

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description: Conform / Interchange in the DaVinci Resolve MCP — importing/relinking editorial, checking a conform against a reference, repairing reversed/retimed subclips, tracing grades across a re-conform, or QCing a conformed timeline
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Resolve Conform / Interchange work. Apply when: importing/relinking editorial, checking a conform against a reference, repairing reversed/retimed subclips, tracing grades across a re-conform, or QCing a conformed timeline.

Two servers — compute offline, apply live:
- Live (running Resolve, `davinci-resolve`): timeline (probe_timeline_structure, detect_gaps_overlaps, source_range_report, export/import_timeline_checked, detect_missing_media, build_relink_plan), media_pool.safe_relink
- Offline (.drp/.drt/.drx + DB, no Resolve, `davinci-resolve-advanced`): conform (frame-oracle QC, reverse-subclip repair, lineage, per-cut frame QC), color_trace, offline_ref, editorial, drt, project_db
- Key rule: drt is the only lossless project-native round-trip. XML import via the scripting API goes offline — use import_timeline_checked with media sanitize, then exact-path relink. project_db patches need the project CLOSED + iConfirmProjectClosed + a full quit/relaunch. Relink plans are read-only until executed.

Depth: docs/kernels/timeline-conform-interchange-kernel.md. On-demand in any MCP client: the `/conform_workflow` slash prompt. Portable skill: `resolve-conform` in `.agents/skills/`. Never modify/transcode/derive source media (AGENTS.md).