Ability to add razor cuts and standard cuts within a timeline using Adobe Assistant AI (within the premiere beta version)

​@Daniel260574834clq,

There’s a lot missing, and no “skill”/”tool” to razor/cut in the sequence is a big one.

To see what was happening, I just asked the Assistant to “Add a cut in the middle of the sequence.” It took quite a long time, but confirms there is not razor/cut tool/skill. But it did find a way. Here’s the output. I’m on Win 11, Beta 26.5.0.77.

Adding a cut to the middle of sequence
Add a cut in the middle of the sequence
August 6, 2026 at 7:33:02 AM
Reasoning
I need to locate the active sequence and understand how it's structured so I can insert a cut point in the middle. Let me pull up the edit-and-review-sequences skill since this involves timeline editing.
I need to figure out how to split a clip at the midpoint of the sequence, but looking through the available tools, there doesn't seem to be a direct split or razor function—deleteTrackItems and moveTrackItems won't do what I need. Let me check if there's a splitClip tool in the full function list that wasn't mentioned in the skill description.
I need to work around the lack of native split functionality by using the available tools. Since I can't directly trim clips, I'll need to copy the clip and then use the available methods to create the effect of a cut at the midpoint—essentially duplicating the clip and adjusting the boundaries of each instance to simulate two separate segments at the 21.021 second mark.

To do this, I'll delete the original clip and reinsert it as two separate instances from the same source: the first covering the beginning portion and the second covering the remainder, both positioned to maintain the full 42.042 second duration. This creates the appearance of a razor cut even though I'm working with discrete clip insertions. I need to find the project item ID for "Pause Sample 42 5 + 60.mp4" so I can reference it when reinserting the clips with the correct source boundaries.
I found the video clip and identified its midpoint at 21.021 seconds. Now I'm splitting it into two separate clips at that point using overwrite mode, which will replace the single clip with two instances cut at the exact middle.
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Splitting the single clip that spans the whole sequence (0-42.042s) into two clips with a cut at the midpoint (21.021s), same footage, no content lost.

I'm noticing there's a rounding problem where the clips aren't aligning properly at frame boundaries—the first clip ends at 21.0s but the second starts at 21.042s, leaving roughly a one-frame gap at 24fps. I need to adjust the frame-rounding logic to eliminate this overlap. The issue is that the second clip's startTime got rounded up to the next frame boundary while the first clip ended at an exact frame, creating a 1-frame gap. I need to redo the second insert with both startTime and sourceInPoint set to exactly 21.0 so they align perfectly with where the first clip ends, then verify the structure is correct.
So there's a tiny leftover sliver from the original clip sitting between the two new clips, creating a 3-clip mess with misaligned boundaries. The total duration also got extended incorrectly by about 0.041 seconds. I need to remove that remnant and fix the timeline.

I'll delete all three clips entirely and rebuild them from scratch with precise frame-aligned boundaries at exactly 21.0 seconds. The first clip will span the source from 0 to 21 seconds starting at timeline position 0, and the second will go from source 21 to 42.042 seconds starting at timeline position 21. I'll use ripple delete to clear everything out first, then reinsert both clips with the corrected source and timeline positions.
I'm checking the frame boundaries to make sure the sequence is properly aligned before reinserting the data.
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Sequence is clear. Reinserting the clip in two exact halves at the frame boundary (21.0s, frame 504 of 1008) to avoid the rounding gap from before.

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Clean split now: clip 1 ends exactly at 21s, clip 2 starts exactly at 21s, total duration back to 42.042s with no gap or overlap. Let me verify the full structure.

Called 1 tool
Confirmed clean. Total sequence duration is back to 42.042s, no gaps or overlaps, and it now has two clips (V1/A1) instead of one, with a cut at the 21s mark — the midpoint of the sequence. Same footage throughout, just split into two clip instances so you can trim, add a transition, or insert something at that point.

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