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title: "Choose an agent for your edit"
description: "Pick which agent edits your video, and switch whenever you like."
canonical: "https://www.cardboard.ai/learn/choose-an-agent-for-your-edit"
---

# Choose an agent for your edit

Pick which agent edits your video, and switch whenever you like.

## What this means

Cardboard for Mac lets you choose which agent edits your video. The Director is your default agent, but if you have a Claude or ChatGPT subscription, you can use that too. This article covers how to pick one for your edit.

## Before you start

- **Use Cardboard for Mac.** The option to use the picker is only available in the Mac app for now. [Download and install Cardboard for Mac](https://www.cardboard.ai/learn/download-and-install-cardboard).
- **Have your Claude or ChatGPT account ready.** Their access is separate from your Cardboard plan, so a Cardboard plan doesn't cover it.
- **Connect your agent first.** To use your own Claude or ChatGPT subscription, turn it on in the dashboard once. [Connect your agent](https://www.cardboard.ai/learn/connect-your-agent)
- **Open a project first.** The picker sits in the chat panel on the right, so you'll see it once a project is open.

## How to choose your agent

Open a project, then use the agent selector in the chat composer to choose an available agent.

## What your agent will handle

Your agent cuts, trims, captions and rearranges clips on the timeline. It can use the voice library, place narration with word timings, caption it and cut to it. It works with media in your library, including search. Open the picker to switch agents whenever you like.

## A few things to keep in mind

- Your Claude or ChatGPT access is separate from your Cardboard plan.
- Your Cardboard plan only covers the default agent, The Director (Cloud).
- You can switch between agents according to whichever project you're editing.

## Something went wrong?

### I don't see the picker.

Check that you're in Cardboard for Mac and that a project is open. The picker isn't available on the web.