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After Effects MCP

Communityby Community (Dakkshin)freeverified Sep 25, 2026

Automate After Effects comps, layers, and keyframes through MCP + ExtendScript.

What it does

MCP server that remote-controls Adobe After Effects: create compositions, text/shape/solid layers, cameras, masks, keyframes, and expressions. Useful for agent-driven motion graphics, titles, and VFX passes on generated footage.

Connect

Local install: Multi-step, no published package: git clone https://github.com/Dakkshin/after-effects-mcp, then `npm install`, `npm run build`, `npm run install-bridge`, and point your client at `node /absolute/path/to/after-effects-mcp/build/index.js`. Node 14+, After Effects 2022+.

Auth: local-app — Requires After Effects 2022+ with the 'mcp-bridge-auto' panel open

Sample tools

create-compositionsetLayerKeyframesetLayerPropertiescreateCamerasetLayerMask

Field notes

653 stars, MIT — still the most popular After Effects MCP, but last pushed Apr 1 2026 (checked 25 Sep 2026): nearly six months without a commit, so treat it as unmaintained and do not expect fixes for newer AE builds. Install path is unchanged and still clone-and-build; nothing is on npm. The bridge is a polling panel, not a socket: open Window > mcp-bridge-auto.jsx in AE and leave 'Auto-run commands' enabled, or every tool call silently waits. For template-based AE rendering in the cloud without a local install, see plainly-videos in this directory.

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