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After Effects MCP

Dakkshin/after-effects-mcp

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Adobe After Effects that enables AI assistants and other applications to control After Effects through a standardized protocol.

Install

Client configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "AfterEffectsMCP": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "<value>"
      ]
    }
  }
}
GitHub stars
22
Author
@Dakkshin
Category
Developer Tools, Image & Video
License
MIT
Updated
Oct 6, 2026

Features

  • Create compositions with custom settings (size, frame rate, duration, background color)

  • List all compositions in a project

  • Get project information such as frame rate, dimensions, and duration

  • Create text layers with customizable properties (font, size, color, position)

  • Create shape layers (rectangle, ellipse, polygon, star) with colors and strokes

  • Create solid/adjustment layers for backgrounds and effects

  • Create camera layers with configurable zoom and position

  • Create null objects for animation control

  • Modify layer properties like position, scale, rotation, opacity, timing

  • Toggle 2D/3D mode for layers

Tools (14)

  • create-composition

    Create a new composition

  • run-script

    Run a JS script inside AE

  • get-results

    Get script results

  • get-help

    Help for available commands

  • setLayerKeyframe

    Add keyframe to layer property

  • setLayerExpression

    Add/remove expressions from properties

  • setLayerProperties

    Set layer properties (position, scale, rotation, opacity, blendMode, threeDLayer, trackMatteType, enabled, etc.)

  • batchSetLayerProperties

    Apply properties to multiple layers

  • getLayerInfo

    Get layer info (position, 3D status)

  • createCamera

    Create camera layer

  • createNullObject

    Create null object for animation

  • duplicateLayer

    Duplicate a layer

  • deleteLayer

    Delete a layer

  • setLayerMask

    Create/modify layer masks

Details on this page are taken from the project's README. Open README

Supported clients

Clients mentioned in this server's README:

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