{
  "slug": "after-effects",
  "name": "After Effects MCP",
  "vendor": "Community (Dakkshin)",
  "official": false,
  "category": "editing-post",
  "featured": false,
  "tagline": "Automate After Effects comps, layers, and keyframes through MCP + ExtendScript.",
  "description": "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.",
  "capabilities": [
    "motion-graphics",
    "compositing",
    "animation",
    "nle-control"
  ],
  "tools_sample": [
    "create-composition",
    "setLayerKeyframe",
    "setLayerProperties",
    "createCamera",
    "setLayerMask"
  ],
  "install": {
    "claude_code": null,
    "remote_url": null,
    "stdio_command": null
  },
  "auth": {
    "type": "local-app",
    "env_var": null,
    "key_url": "Requires After Effects 2022+ with the 'mcp-bridge-auto' panel open"
  },
  "pricing": "free",
  "links": {
    "repo": "https://github.com/Dakkshin/after-effects-mcp",
    "docs": null,
    "site": null
  },
  "added": "2026-06-11",
  "verified": "2026-06-11",
  "notes": "416 stars, MIT, active Jun 2026 — the most popular AE MCP. Install: git clone, npm install/build, install-bridge. For template-based AE rendering in the cloud, see plainly-videos/mcp-server (official Plainly API MCP)."
}