After Effects MCP Server

MCP server for Adobe After Effects. The after effects mcp mcp server wraps that behind the Model Context Protocol, so an assistant can use it through 14 defined tools rather than through you.

What it actually does

✨ 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.

Its toolset

Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:

• 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

Adding it to your client

Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client.

When to reach for it

Plenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. After Effects MCP's toolset — create-composition, run-script, get-results and 11 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by Dakkshin; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.

Caveats

• It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
• With 14 tools registered it takes up a noticeable share of the context window; turn it off in projects that never touch After Effects MCP.
• MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the after effects mcp mcp server does with a few real requests.