ae-motion MCP Server

An MCP server that lets Claude (or any MCP client) build, animate, preview and render motion graphics in a live Adobe After Effects project.

Local serverstdioMIT

What is the ae-motion MCP Server?

ae-motion is an MCP project maintained in the dha-aa/ae-motion repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “An MCP server that lets Claude (or any MCP client) build, animate, preview and render motion graphics in a live Adobe After Effects project”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using node. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Configuration values

The example declares AE_MCP_TOOLSETS. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-13.

How to install the ae-motion MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ae-motion": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "/absolute/path/to/ae-motion/dist/index.js"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AE_MCP_TOOLSETS": "core"
      }
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.