ae-mcp

What problem does it solve?

This Skill eliminates the tedious manual work of controlling Adobe After Effects by enabling automation via the Model Context Protocol (MCP). It empowers teams to orchestrate projects, compositions, layers, animations, effects, and expressions programmatically, accelerating work and reducing human error.

Core Features & Use Cases

• End-to-end AE automation: Create and modify projects, compositions, layers, and keyframes through MCP commands.
• Expression and effects management: Apply, tweak, and manage expressions and effects to achieve professional motion graphics.
• Use Case: Generate a 1920x1080 intro sequence with animated text and effects in a single command from an AI assistant.

Quick Start

Start the MCP server, connect it to After Effects, and issue a command like create_composition("Demo", 1920, 1080, 10, 30) followed by add_text_layer("Hello", position={x:960, y:540}) and set_keyframe(property="Position", time=1, value={x:960, y:600}).