After Effects MCP server

This is a helper that connects your AI assistant to Adobe After Effects on your own computer. You describe what you want in plain words, and the AI sets up compositions, layers, effects and renders inside After Effects. It is handy for motion designers, video editors and anyone who uses After Effects but finds the scripting side slow or confusing.

What this MCP server does

You tell your AI what you want, for example a new composition with a title and a fade. The AI sends that request to this helper, which passes it into After Effects through a small panel you keep open. After Effects does the work, like creating layers, applying effects or starting a render. The helper sends the result back, so the AI can tell you what happened or show you a picture of a frame. You can also ask it to render in the background so your After Effects window stays free.

Click to zoom

What you can do with it

• Create compositions and set their size, length and frame rate
• Add text layers, including Arabic text that is set right to left automatically
• Apply effects and presets, and adjust their settings
• Add keyframes and expressions to animate layers
• Inspect a composition or a layer to see its exact current state
• Render a frame as an image so the AI can look at its own work
• Start a render in the background without freezing the After Effects window

Try asking your AI

• “Create a 1920x1080 composition called Intro, 10 seconds long”
• “Add a text layer that says مرحبا بالعالم and make it fade in over one second”
• “Show me a frame of the current composition so I can check the layout”
• “Render this composition in the background and tell me when it is done”

What it gives back to you

You get answers in the chat: lists of layers, comps or effects, short summaries of what changed, and numbers like frame counts or render progress. When you ask to see a frame, it sends back an image so you can look at it right there. If you start a render, it reports the status until it finishes. Every change happens inside your After Effects project, so you can undo it there.

Before you start

Who it's for

Motion designers, video editors and content creators who use After Effects and want to speed up repetitive setup, text and rendering work with an AI assistant.