AE MCP Server
Enable AI assistants to control Adobe After Effects via MCP protocol
AE MCP Server is an open-source Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that bridges AI assistants like Claude or Amazon Q with Adobe After Effects. It uses a file-based communication system via a CEP extension to let AI assistants create compositions, manage layers, add keyframes, run expressions, and trigger renders inside After Effects. The project supports both macOS and Windows and is configured via standard MCP client config files.
An MCP server receives commands from AI assistants, writes them as JSON files to a watched directory, and a CEP extension running inside After Effects picks up and executes those commands, returning results via response files.
Motion designers and developers who want to automate Adobe After Effects using AI assistants
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- open-source
Founders
- p10qgithub
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