Dakkshin/after-effects-mcp

git clone https://github.com/Dakkshin/after-effects-mcp.git && cd after-effects-mcp
npm install && npm run build
npm run install-bridge (copies the bridge scripts into your After Effects installation)
npm start (runs the MCP server)

Usage

• •Prerequisites: Adobe After Effects 2022 or later and Node.js v14+
• •Open After Effects, then open Window > mcp-bridge-auto.jsx; enable the 'Auto-run commands' checkbox so the panel polls for commands every few seconds
• •Configure your MCP client with command 'node' and args pointing to PATH/TO/after-effects-mcp/build/index.js (.mcp.json for Claude Code, or manual config for Claude/Cursor)
• •Call tools such as create-composition, setLayerKeyframe, setLayerExpression, batchSetLayerProperties, createCamera, setLayerMask

Key features

• ✓Create compositions with custom settings (name, size, frame rate, duration, background color); list comps; get project info
• ✓Layer management: text/shape/solid/adjustment/camera layers, null objects, modify properties (position/scale/rotation/opacity/blendMode/3D/track matte), duplicate/delete, masks with feather/expansion/opacity
• ✓Animation: keyframes, JavaScript expressions on properties, batch property setting across layers
• ✓14 MCP tools including run-script / get-results / get-help for running arbitrary JS inside After Effects

Caveats

• ⚠Requires Adobe After Effects (2022 or later) running locally with the MCP Bridge Auto panel open and auto-run enabled
• ⚠Requires Node.js v14+
• ⚠Installation is from source (clone + build); no npm-published packaged release is documented