After Effects MCP

Name: After Effects MCP
Author: Dakkshin

Dakkshin

Remote control of Adobe After Effects compositions, text, shapes, solids and properties via ExtendScript.

Setup

Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.

claude mcp add after-effects -- node build/index.js

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.after-effects]
command = "node"
args = ["build/index.js"]

# codex mcp add after-effects -- node build/index.js

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "after-effects": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "build/index.js"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "after-effects": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "build/index.js"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.gemini/settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "after-effects": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "build/index.js"
      ]
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "after-effects": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "build/index.js"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.trae/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "after-effects": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "build/index.js"
      ]
    }
  }
}