Drive Adobe After Effects from any MCP client: compositions, layers, animation and rendering.
Connect Runs on your machine
claude mcp add adobe-mcp-aftereffects -e AFTEREFFECTS_APP_NAME=<AFTEREFFECTS_APP_NAME> -e AFTEREFFECTS_ALLOWED_DIRS=<AFTEREFFECTS_ALLOWED_DIRS> -e AFTEREFFECTS_SCRIPT_TIMEOUT_MS=<AFTEREFFECTS_SCRIPT_TIMEOUT_MS> -- npx -y [email protected]{
"mcpServers": {
"adobe-mcp-aftereffects": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"AFTEREFFECTS_APP_NAME": "<AFTEREFFECTS_APP_NAME>",
"AFTEREFFECTS_ALLOWED_DIRS": "<AFTEREFFECTS_ALLOWED_DIRS>",
"AFTEREFFECTS_SCRIPT_TIMEOUT_MS": "<AFTEREFFECTS_SCRIPT_TIMEOUT_MS>"
}
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"adobe-mcp-aftereffects": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"AFTEREFFECTS_APP_NAME": "<AFTEREFFECTS_APP_NAME>",
"AFTEREFFECTS_ALLOWED_DIRS": "<AFTEREFFECTS_ALLOWED_DIRS>",
"AFTEREFFECTS_SCRIPT_TIMEOUT_MS": "<AFTEREFFECTS_SCRIPT_TIMEOUT_MS>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"adobe-mcp-aftereffects": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"AFTEREFFECTS_APP_NAME": "<AFTEREFFECTS_APP_NAME>",
"AFTEREFFECTS_ALLOWED_DIRS": "<AFTEREFFECTS_ALLOWED_DIRS>",
"AFTEREFFECTS_SCRIPT_TIMEOUT_MS": "<AFTEREFFECTS_SCRIPT_TIMEOUT_MS>"
}
}
}
}Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.
Tools
This server runs locally, so its tools are listed by your MCP client once it starts.
Environment variables
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
AFTEREFFECTS_APP_NAMEOptional | macOS only: address a specific copy, e.g. "Adobe After Effects 2025". Default: After Effects by bundle id |
AFTEREFFECTS_ALLOWED_DIRSOptional | Extra directories allowed for file operations (':' on macOS, ';' on Windows) |
AFTEREFFECTS_SCRIPT_TIMEOUT_MSOptional | How long to wait for After Effects before reporting that a dialog may be open. Default 120000 |
Details
| Package | [email protected] (NPM, stdio) |
| First published | 20 Oct 2026 |
| Last updated | 20 Oct 2026 |
| Registry name | io.github.zachshallbetter/adobe-mcp-aftereffects |
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