# AE MCP Bridge (aemcp)

Solves: A panel that runs inside After Effects and exposes your open project over MCP, with 143 tools to read the project, build comps and layers, set keyframes, easing, expressions, masks and effects, export frames, package MOGRTs and queue renders.

A panel that runs inside After Effects and exposes your open project over MCP, with 143 tools to read the project, build comps and layers, set keyframes, easing, expressions, masks and effects, export frames, package MOGRTs and queue renders.

* Page: https://agentcut.dev/tools/aemcp-ae-mcp-bridge/
* Source: https://github.com/Tuanzi010/aemcp
* Works with: After Effects
* Type: MCP server + After Effects panel
* Setup difficulty: easy
* Supported versions: After Effects 2021 to 2026 (AE 2021 gets 133 of the 143 tools); Windows installer; Claude Desktop, Codex and other MCP clients
* Price: free
* License: Non-commercial (custom, see repo)
* GitHub stars: 5
* Last updated: 2026-10-22
* Checked: 2026-10-26

Setup steps:

1. Download and run AEMCP-Setup.exe from the repo's releases and tick your After Effects versions
2. In After Effects open Window > Extensions > AE MCP Bridge and wait for "MCP bridge ready"
3. Add it to your MCP client: point it at node and the aemcp-mcp.js file inside the extension folder, or use the panel's Copy bridge JSON button
4. Ask your assistant to run ae_status first, then describe the comp you want

Safety notes:

* Free for non-commercial use only. Commercial use needs the author's permission (see the repo LICENSE)
* Changes your open project directly. It has save and revert checkpoints, but keep your own backup too
* The panel must stay open in After Effects, because it is the bridge

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