Plainly Videos MCP (official)

Lets agents browse your Plainly After Effects templates, see required parameters and previews, and render them in Plainly's cloud.

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How to set it up

  1. Create a Plainly API key in your Plainly account.
  2. Add the server to your MCP client with PLAINLY_API_KEY set.
  3. Ask the agent to list renderable templates and their parameters.

This is a plain-English summary of the project's own instructions. Commands and versions change, so always follow the current README at the source link.

Safety notes

  • Needs a Plainly API key; renders run in Plainly's cloud (paid service).
  • Store the key in your MCP config, not in prompts.

General rule: open a duplicate of your project before letting any agent make changes, and read what a script does before approving it.

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