Surehand MCP for After Effects

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Solves Lets Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor or VS Code work inside After Effects and report exactly what changed. Every edit is one undo step, structural changes come with pixel checks that the picture stayed the same, and it can check a comp against a delivery spec or stress-test a template.

Works with
After Effects
Setup
Easy setup
Price
Free
Type
MCP server + After Effects panel

View on GitHub → How to set it up

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What it does

Lets Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor or VS Code work inside After Effects and report exactly what changed. Every edit is one undo step, structural changes come with pixel checks that the picture stayed the same, and it can check a comp against a delivery spec or stress-test a template.

The project describes itself as: "Surehand MCP for Adobe After Effects: Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor and VS Code work inside After Effects, with a change report on every edit, pixel-proven changes and delivery checks. Free, open source, Mac and Windows."

How to set it up

  1. Download the latest release: the .pkg for Mac, Setup.exe for Windows, or the .mcpb file if you only use Claude Desktop
  2. Run the installer (Node.js is included, no admin rights needed)
  3. Open After Effects and open the Surehand panel
  4. Follow the setup guide for your AI app on conformlabs.co/get, then ask it to inspect or fix a comp

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

  • Each edit is a single undo step and comes back with a list of what changed
  • Runs locally: an MCP server on your computer talks to a panel inside After Effects. No account needed
  • Very new project with few GitHub stars so far, so test on a copy of your project first

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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