An MCP server paired with a CEP panel that lets AI assistants such as Claude Code or Codex drive Adobe After Effects through ExtendScript and a native AEGP plug-in. It exposes tools for scripted execution, frame preview, project checkpoints and revert, and a reusable tool library, reached over a local HTTP or stdio MCP endpoint.
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MCPAdobe After EffectsExtendScriptNode.js
“Agent-driven Adobe After Effects automation. MCP server + CEP plugin enabling Codex/Cursor/Claude Code to drive AE through 30 ae.* tools.”
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About Editing
Tools that work on footage you already have: cutting, captions, B-roll, silence removal and recaps, often driving FFmpeg or an NLE.