AE Motion MCP Server
Control Adobe After Effects from Claude: build, animate, preview and render a live project from plain English prompts.
AE Motion is a Productivity MCP (Model Context Protocol) server: Control Adobe After Effects from Claude: build, animate, preview and render a live project from plain English prompts. It is MIT-licensed and self-hosted from its source repository. Listed on MCP Collection since October 2026.
About AE Motion
Free, open-source (MIT) MCP server that lets Claude (or any MCP client) drive a live Adobe After Effects project: create comps and layers, animate with keyframes and expressions, preview and render. 77 tools, works on existing projects too. Runs locally: After Effects 2022+ on macOS or Windows, Node 22+. Ships with a CEP panel inside AE.
How to connect AE Motion to Claude, Cursor or VS Code
AE Motion is self-hosted. Install it from the source repository, then register its start command in your MCP client's config (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code).
{
"mcpServers": {
"ae-motion": {
"command": "<start command from the README>",
"args": []
}
}
}The exact command (often npx, uvx or docker) is in the project README at github.com/dha-aa/ae-motion.
AE Motion FAQ
What is AE Motion?
AE Motion is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server in the Productivity category. Control Adobe After Effects from Claude: build, animate, preview and render a live project from plain English prompts. MCP servers expose tools that AI assistants like Claude can call during a conversation.
How do I use AE Motion with Claude or Cursor?
AE Motion is self-hosted. Install it from the source repository, then register its start command in your MCP client's config (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code).
Is AE Motion free to use?
AE Motion is published under the MIT license, so the software itself is free to run. Hosted or API-backed servers may have their own usage tiers; check the project homepage.
Where is the source code for AE Motion?
The source is at github.com/dha-aa/ae-motion.