After Effects MCP Server

Drive Adobe After Effects from any MCP client: compositions, layers, animation and rendering.

What does this entry provide?

After Effects MCP Server is an MCP server entry in ChatHome Skills, sourced from Official MCP Registry and scored 78/100. As a Model Context Protocol server, it exposes tools that MCP-compatible LLM clients such as Claude, Cursor, and Copilot can call directly, extending an agent's reach beyond its built-in capabilities. ChatHome Skills discovered this entry through its daily ingest of official registries and GitHub discovery queries, and re-verifies repository facts, freshness signals, and install metadata on every run. The quality score weighs official-registry presence, a working install command, license clarity, GitHub star trajectory, and repository freshness — the full formula is on the Sources page. The install command above is ready to copy. Review the last-pushed date and repository status before adding After Effects MCP Server to a production agent workflow; the snapshot facts below are point-in-time values from the most recent ingest.

Snapshot facts

Source: Official MCP Registry
Quality: 78/100
Install method: npm
Repo: zachshallbetter/adobe-mcp
Repo updated: Oct 20, 2026

Install command

npx -y adobe-mcp-aftereffects@0.1.0

Install method: npm

Review the upstream source before running this command.

GitHub project

Quality

Repo stars

Repo updated

Oct 20, 2026

How is this score calculated?

Weighted across six dimensions, scored 0-100.
Provenance (25): listed in an official or curated registry.
Installability (25): a runnable install command beats a declared transport, which beats a source checkout.
Maintenance (20): recency of the last push; archived entries score zero here.
Adoption (20): repository stars on a log curve.

MCP manifest

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  "_meta": {
    "io.modelcontextprotocol.registry/official": {
      "status": "active",
      "isLatest": true,
      "updatedAt": "2026-10-20T03:52:31.733832Z",
      "publishedAt": "2026-10-20T03:52:31.733832Z",
      "statusChangedAt": "2026-10-20T03:52:31.733832Z"
    }
  },
  "server": {
    "name": "io.github.zachshallbetter/adobe-mcp-aftereffects",
    "title": "After Effects MCP Server",
    "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
    "version": "0.1.0",
    "packages": [
      {
        "version": "0.1.0",
        "transport": {
          "type": "stdio"
        },
        "identifier": "adobe-mcp-aftereffects",
        "registryType": "npm",
        "environmentVariables": [
          {
            "name": "AFTEREFFECTS_APP_NAME",
            "description": "macOS only: address a specific copy, e.g. \"Adobe After Effects 2025\". Default: After Effects by bundle id"
          },
          {
            "name": "AFTEREFFECTS_ALLOWED_DIRS",
            "description": "Extra directories allowed for file operations (':' on macOS, ';' on Windows)"
          },
          {
            "name": "AFTEREFFECTS_SCRIPT_TIMEOUT_MS",
            "description": "How long to wait for After Effects before reporting that a dialog may be open. Default 120000"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "repository": {
      "url": "https://github.com/zachshallbetter/adobe-mcp",
      "source": "github",
      "subfolder": "packages/aftereffects"
    },
    "description": "Drive Adobe After Effects from any MCP client: compositions, layers, animation and rendering."
  }
}

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