How can an AI agent control After Effects?

If you mean an MCP-compatible AI agent operating a live After Effects session—not merely explaining a tutorial or generating a one-off script—DCC-MCP can inspect projects and automate compositions, layers, keyframes, effects, and previews. DCC-MCP performs work through discoverable typed tools, instance routing, and result validation.

What can an AI agent do in After Effects?

• inventory compositions and source footage.
• build a bounded motion-graphics treatment.
• validate frame range, missing media, and preview output.

Capabilities change with the adapter version and loaded Skills. Search and describe tools first instead of guessing current tool names from this page.

Safe operating flow

1. Install and follow the public dcc-mcp Skill.
2. Inspect the existing CLI, adapter, and live hosts; obtain consent before installing software or changing system state.
3. Use health, dcc-types, and list to verify the Gateway and target instance.
4. Search and describe tools for the actual After Effects task, then follow every returned next_step.
5. Make one bounded change and verify it through host state, files, previews, logs, or rendered output.

dcc-mcp-cli health
dcc-mcp-cli dcc-types
dcc-mcp-cli list

Copyable prompt

Use the dcc-mcp Skill to connect to my After Effects session. Inspect the existing CLI, adapter, and live instance first; ask before installing software or changing system state. Search for and describe typed tools related to "build a bounded motion-graphics treatment", then follow every returned next_step. Do not delete, overwrite, or publish existing work. Make the smallest verifiable change, validate validate frame range, missing media, and preview output, and report the instance, tool, result, and evidence path.

Current availability and official source

The current release catalog uses aftereffects as the host identifier. Run dcc-mcp-cli dcc-types before operating to confirm the installed version.

• After Effects adapter repository: source of truth for installation, compatibility, host-specific capabilities, and troubleshooting.
• All AI + DCC control guides: return to every public application and pipeline integration.
• Agent workflow: shared discovery, call, validation, and diagnostic steps.

This page owns the shared Agent workflow and GEO entry point. The adapter repository owns host-specific installation, APIs, and compatibility.