Describe the motion. After Effects builds it.
AE MCP Claude lets Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot and other AI apps work inside your After Effects. They study a reference, plan the job with you, build comps and keyframes, find footage, generate images and video, and render the result.
Download for Windows and Mac How to install
Get a free key for 20 free credits of AI images and video.
Plan, then build a six-second title sting: the bar wipes in, the title rises with a soft landing, a little glow at the end.
What your AI app can do in After Effects
- Study a reference
- Give it a video or a link. It finds the cuts, timing, easing, colours and the music's beat.
- Plan with you first
- A step-by-step plan appears in the panel. Nothing is built until you approve it.
- Build and animate
- Comps, text, shapes, masks, cameras, effects and your installed plugins, with real easing.
- Find and make assets
- Free stock photos, footage, music and sound effects, or AI images and video, credited and imported.
- Render
- MP4, MOV or PNG sequences, inside After Effects or in the background while you keep working.
- Stay in control
- Every AI action is one undo step. Pause it any time from the panel.
Install in three steps
Install
Windows: press Windows+R, paste this line and press Enter.
powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "iwr -useb https://ae-mcp.vercel.app/install.ps1 -OutFile $env:TEMP\aemcp-setup.ps1; & $env:TEMP\aemcp-setup.ps1 -Gui"Mac: open Terminal (in Applications > Utilities), paste this line and press Return.
curl -fsSL https://ae-mcp.vercel.app/install.sh | bashA setup window opens: keep the boxes ticked and press Install. Or download the ZIP and double-click setup-windows.cmd (Mac: setup-mac.command).
Open the panel in After Effects
Restart After Effects, then choose Window > Extensions > AE MCP Claude. Press Run self-test in the panel to check everything works.
Ask your AI app
Restart your AI app (Claude, ChatGPT Codex, Copilot, Cursor, Antigravity...) and ask: "Check the After Effects connection." Then describe what you want to make.
The AI itself comes from the app you already use, on its free tier or your subscription. For AI images and video, open the panel's settings (the gear): use free and local options, your own keys, or Credits with the key from a free account.
Pay for what you make
Free mode costs nothing: it uses free stock libraries and models running on your own computer. Credits are for paid AI images, video and chat, from one balance, with no keys to manage. Failed generations are refunded automatically.
| Model | Makes | Credits | Charged | About |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flux Schnell (fast, cheap) | Image | 1 | per image | $0.01 |
| Flux Dev (higher quality) | Image | 4 | per image | $0.04 |
| Seedream 4 (detailed, typography) | Image | 4 | per image | $0.04 |
| Nano Banana (edits, references) | Image | 5 | per image | $0.05 |
| Wan 2.2 fast (text to video, 5 s) | Video | 12 | per clip | $0.12 |
| Wan 2.2 fast (image to video, 5 s) | Video | 12 | per clip | $0.12 |
| MiniMax Hailuo 02 (6-10 s) | Video | 8 | per second of video | $0.08 |
| Seedance 1 Lite (5-10 s) | Video | 8 | per second of video | $0.08 |
| Kling 2.1 (image to video, 5-10 s) | Video | 12 | per second of video | $0.12 |
| Veo 3 Fast (8 s with sound) | Video | 420 | per clip | $4.20 |
Top up once
- 500 credits $5
- 2,000 credits $18
- 6,000 credits $50
Or every month
- Starter 800 credits a month, $8 / month
- Studio 3,500 credits a month, $30 / month
Chat is charged at the model's real cost plus 25%. Stock searches are free.
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