Get your free key
One key per person. It comes with 20 free credits for AI images and video, on top of everything that is free in the plugin.
Sign-ups are closed right now.
Keep it private, like a password. It is shown only now; if you lose it, sign up again with the same email to get a new one.if you lose it, ask the site owner for a new one.
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.
Then in the panel: gear icon > Credits, paste the key, press Connect.
If the Gateway URL box is empty, paste this address there: