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io.github.zachshallbetter/adobe-mcp-aftereffects

Drive Adobe After Effects from any MCP client: compositions, layers, animation and rendering. — the publisher's description

8 of 9 record checks metRead-only · tools listed 2026-10-23Topic: media-and-design · AI-classifiedversion 0.1.0JavaScriptMITstandard input/output164 tools

Summary

io.github.zachshallbetter/adobe-mcp-aftereffects is a local MCP server listed in the official MCP registry at version 0.1.0. On 2026-10-23 ProtocolProbe started its published package in an isolated sandbox in read-only mode and read its inventory: 164 tools, 0 resources and 0 prompts.

Record checks

8 of 9 record checks met

  • met: Registry entry is active and says how to run it
  • met: Source repository link opens
  • met: Repository is not archived
  • met: Code pushed to the repository in the 90 days before our check
  • met: Repository publishes a security policy (SECURITY.md)
  • met: Package names its licence with a standard (SPDX) identifier
  • met: The version the registry lists can be installed and is not withdrawn
  • not met: npm package carries build provenance (attestation)
  • met: No known critical or high advisory in the package or its dependencies
  • Not ranked by downloads: no download figure available
  • #1,622 of 22,952 repositories by GitHub stars, tied with 34 others (repository shared with 5 other registry entries)

From public records, not a safety rating. Each check with its reason · Is it safe to install?

Key facts

Runs
local package
Transport
standard input/output
Package
npm · listed version current
License
MIT
Dependencies
no known high or critical advisories
Repository
public
Tools
164
Described as changing data
136 of 164 toolsAI-classified
Mainly works on
files and code on the machine it runs onAI-classified
Topic
media-and-designAI-classified
Last tested
2026-10-23

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Worth knowing before you connect it

  • 136 tools are described as changing something (import_files, create_folder, manage_items, …): our AI model's reading of the descriptions, not something we tested. We did not call them.

Each line comes from a section below, with its source and date.

How fresh this is

Live-tested
yes, a real session (not a text-only review)
Last tested
2026-10-23
Mode
read-only (no tool calls)
Latest version
0.1.0, published 2026-10-20 (registry, as of the 2026-10-23 snapshot)
First listed version
2026-10-20 (earliest version still in the registry; older removed versions would be earlier)
Registry data
snapshot 2026-10-23
Package and repository
checked 2026-10-23
Engine
mcp-runtime-engine@0.1.0 · sdk@1.32.0

Changes since the last refresh

New in the registry: not in the list of 2026-10-04, listed on 2026-10-23 with version 0.1.0 (published 2026-10-20).

Source: the official MCP Registry list on 2026-10-04 and on 2026-10-23.

What it is

What does this server offer?

Observed inventory
164tools
0resources
0prompts

What it mainly works on, as our AI model read its tool descriptions: files and code on the machine it runs on.

136 of 164 tools are described as changing something (creating, editing, deleting, sending or running). For 6 the reading was uncertain, so no mark is shown.

  • get_project_infoon 16 other serversreads or searches

    “Describe the open project: file, unsaved changes, bit depth, working colour space, expression engine, item counts by type, the active item and the render queue”

    Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    Takes no inputs.

  • list_itemson 11 other serversreads or searches

    “List project items (compositions, footage, folders) with their id, type, folder and size.”

    Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    2 inputs
    • typestring“Only this type”
    • folderinteger“Only items inside this folder (id)”
  • import_filescreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Import files into the project (File > Import): footage, image sequences, layered Photoshop or Illustrator files as footage or compositions, another After Effects or Premiere Pro project, data files (…”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    4 inputs, 1 required
    • filesarrayrequired“Absolute paths”
    • importAsstring“Default footage”
    • sequenceboolean“Import the numbered files after each as an image sequence.”
    • folderinteger“Put the items in this folder (id)”
  • create_folderon 25 other serverscreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Add a folder to the Project panel, optionally inside another folder, and move items into it”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    3 inputs, 1 required
    • namestringrequired
    • parentinteger“Parent folder id”
    • itemsarray“Item ids to move into the new folder”
  • manage_itemson 1 other serverdescribed as changing data

    “Rename, move to a folder, set the label colour of, or delete project items”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive yes · idempotent no · open-world no

    5 inputs, 1 required
    • itemsarrayrequired“Item ids”
    • renamestring“New name (one item only)”
    • folderinteger“Move into this folder (id); 0 for the root”
    • labelinteger“Label colour number, 0 = none”
    • deleteboolean“Delete the items.”
  • save_projecton 8 other serverscreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Save the project in place, or as a new .aep file (the project then refers to it)”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive yes · idempotent yes · open-world no

    1 input
    • filePathstring“Absolute .aep path.”
  • open_projecton 6 other serverscreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Open an .aep project, an .aet template (which opens as an untitled copy) or a .mogrt Motion Graphics template as a project, or start a new empty one.”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive yes · idempotent no · open-world no

    1 input
    • filePathstring“Absolute .aep, .aepx, .aet or .mogrt path.”
  • tidy_projectdeletesdescribed as changing data

    “Remove unused footage, consolidate duplicate footage, or reduce the project to the chosen compositions and what they use (File > Dependencies)”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive yes · idempotent no · open-world no

    2 inputs, 1 required
    • operationstringrequired
    • keeparray“reduce_project: composition ids to keep”
  • save_project_copycreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Save a copy of the project while it keeps its own file (File > Save As > Save a Copy), or a copy in the text-based XML format (Save a Copy As XML, .aepx).”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive yes · idempotent yes · open-world no

    2 inputs, 1 required
    • filePathstringrequired“Absolute path of the copy: .aep, or .aepx for XML”
    • saveFirstboolean“Save unsaved changes in place first, so the copy includes them.”
  • run_project_commanddescribed as changing data

    “Project file commands: close the project (File > Close Project), revert to the last saved version (File > Revert), open the most recent project (File > Open Recent), or save a numbered copy and conti…”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive yes · idempotent no · open-world no

    2 inputs, 1 required
    • commandstringrequired“The command”
    • unsavedstring“close, open_most_recent: what to do with unsaved changes.”
  • set_project_settingson 2 other serverscreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Read or change project settings (File > Project Settings): time display style (timecode or frames), footage start time, feet + frames and film type, frame count start, colour depth, expression engine…”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    8 inputs
    • timeDisplaystring“Time Display Style”
    • footageStartstring“Timecode: Footage Start Time from the source media or 00:00:00:00”
    • feetAndFramesboolean“Frames: Use Feet + Frames”
    • filmTypestring“Feet + Frames film”
    • frameCountstring“Frames: Frame Count”
    • bitsPerChannelinteger“Colour depth in bits per channel”
    • expressionEnginestring“Expressions engine”
    • transparencyGridThumbnailsboolean“Thumbnail Transparency Grid in the Project panel”
  • find_project_itemsreads or searches

    “Search the project like the Project panel search field (File > Find): items whose name or comment contains text, and items that are missing, unused or used, optionally of one type”

    Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    3 inputs
    • textstring“Text to find in names and comments (case-insensitive)”
    • statusstring“missing: footage whose file cannot be found; unused or used in any composition”
    • typestring“Only this type”
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  • select_project_itemscreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Select items in the Project panel: replace the selection, add to it (extend the selection), remove from it, or clear it; optionally show the Project panel.”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    3 inputs
    • itemsarray“Item ids.”
    • modestring“Default replace”
    • showPanelboolean“Show the Project panel.”
  • set_item_commentcreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Set the Comment column text of project items; an empty comment clears it”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    2 inputs, 2 required
    • itemsarrayrequired“Item ids”
    • commentstringrequired“Comment text”
  • find_missing_dependenciesreads or searches

    “Find missing footage, effects or fonts (File > Dependencies > Find Missing Footage, Find Missing Effects, Find Missing Fonts).”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    2 inputs, 1 required
    • kindstringrequired“What to look for”
    • revealboolean“Run the Find Missing menu command too.”
  • resolve_project_fontscreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “List the fonts the project uses, marking ones that are missing and substituted (as in the Resolve Fonts dialog), or replace fonts across every text layer”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    1 input
    • replacearray“Replacements to make, by PostScript name.”
  • edit_project_metadatacreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Read or replace the project's XMP metadata (shown in the Metadata panel and in Adobe Bridge).”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive yes · idempotent no · open-world no

    2 inputs
    • xmpstring“A complete XMP packet (x:xmpmeta) that replaces the project's.”
    • showPanelboolean“Toggle the Metadata panel.”
  • get_footage_inforeads or searches

    “Describe footage items (Project panel, Interpret Footage): source kind (file, solid, placeholder), file and missing path, alpha, frame rates, fields and pulldown, pixel aspect, loop, proxy and the co…”

    Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    2 inputs
    • itemsarray“Footage item ids.”
    • missingOnlyboolean“Only items whose source file is missing.”
  • interpret_footagecreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Change how footage is interpreted (File > Interpret Footage > Main or Proxy): alpha (ignore, straight, premultiplied with a matte colour, or guess), invert alpha, frame rate, field order, Preserve Ed…”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    12 inputs, 1 required
    • itemsarrayrequired“Footage item ids (from list_items or get_footage_info)”
    • sourcestring“Interpret the main footage or the item's proxy.”
    • copyFrominteger“Footage item id whose main interpretation is copied first: alpha, matte colour, invert alpha, frame rate, fields, Preserve Edges, pulldown, loop and pixel aspe…”
    • alphastring“Alpha: Ignore, Straight - Unmatted, Premultiplied - Matted With Color, or Guess”
    • matteColorstring“Matte colour for premultiplied alpha: "#RRGGBB" or "rgb(r,g,b)"”
    • invertAlphaboolean“Invert Alpha”
    • frameRatenumber“Conform to this frame rate (Assume This Frame Rate for stills); 0 returns to the file's own rate”
    • fieldsstring“Separate Fields: off, upper field first, lower field first”
    • preserveEdgesboolean“Preserve Edges (Best Quality Only) for separated fields”
    • pulldownstring“Remove pulldown: a phase (W = whole frame, S = split frame; _24P_ADVANCE for 24Pa), OFF, or guess_3_2 / guess_24pa to let After Effects pick.”
    • pixelAspectnumber“Pixel aspect ratio, e.g.”
    • loopinteger“Loop the footage this many times”
  • replace_footagecreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Replace a footage item's source everywhere it is used, keeping layer changes (File > Replace Footage): with another file or image sequence, a colour-bar placeholder, a solid, or a composition built f…”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive yes · idempotent no · open-world no

    11 inputs, 2 required
    • itemintegerrequired“Footage item id”
    • withstringrequired“What replaces it”
    • filestring“file, sequence: absolute path (for a sequence, its first file)”
    • forceAlphabeticalboolean“sequence: Force alphabetical order, so gaps in the numbering do not become placeholder frames.”
    • namestring“placeholder, solid: name.”
    • widthinteger“placeholder, solid: pixels.”
    • heightinteger“placeholder, solid: pixels.”
    • frameRatenumber“placeholder: frames per second.”
    • durationnumber“placeholder: seconds.”
    • colorstring“solid: colour, "#RRGGBB" or "rgb(r,g,b)"”
    • pixelAspectnumber“solid: pixel aspect ratio.”
  • set_proxyon 3 other serverscreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Give footage items or compositions a proxy (File > Set Proxy): a file or image sequence, a solid or a placeholder, or remove it (None).”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    12 inputs, 1 required
    • itemsarrayrequired“Footage or composition item ids”
    • proxystring“What becomes the proxy; none removes it.”
    • filestring“file, sequence: absolute path (one item only)”
    • forceAlphabeticalboolean“sequence: Force alphabetical order.”
    • namestring“solid, placeholder: name.”
    • widthinteger“solid, placeholder: pixels.”
    • heightinteger“solid, placeholder: pixels.”
    • frameRatenumber“placeholder: frames per second.”
    • durationnumber“placeholder: seconds.”
    • colorstring“solid: colour, "#RRGGBB" or "rgb(r,g,b)"”
    • pixelAspectnumber“solid: pixel aspect ratio.”
    • useProxyboolean“Use the proxy (true) or the original (false) everywhere in the project”
  • create_proxycreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Queue a composition to render as its own proxy (File > Create Proxy > Still or Movie): adds a Render Queue item whose post-render action is Set Proxy.”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    6 inputs, 2 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • kindstringrequired“still: one frame; movie: the whole composition”
    • outputFilestringrequired“Absolute path of the proxy file; the extension should match the output module”
    • timenumber“still: the frame, in seconds.”
    • renderSettingsstring“Render settings template, e.g.”
    • outputModulestring“Output module template.”
  • create_footage_itemcreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Add a footage item without adding a layer: a colour-bar placeholder for footage that is not available yet (File > Import > Placeholder) or a solid (File > Import > Solid), optionally into a folder”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    9 inputs, 2 required
    • kindstringrequired“What to add”
    • namestringrequired“Item name”
    • widthinteger“Pixels.”
    • heightinteger“Pixels.”
    • frameRatenumber“placeholder: frames per second.”
    • durationnumber“placeholder: seconds.”
    • colorstring“solid: colour, "#RRGGBB" or "rgb(r,g,b)"”
    • pixelAspectnumber“solid: pixel aspect ratio.”
    • folderinteger“Put the item in this folder (id)”
  • reload_footagecreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Re-read footage items from disk so changes made in other applications appear (File > Reload Footage)”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    1 input, 1 required
    • itemsarrayrequired“Footage item ids (from list_items or get_footage_info)”
  • open_footagedescribed as changing data

    “Open a footage item in the Footage panel, reveal its file in Finder or Explorer (Reveal in Finder / Reveal in Explorer) or in Adobe Bridge (File > Reveal in Bridge), or open it in the application tha…”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world yes

    2 inputs, 1 required
    • iteminteger“Footage item id.”
    • targetstringrequired“Where to open it”
  • detect_scene_editson 1 other serverdescribed as changing data

    “Find the cuts in video footage layers (Layer > Scene Edit Detection) and add a marker at each, split the layer at each cut, or split and pre-compose each scene; none only returns the cut times”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    3 inputs, 1 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • modestring“markers: Create Layer Markers; split: Split Layer; split_precomp: Split Layer and Create Pre-comps; none: report the cuts only.”
  • paste_svg_as_shapesdescribed as changing data

    “Paste SVG artwork from the clipboard (for example copied from Illustrator) into a composition as shape layers (Edit > Paste).”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    1 input
    • compobject“Which composition.”
  • create_compcreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Create a composition (Composition > New Composition) with a size, pixel aspect, duration, frame rate and background colour, optionally in a folder, and open it”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    24 inputs, 5 required
    • namestringrequired
    • widthintegerrequired“Pixels”
    • heightintegerrequired“Pixels”
    • pixelAspectnumber“Default 1”
    • durationnumberrequired“Seconds”
    • frameRatenumberrequired“Frames per second”
    • backgroundColorstring“"#RRGGBB" or "rgb(r,g,b)" (0-255)”
    • motionBlurboolean“Enable motion blur for the composition”
    • shutterAnglenumber
    • workAreaStartnumber“Seconds”
    • workAreaDurationnumber“Seconds”
    • resolutionstring“Resolution: full, half, third or quarter”
    • resolutionFactorarray“Custom resolution: render every [x, y]th pixel”
    • startTimecodenumber“Start Timecode: the time shown for the first frame, in seconds”
    • startFrameinteger“Start Frame: the number shown for the first frame, when the project counts frames”
    • dropFrameboolean“Drop Frame timecode (29.97 and 59.94 fps); false is Non-Drop Frame”
    • preserveNestedResolutionboolean“Preserve resolution when nested”
    • preserveNestedFrameRateboolean“Preserve frame rate when nested or in render queue”
    • shutterPhasenumber“Motion blur Shutter Phase, degrees”
    • samplesPerFrameinteger“Motion blur Samples Per Frame”
    • adaptiveSampleLimitinteger“Motion blur Adaptive Sample Limit”
    • frameBlendingboolean“Timeline switch: Enable Frame Blending for the composition”
    • hideShyLayersboolean“Timeline switch: Hide Shy Layers”
    • folderinteger“Folder id”
  • set_comp_settingscreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Change a composition's settings (Composition > Composition Settings): name, size, pixel aspect, duration, frame rate, resolution, start timecode or frame, drop-frame timecode, background, motion blur…”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    24 inputs
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • namestring
    • widthinteger“Pixels”
    • heightinteger“Pixels”
    • pixelAspectnumber“Default 1”
    • durationnumber“Seconds”
    • frameRatenumber“Frames per second”
    • backgroundColorstring“"#RRGGBB" or "rgb(r,g,b)" (0-255)”
    • motionBlurboolean“Enable motion blur for the composition”
    • shutterAnglenumber
    • workAreaStartnumber“Seconds”
    • workAreaDurationnumber“Seconds”
    • resolutionstring“Resolution: full, half, third or quarter”
    • resolutionFactorarray“Custom resolution: render every [x, y]th pixel”
    • startTimecodenumber“Start Timecode: the time shown for the first frame, in seconds”
    • startFrameinteger“Start Frame: the number shown for the first frame, when the project counts frames”
    • dropFrameboolean“Drop Frame timecode (29.97 and 59.94 fps); false is Non-Drop Frame”
    • preserveNestedResolutionboolean“Preserve resolution when nested”
    • preserveNestedFrameRateboolean“Preserve frame rate when nested or in render queue”
    • shutterPhasenumber“Motion blur Shutter Phase, degrees”
    • samplesPerFrameinteger“Motion blur Samples Per Frame”
    • adaptiveSampleLimitinteger“Motion blur Adaptive Sample Limit”
    • frameBlendingboolean“Timeline switch: Enable Frame Blending for the composition”
    • hideShyLayersboolean“Timeline switch: Hide Shy Layers”
  • duplicate_compcreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Duplicate a composition (Edit > Duplicate), optionally renaming the copy”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    2 inputs
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • namestring
  • precomposecreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Pre-compose layers into a new composition (Layer > Pre-compose), moving all attributes or leaving them in the original”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    4 inputs, 2 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • namestringrequired
    • moveAllAttributesboolean“Move all attributes into the new composition.”
  • open_comp

    “Open a composition in the Composition panel and make it the active one”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    1 input
    • compobject“Which composition.”
  • add_comp_markercreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Add a composition marker at a time, with a comment, duration, chapter and web link”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    6 inputs, 1 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • timenumberrequired“Seconds”
    • commentstring
    • durationnumber“Seconds”
    • chapterstring
    • urlstring
  • save_frameon 2 other serverscreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Save one frame of a composition as a PNG file (Composition > Save Frame As)”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    3 inputs, 2 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • timenumberrequired“Seconds”
    • outputFilestringrequired“Absolute .png path”
  • create_comp_from_itemscreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Make compositions from footage or compositions in the Project panel (File > New Comp from Selection): one per item, or one holding them all, sized and timed from an item, optionally with the layers i…”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    8 inputs, 1 required
    • itemsarrayrequired“Project item ids (from list_items)”
    • modestring“each: one composition per item (the default); single: one composition with every item as a layer, the first on top”
    • namestring“single: the composition name; default the first item's name”
    • useDimensionsFrominteger“single: the item id whose size and frame rate the composition takes; default the first item”
    • stillDurationnumber“Seconds for still images.”
    • sequenceLayersboolean“single: place the layers one after another in time”
    • overlapnumber“sequenceLayers: seconds each layer overlaps the one before”
    • addToRenderQueueboolean“Add each new composition to the Render Queue”
  • run_comp_commanddescribed as changing data

    “Composition and work-area commands: Trim Comp to Work Area, Crop Comp to Region of Interest (needs a region drawn in the Composition panel), Set Poster Time, Lift Work Area and Extract Work Area (on …”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive yes · idempotent no · open-world no

    4 inputs, 1 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • actionstringrequired“The command”
    • layersobject“lift_work_area, extract_work_area and work_area_to_layers: the layers (default all; for work_area_to_layers the selection, else the whole composition).”
    • timenumber“set_poster_time: seconds; default the current time”
  • edit_markerscreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Composition and layer markers (Layer > Add Marker, the Marker dialog): list, add (or set a numbered composition marker 0-9), edit comment, duration, chapter, web link, cue point, label and protected …”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive yes · idempotent no · open-world no

    16 inputs, 1 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobject“Layer markers on these layers; omit for composition markers.”
    • actionstringrequired“list, add, update, remove, remove_all, go_to, update_from_source (layers whose source has markers)”
    • atnumber or string“add: where to put the marker; update, remove, go_to: the marker at this time.”
    • markerinteger“update, remove, go_to: the marker's number in time order (1 = first), instead of at”
    • numberinteger“Composition markers: the numbered marker 0-9 (add moves it if it exists; update, remove, go_to find it)”
    • commentstring
    • durationnumber“Seconds”
    • chapterstring
    • urlstring“Web link”
    • frameTargetstring“Web link frame target”
    • cuePointNamestring
    • eventCuePointboolean“Cue point type: true event, false navigation”
    • parametersobject“Cue point parameters, name to value”
    • labelinteger“Label colour (0 none)”
    • protectedRegionboolean“Protected region (composition markers with a duration)”
  • list_layerson 15 other serversreads or searches

    “List a composition's layers, top to bottom, with index, id, type, switches, timing, parent, blending mode and track matte.”

    Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    1 input
    • compobject“Which composition.”
  • add_layeron 2 other serverscreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Add a layer (Layer > New): solid, null, adjustment, text, shape, camera or light, or a project item (footage or composition) as a layer, at the top of the composition”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    10 inputs, 1 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • typestringrequired
    • namestring
    • iteminteger“type item: the project item id to add”
    • colorstring“Solid and adjustment colour.”
    • widthinteger“Solid size; default the composition size”
    • heightinteger
    • textstring“type text: the text”
    • lightTypestring“type light.”
    • durationnumber“Seconds; default the composition duration”
  • set_layer_propertieson 3 other serverscreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Set layer switches and timing: name, comment, enabled (video), audio, solo, shy, lock, 3D, motion blur, adjustment layer, effects (Effect switch), Collapse Transformations / Continuously Rasterize, P…”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    26 inputs, 1 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • namestring
    • enabledboolean
    • audioEnabledboolean
    • soloboolean
    • shyboolean
    • lockedboolean
    • threeDboolean
    • motionBlurboolean
    • adjustmentLayerboolean
    • guideLayerboolean
    • qualitystring
    • blendingModestring
    • cycleBlendingModestring“Step to the next or previous blending mode in the menu (Shift+= and Shift+-)”
    • commentstring“Text for the Comments column”
    • effectsActiveboolean“Effect switch: render the layer's effects”
    • collapseTransformationboolean“Collapse Transformations (pre-compositions) or Continuously Rasterize (vector layers)”
    • preserveTransparencyboolean“Preserve Underlying Transparency”
    • samplingstring“Layer > Quality sampling at Best quality”
    • autoOrientstring“Layer > Transform > Auto-Orient: off, along_path, towards_camera (3D layers; cameras and lights toward their point of interest), characters_toward_camera (3D t…”
    • labelinteger
    • inPointnumber“Seconds”
    • outPointnumber“Seconds”
    • startTimenumber“Seconds”

    and 1 more not listed here.

  • set_transformon 2 other serverscreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Set layer transform values without keyframes: anchor point, position, scale (percent), rotation (degrees), opacity (percent), and 3D orientation and rotations.”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    10 inputs, 1 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • anchorPointarray
    • positionarray“Pixels from the top-left”
    • scalearray“Percent per axis”
    • rotationnumber
    • opacitynumber
    • orientationarray“3D layers”
    • xRotationnumber
    • yRotationnumber
  • parent_layerscreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Parent layers to another layer (or remove the parent), keeping their current position on screen, or with jump (Alt/Option while parenting): the child takes the parent's transform and jumps to it”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    4 inputs, 1 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • parentinteger“Parent layer index; omit to remove the parent”
    • jumpboolean“Parent with jump: keep the child's transform values relative to the new parent instead of its place on screen.”
  • set_track_mattecreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Use another layer as a layer's track matte (alpha, alpha inverted, luma, luma inverted), or remove the matte”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    4 inputs, 1 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • matteLayerinteger“Matte layer index”
    • typestring“Default alpha; none removes the matte”
  • arrange_layerson 1 other servercreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Change the stacking order: move layers to the top, to the bottom, or before or after another layer”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    4 inputs, 2 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • orderstringrequired
    • relativeTointeger“Layer index, for before and after”
  • duplicate_layerson 1 other servercreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Duplicate layers (Edit > Duplicate), or copy them into another composition”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    3 inputs, 1 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • toCompinteger“Copy into this composition (id) instead”
  • delete_layerson 1 other serverdeletesdescribed as changing data

    “Delete layers from a composition”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive yes · idempotent no · open-world no

    2 inputs, 1 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
  • switch_all_layerscreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Apply a switch to every layer in a composition (Layer > Switches): Unlock All Layers, Show All Video, or Hide Other Video (turn video off for every layer except the given ones)”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    3 inputs, 1 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • actionstringrequired“unlock_all, show_all_video, or hide_other_video”
    • layersobject“hide_other_video: the layers to keep visible.”
  • open_layercontrols a browser or desktopdescribed as changing data

    “Open a layer (Layer > Open Layer) in the Layer panel, open its source (Layer > Open Layer Source: footage in the Footage panel, a pre-composition in the Composition panel), or select its source item …”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    3 inputs, 1 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“One layer.”
    • targetstring“layer (Layer panel, the default), source, or reveal_source”
  • select_layersdescribed as changing data

    “Change which layers are selected in the Timeline: select given layers (by number, as typing it on the keypad), add or remove them, invert the selection, select children of parents, move the selection…”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    3 inputs, 1 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • actionstringrequired“set, add, remove (toggle with layers); children (of layers, or of the selection); invert; next, previous, extend_next, extend_previous (from the selection); al…”
    • layersobject“For set, add, remove and children.”
  • trim_layerscreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Trim or extend layers' In or Out point to a time (Alt+[ and Alt+]: trim to the current time), or trim a set of layers together so the earliest In point or latest Out point lands there, keeping their …”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    5 inputs, 2 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • edgestringrequired“Which end to trim”
    • atnumber or string“Seconds, or "current_time" (the default), "comp_start" or "comp_end"”
    • asSetboolean“Trim the layers as a set: the earliest In (or latest Out) point goes to the time and the others keep their offsets.”
  • move_layerscreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Move layers in time without changing their length: put the In or Out point at a time ([ and ]: the current time; or the composition start or end), alone or as a set keeping offsets; nudge by frames (…”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    7 inputs, 2 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • modestringrequired“in_point_to, out_point_to (use at), offset (by frames or seconds), stagger (each layer one step later than the one before, in the order given), slip (move the …”
    • atnumber or string“Seconds, or "current_time" (the default), "comp_start" or "comp_end"”
    • asSetboolean“in_point_to and out_point_to: move the layers together so the earliest In point (or latest Out point) lands on the time.”
    • framesinteger“offset, stagger, slip: frames (negative is earlier)”
    • secondsnumber“offset, stagger, slip: seconds instead of frames”
  • split_layerscreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Split layers at a time (Edit > Split Layer): each becomes two layers, the original ending at the time and a duplicate above it starting there, both keeping all keyframes”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    3 inputs, 1 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • atnumber or string“Seconds, or "current_time" (the default), "comp_start" or "comp_end"”
  • reframe_layersdescribed as changing data

    “Fit, centre or flip layers (Layer > Transform): Fit to Comp, Fit to Comp Width, Fit to Comp Height, Center In View, Center Anchor Point in Layer Content, Flip Horizontal, Flip Vertical.”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    3 inputs, 2 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • actionstringrequired“What to do”
  • replace_layer_sourcecreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Replace layers' source with another footage item or composition (Alt/Option-drag in the Project panel), keeping their properties, effects and keyframes”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    4 inputs, 2 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • itemintegerrequired“The new source: a project item id (from list_items)”
    • fixExpressionsboolean“Update expressions that refer to the old source name.”
  • set_solid_settingscreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Change a solid layer's solid (Layer > Solid Settings): name, colour and size, either for every layer that uses the solid (Affect All Layers That Use This Solid) or for these layers only, through a ne…”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    7 inputs, 1 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • namestring“Solid name”
    • colorstring“"#RRGGBB" or "rgb(r,g,b)" (0-255)”
    • widthinteger“Pixels”
    • heightinteger“Pixels”
    • affectAllLayersboolean“Change the solid itself, so every layer using it changes (default true); false gives these layers a new solid”
  • set_layer_stylescreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Add Photoshop-style layer styles (Layer > Layer Styles: Drop Shadow, Inner Shadow, Outer Glow, Inner Glow, Bevel and Emboss, Satin, Color Overlay, Gradient Overlay, Stroke), Remove All, Convert to Ed…”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    6 inputs, 1 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • removeAllboolean“First remove every layer style (Remove All)”
    • convertToEditableboolean“Turn styles merged from a Photoshop layer into editable styles (Convert to Editable Styles)”
    • addarray“Styles to add”
    • blendingobject“Blending Options (present once a layer has a style)”
  • choose_layer_toolcontrols a browser or desktopdescribed as changing data

    “Choose a layer tool in the Tools panel: Rotation, Pan Behind (Anchor Point) or Selection, for the user's next drag in the Composition panel.”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    1 input, 1 required
    • toolstringrequired“rotation, pan_behind or selection”
  • remap_layer_timecreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Time remapping (Layer > Time): enable or disable it, Freeze Frame at a time, Freeze On Last Frame (extend the layer to the composition end holding its last frame), hold one frame between two times an…”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    7 inputs, 2 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • actionstringrequired“enable, disable, freeze_frame (at), freeze_on_last_frame, hold (from, to), set_keyframes (keyframes)”
    • atnumber or string“freeze_frame: the frame to hold.”
    • fromnumber“hold: composition time (seconds) whose frame is held”
    • tonumber“hold: composition time (seconds) where playback resumes”
    • keyframesarray“set_keyframes: Time Remap keyframes”
  • set_frame_blendingcreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Frame blending (Layer > Frame Blending): set layers to Off, Frame Mix or Pixel Motion (the layer's Frame Blending switch), and turn the composition's Enable Frame Blending switch on or off, without w…”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    4 inputs
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobject“Layers based on motion footage or compositions.”
    • modestring“For the layers: off, frame_mix or pixel_motion”
    • compSwitchboolean“The composition's Enable Frame Blending switch”
  • stretch_layerscreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Time-stretch layers (Layer > Time > Time Stretch, the Stretch column): to a percentage or a new length, holding the In point, the current time or the Out point in place; or stretch so the In or Out p…”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    9 inputs, 1 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • percentnumber“Stretch factor percent (100 is normal speed, 200 half speed, negative plays backwards)”
    • durationnumber“New length between In and Out points, seconds”
    • holdInPlacestring“percent and duration: which point stays put.”
    • edgestring“Stretch so this end lands on at, keeping the other end in place”
    • atnumber or string“Seconds, or "current_time" (the default), "comp_start" or "comp_end"”
    • keepKeyframeTimesboolean“Leave keyframes at their composition times instead of stretching them with the layer”
    • conformFrameRatenumber“Instead of stretching: conform the layers' source footage to this frame rate (Interpret Footage; 0 uses the file's rate).”
  • align_video_to_datacreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Align Video to Data (Layer > Time): offset video layers in time by the frame counts their names have in a data layer's mgJSON videoSyncTimeList.”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    3 inputs, 2 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • dataLayerintegerrequired“Index of the mgJSON data layer”
    • layersobjectrequired“The video layers to align.”
  • get_propertyon 33 other serversreads or searches

    “Read a layer property: its value, keyframes (time, value, interpolation) and expression.”

    Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    4 inputs, 2 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • propertystring or arrayrequired“A property: a shortcut (anchor_point, position, scale, rotation, opacity, x_rotation, y_rotation, orientation, source_text, time_remap, audio_levels) or a path…”
    • timenumber“Also read the value at this time (seconds)”
  • set_propertyon 2 other serverscreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Set a property's value, as in the Timeline or Properties panel (layer Transform, shape, camera and light options, effect properties): with no time and no keyframes the static value, otherwise a keyfr…”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    5 inputs, 3 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • propertystring or arrayrequired“A property: a shortcut (anchor_point, position, scale, rotation, opacity, x_rotation, y_rotation, orientation, source_text, time_remap, audio_levels) or a path…”
    • valuerequired“A number, an array of numbers, text, or true/false”
    • timenumber“Seconds: set a keyframe at this time”
  • set_keyframeson 1 other servercreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Add keyframes to a property at several times, with their values, and optionally the interpolation (linear, bezier, hold) and easing (Easy Ease influence and speed) for each”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    4 inputs, 3 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • propertystring or arrayrequired“A property: a shortcut (anchor_point, position, scale, rotation, opacity, x_rotation, y_rotation, orientation, source_text, time_remap, audio_levels) or a path…”
    • keyframesarrayrequired
  • remove_keyframeson 1 other serverdeletesdescribed as changing data

    “Remove keyframes from a property: all of them, or those between two times”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive yes · idempotent no · open-world no

    5 inputs, 2 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • propertystring or arrayrequired“A property: a shortcut (anchor_point, position, scale, rotation, opacity, x_rotation, y_rotation, orientation, source_text, time_remap, audio_levels) or a path…”
    • fromnumber“Seconds”
    • tonumber“Seconds”
  • set_expressioncreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Write an expression on a property, as typed in the expression editor (or clear it with an empty string), and report any expression error After Effects finds.”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    5 inputs, 3 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • propertystring or arrayrequired“A property: a shortcut (anchor_point, position, scale, rotation, opacity, x_rotation, y_rotation, orientation, source_text, time_remap, audio_levels) or a path…”
    • expressionstringrequired“Expression source; "" removes it”
    • enabledboolean“Default true”
  • convert_expression_to_keyframescreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Bake a property's expression into a keyframe on every frame and switch the expression off, keeping its text (Animation > Keyframe Assistant > Convert Expression to Keyframes).”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    5 inputs, 2 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • propertystring or arrayrequired“A property: a shortcut (anchor_point, position, scale, rotation, opacity, x_rotation, y_rotation, orientation, source_text, time_remap, audio_levels) or a path…”
    • fromnumber“Start (seconds).”
    • tonumber“End (seconds).”
  • set_expression_enginecreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Choose the engine that evaluates the project's expressions (File > Project Settings > Expressions): javascript (the default, faster, modern syntax) or extendscript (Legacy ExtendScript, for old expre…”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    1 input, 1 required
    • enginestringrequired“javascript or extendscript”
  • edit_keyframescreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Change existing keyframes of a property (Animation > Keyframe Interpolation, Keyframe Velocity, Keyframe Assistant, the Graph Editor buttons and the keyframe context menu): interpolation presets such…”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    18 inputs, 2 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • propertystring or arrayrequired“A property: a shortcut (anchor_point, position, scale, rotation, opacity, x_rotation, y_rotation, orientation, source_text, time_remap, audio_levels) or a path…”
    • keysobject“Which keyframes of the property: those matching any of indexes, the from/to time range, times or selected.”
    • timeReverseboolean“Time-Reverse Keyframes: mirror the chosen keyframes in time within their span (done before the other changes)”
    • presetstring“linear, bezier, auto_bezier, continuous_bezier, hold (both sides), toggle_hold (outgoing Hold, or back to Auto Bezier), easy_ease, easy_ease_in, easy_ease_out”
    • inInterpolationstring“Incoming interpolation”
    • outInterpolationstring“Outgoing interpolation”
    • easeInobject“Incoming temporal ease (Keyframe Velocity dialog, Graph Editor handle): speed and influence for every dimension”
    • easeOutobject“Outgoing temporal ease: speed and influence for every dimension”
    • temporalContinuousboolean“Continuous Bezier in time”
    • temporalAutoBezierboolean“Auto Bezier in time”
    • spatialContinuousboolean“Continuous Bezier on the motion path (spatial properties only)”
    • spatialAutoBezierboolean“Auto Bezier on the motion path (spatial properties only)”
    • spatialTangentsobject“Motion path direction handles, relative to the keyframe, in pixels (spatial properties only)”
    • rovingboolean“Rove Across Time (spatial properties; the first and last keyframes never rove)”
    • labelinteger“Keyframe colour label, 0 (none) to 16”
    • value“New value for every chosen keyframe: a number, an array of numbers, text or true/false”
  • select_keyframesdescribed as changing data

    “Select or deselect keyframes of a property in the Timeline panel, or deselect every keyframe, property and property group (Edit > Deselect All in the Timeline).”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    6 inputs
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobject“Which layers.”
    • propertystring or array“A property: a shortcut (anchor_point, position, scale, rotation, opacity, x_rotation, y_rotation, orientation, source_text, time_remap, audio_levels) or a path…”
    • keysobject“Which keyframes of the property: those matching any of indexes, the from/to time range, times or selected.”
    • modestring“replace (default): only these keyframes of the property are selected; add; remove”
    • deselectAllboolean“First deselect every keyframe, property and property group on the layers”
  • go_to_keyframecontrols a browser or desktopdescribed as changing data

    “Move the current time to the previous, next, first or last keyframe (the keyframe navigator arrows, J and K): of one property, or of every animated property of the layers (the selected layers by defa…”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    4 inputs, 1 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobject“Which layers.”
    • propertystring or array“A property: a shortcut (anchor_point, position, scale, rotation, opacity, x_rotation, y_rotation, orientation, source_text, time_remap, audio_levels) or a path…”
    • directionstringrequired“Where to go”
  • copy_animationcreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Copy from one layer's property to properties on other layers: its keyframes (Edit > Copy and Paste, or Paste Reverse Keyframes with reverse), its expression only (Edit > Copy Expression Only), or a l…”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    6 inputs, 3 required
    • fromobjectrequired“The source”
    • toobjectrequired“The targets”
    • whatstringrequired“keyframes, expression (the expression only), or link (a property link expression)”
    • keysobject“With what: keyframes, which source keyframes.”
    • timenumber“With what: keyframes, where the first pasted keyframe lands (seconds).”
    • reverseboolean“With what: keyframes, paste them in reverse time order (Paste Reverse Keyframes)”
  • separate_dimensionscreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Separate a Position property into X, Y (and Z) Position so each can be keyframed alone, or join them again (Animation > Separate Dimensions)”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    4 inputs, 1 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • propertystring or array“A property: a shortcut (anchor_point, position, scale, rotation, opacity, x_rotation, y_rotation, orientation, source_text, time_remap, audio_levels) or a path…”
    • separateboolean“true separates, false joins.”
  • sequence_layerscreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Arrange layers one after another in time, in the order given, optionally overlapping with an opacity dissolve (Animation > Keyframe Assistant > Sequence Layers)”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    5 inputs, 1 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • overlapnumber“Seconds each layer overlaps the one before.”
    • transitionstring“With an overlap: off (default), dissolve_front (the upper layer fades), or cross_dissolve (both fade)”
    • startnumber“When the first layer starts (seconds).”
  • run_animation_commanddescribed as changing data

    “Run an Animation or Timeline command that acts on the selection: Enable Auto-keyframe (toggle), Select Equal / Previous / Following Keyframes, Select Keyframe Label Group (and its On Selected Layers,…”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    4 inputs, 1 required
    • commandstringrequired“The command”
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobject“Select only these layers first (indexes, names, or selected: true to keep the selection)”
    • propertystring or array“With layers, also select this property (Reveal in Timeline).”
  • manage_puppetdescribed as changing data

    “Puppet tools: add an empty Puppet effect to layers, choose a Puppet pin tool in the Tools panel (Position, Starch, Overlap, Advanced or Bend Pin) so pins can be placed in the Composition panel, dupli…”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    5 inputs, 1 required
    • actionstringrequired“What to do”
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobject“Which layers.”
    • toolstring“For choose_tool: position, starch, overlap, advanced or bend”
    • meshinteger“For duplicate_mesh: the mesh number, 1 = first.”
  • list_effectsreads or searches

    “List the effects installed in After Effects with their display name, match name and category, filtered by a search string.”

    Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    2 inputs
    • querystring
    • limitinteger
  • apply_effecton 3 other serverscreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Apply an effect to layers (Effect menu) by match name (e.g.”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    5 inputs, 2 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • effectstringrequired“Match name or display name”
    • namestring“Rename the applied effect”
    • propertiesobject“Property display names to values (numbers, arrays, booleans)”
  • list_layer_effectsreads or searches

    “List the effects on layers, in order, with each effect's properties and values”

    Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    2 inputs, 1 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
  • remove_effectsdeletesdescribed as changing data

    “Remove effects from layers by name or index, or all of them, or turn them off and on”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive yes · idempotent no · open-world no

    4 inputs, 1 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • effectsarray“Effect names; omit for all”
    • enabledboolean“Turn the effects on or off instead of removing them”
  • apply_preseton 3 other serverscreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Apply an animation preset (.ffx) to layers (Animation > Apply Animation Preset)”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    3 inputs, 2 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • presetFilestringrequired“Absolute .ffx path”
  • find_effectsreads or searches

    “Browse the effects on the Effect menu by category (Blur & Sharpen, Distort, Generate, Expression Controls, ...) or by name, from the built-in effect catalog: display name, match name, category, the c…”

    Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    4 inputs
    • categorystring“Only effects in this Effect menu category”
    • querystring“Only effects whose display name or match name contains this text”
    • controlsboolean“Include each effect's documented controls”
    • limitinteger“Most effects to return”
  • set_effect_controlscreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Apply an effect from the Effect menu to layers by display name or match name and set any of its controls by name in the same call, or set the controls of an effect already on the layers (Effect Contr…”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    7 inputs, 1 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • effectstring“The effect to apply: its display name (e.g.”
    • existingstring or integer“An effect already on the layer: its name in the Effect Controls panel (e.g.”
    • controlsobject“Control names (as in the Effect Controls panel, or match names) to values, e.g.”
    • timenumber“Seconds: set each control as a keyframe at this time”
    • namestring“Rename the effect”
  • get_effect_controlsreads or searches

    “Read the controls of effects on layers (Effect Controls panel): each control's name, match name, type (number, menu, point, point3d, color, layer, mask, topic, group or custom; checkboxes are numbers…”

    Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    4 inputs, 1 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • effectstring or integer“An effect already on the layer: its name in the Effect Controls panel (e.g.”
    • timenumber“Read values at this time (seconds) instead of the current time”
  • organize_effectscreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Duplicate effects on their layers (Edit > Duplicate), move an effect up or down the layer's effect stack (drag in the Effect Controls panel), or copy effects with their keyframes and expressions to o…”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    6 inputs, 2 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • actionstringrequired“What to do”
    • effectsarray“Applied effects by name, match name or position (1 = top); omit for all (one effect for move)”
    • positioninteger“move: the new position in the stack, 1 = top”
    • toobject“copy_to_layers: the layers to paste the effects onto”
  • add_text_layeron 1 other servercreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Add a text layer (Layer > New > Text, or the Horizontal and Vertical Type tools): point text, or paragraph text in a box, horizontal or vertical, optionally named and placed”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    7 inputs, 1 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • textstringrequired“The text; line breaks start new lines”
    • kindstring“point text (default) or paragraph text in a box”
    • orientationstring“Horizontal Type tool (default) or Vertical Type tool”
    • boxSizearray“Paragraph text: [width, height] of the box in pixels.”
    • positionarray“[x, y] in pixels from the composition's top-left”
    • namestring“Layer name”
  • set_texton 11 other serverscreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Set a text layer's Source Text and formatting (Character and Paragraph panels) for the whole layer or a range of characters or paragraphs: font (by PostScript name, or family and style), size, fill a…”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    48 inputs, 1 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • rangeobject“Format only part of the text.”
    • textstring“New text (with range: replaces the range); line breaks start new lines”
    • fontstring“PostScript font name (find_fonts lists them)”
    • fontFamilystring“Font family, with fontStyle, chosen through the font list (app.fonts)”
    • fontStylestring“Font style with fontFamily, e.g.”
    • fontSizenumber“Pixels”
    • fillColorstring“Fill colour; turns fill on”
    • strokeColorstring“Stroke colour; turns stroke on”
    • applyFillboolean“false: No Fill Color”
    • applyStrokeboolean“false: No Stroke Color”
    • strokeWidthnumber“Pixels”
    • strokeOverFillboolean“true: Stroke Over Fill; false: Fill Over Stroke”
    • lineJoinstring“Stroke line join”
    • trackingnumber“Thousandths of an em; 0 resets tracking”
    • kerningnumber“Manual kerning, thousandths of an em”
    • autoKerningstring“Metrics or Optical kerning, or none”
    • leadingnumber“Pixels; turns auto leading off”
    • justificationstring“Paragraph alignment”
    • fauxBoldboolean“Faux Bold”
    • fauxItalicboolean“Faux Italic”
    • allCapsboolean“All Caps”
    • smallCapsboolean“Small Caps”
    • baselineShiftnumber“Pixels”

    and 23 more not listed here.

  • get_texton 15 other serversreads or searches

    “Read text layers' Source Text: text, font (with its PostScript name, family, style and variable axes), character and paragraph formatting, point or paragraph text and box size, and where each paragra…”

    Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    2 inputs, 1 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
  • find_fontsreads or searches

    “Search the fonts After Effects can use (Character panel font menu, app.fonts) by name, or list only variable fonts or missing and substituted fonts.”

    Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    4 inputs
    • querystring“Text to find in the family, style, full or PostScript name; omit for all”
    • variableOnlyboolean“Only variable fonts (with design axes)”
    • missingboolean“List the project's missing or substituted fonts instead”
    • limitinteger“Most fonts to return.”
  • set_font_optionscreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Set the favourite font families shown in the Character panel font menu, or have After Effects rescan font folders outside the system ones (such as the Adobe local Fonts folder) for added or removed f…”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    2 inputs
    • favoritesarray“Font family names: replaces the favourites list”
    • rescanFontFoldersboolean“Rescan non-system font folders”
  • set_text_optionscreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Set a text layer's Path Options (text on a mask path: Reverse Path, Perpendicular To Path, Force Alignment, First and Last Margin), More Options (Anchor Point Grouping, Grouping Alignment, Fill & Str…”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    15 inputs, 1 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • pathinteger“Path Options > Path: the index of a mask on the same layer; 0 for none”
    • reversePathboolean“Path Options > Reverse Path”
    • perpendicularToPathboolean“Path Options > Perpendicular To Path”
    • forceAlignmentboolean“Path Options > Force Alignment”
    • firstMarginnumber“Path Options > First Margin, pixels”
    • lastMarginnumber“Path Options > Last Margin, pixels”
    • anchorPointGroupingstring“More Options > Anchor Point Grouping”
    • groupingAlignmentarray“More Options > Grouping Alignment, [x, y] percent”
    • fillAndStrokestring“More Options > Fill & Stroke (needs per-character 3D off)”
    • interCharacterBlendinginteger“More Options > Inter-Character Blending: 1-based position in its blending mode menu (1 = Normal)”
    • variableFontSpacinginteger“More Options > Variable Font Spacing: 1-based position in its menu; present only when a variable font axis is animated”
    • perCharacter3Dboolean“Enable Per-character 3D”
    • orientCharactersboolean“true: Orient Each Character Independently toward the camera (turns on per-character 3D); false: turn it off”
  • set_text_animatorcreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Add a text animator (Animation > Animate Text) with its properties (position, scale, rotation, opacity, fill colour, tracking, blur, character value, variable font axes, All Transform Properties...) …”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    7 inputs, 1 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • animatorinteger or string“An existing animator to change: its 1-based index or name (list_text_animators).”
    • namestring“Name for the animator”
    • propertiesobject“Animator properties to add (or set, when already there), each to a value or true for its default.”
    • fontAxesarray“Variable font axes to animate (Animate Text > Variable Font Axes)”
    • selectorsarray“Selectors to add, or with selector: n, to change”
  • list_text_animatorsreads or searches

    “List text layers' animators (Text > Animator groups) with their properties and values and their selectors”

    Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    2 inputs, 1 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
  • remove_text_animatorsdeletesdescribed as changing data

    “Remove text animators from text layers: chosen ones by index or name, or all of them (Animation > Remove All Text Animators)”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive yes · idempotent no · open-world no

    4 inputs, 1 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • animatorsarray“Animators to remove: 1-based indexes or names”
    • allboolean“Remove every animator”
  • convert_text_layerscreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Convert layers with a Layer menu command: Create Shapes from Text (new shape layers with the outlines), Create Masks from Text (a solid with a mask per character), or Convert to Editable Text (Photos…”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    3 inputs, 2 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • actionstringrequired“shapes: Create Shapes from Text; masks: Create Masks from Text; editable: Convert to Editable Text”
  • show_text_panelsdescribed as changing data

    “Show the Character or Paragraph panel (Window > Character, Window > Paragraph), or toggle both text panels”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    1 input, 1 required
    • panelstringrequired“character, paragraph, or toggle (show or hide both)”
  • add_maskon 1 other servercreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Add a mask to layers: a rectangle or ellipse from bounds, or a path from points, all in the layer's own pixel coordinates; with its mode, feather, opacity, expansion and inversion”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

    12 inputs, 1 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • shapestring“Default rectangle”
    • boundsobject“Rectangle or ellipse bounds”
    • pointsarray“Path points [[x, y], ...]”
    • closedboolean“Path: closed.”
    • modestring“Default add”
    • feathernumber“Pixels”
    • opacitynumber
    • expansionnumber“Pixels”
    • invertedboolean
    • namestring
  • list_masksreads or searches

    “List the masks on layers (Timeline panel, Masks group): index, name, mode, inversion, lock, colour, RotoBezier, motion blur, feather falloff, feather, opacity, expansion, selection and vertex count; …”

    Publisher declares: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    4 inputs, 1 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • masksobject“Which masks on each layer: indexes (1-based, as in the Timeline) or names.”
    • pathsboolean“Include each mask path: vertices, tangents, closed and variable-width feather points.”
  • set_maskscreates or changes datadescribed as changing data

    “Change masks on layers (Layer > Mask): mode, inversion, lock (or lock every other mask: Lock Other Masks; unlock them all: Unlock All Masks), outline colour, RotoBezier, Motion Blur (same as layer, o…”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

    16 inputs, 1 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • masksobject“Which masks on each layer: indexes (1-based, as in the Timeline) or names.”
    • modestring“Mask mode”
    • invertedboolean“Invert the mask”
    • lockedboolean“Lock or unlock the masks (false with masks omitted: Unlock All Masks)”
    • lockOthersboolean“Lock every other mask on the layer (Lock Other Masks)”
    • colorstring“Mask outline colour in the viewers and Timeline, "#RRGGBB" or "rgb(r,g,b)"”
    • rotoBezierboolean“RotoBezier: curves calculated through the vertices”
    • motionBlurstring“Mask motion blur (Layer > Mask > Motion Blur)”
    • featherFalloffstring“Feather falloff curve (Layer > Mask > Feather Falloff)”
    • feathernumber“Feather in pixels, both directions”
    • opacitynumber“Mask opacity, percent”
    • expansionnumber“Mask expansion in pixels”
    • namestring“Rename the mask (one mask per layer only)”
    • selectedboolean“Select or deselect the masks”
  • manage_masksdeletesdescribed as changing data

    “Delete masks (or all of them: Layer > Masks > Remove All Masks), duplicate them (Edit > Duplicate), select them or move the selection to the next or previous mask, toggle Layer > Mask > Hide Locked M…”

    Publisher declares: read-only no · destructive yes · idempotent no · open-world no

    5 inputs, 2 required
    • compobject“Which composition.”
    • layersobjectrequired“Which layers.”
    • masksobject“Which masks on each layer: indexes (1-based, as in the Timeline) or names.”
    • actionstringrequired“delete (every mask when masks is omitted), duplicate, select (only these), select_next or select_previous (from the selected mask on each layer), toggle_hide_l…”
    • effectstring or integer“reference_in_effect: the effect on the layer, by name or 1-based index in the Effect Controls panel”

Each quoted sentence is the first sentence of the publisher’s own description. The kind of tool and the “changes data” mark are our AI model’s reading of that description, not something we tested: two differently worded runs had to agree, otherwise no label is shown, and nobody has checked them by hand. A tool without the “changes data” mark is described as only reading, searching or calculating, or the two runs did not agree. No tool was called. Read the publisher’s full description before relying on it. “Publisher declares” lists the hints the server itself sends with the tool (MCP annotations: read-only, destructive, idempotent, open-world); they are the publisher's claims, not checked by us. Inputs are the parameters in the tool's own input schema: name, declared type, whether it is required, and the first sentence of its description. The first 100 of 164 tools are listed. Read 2026-10-23.

How well are its tools described?

Features #4 and #5

How clearly this server's own tool descriptions say what a tool does, and how consistent its tool list is. The first part is an AI model's yes/no reading of each description; the second part is counted. We do not turn it into a grade.

Descriptions

AI reading of each description

Says what the tool does
100% of 160 tools
Says what it returns
16% of 152 tools
States limits, defaults or errors
3% of 158 tools
Says when to use it
0% of 160 tools
Items covered per tool
1.2 of 4 on average

Counted from the listing

Parameters with a description
96% of 1,013
Tools with a description
100% of 164
Typical description length
259 characters

The tool set

Counted from the listing

Tools
164
Size of the list
about 68,782 tokens for an agent to load (characters ÷ 4)
Naming
162 of 164 names use snake_case

AI reading: easy to mix up

No pair found.

The AI items cover 160 of 164 tools: for a tool where two differently worded runs disagreed, that item is left out. They were not checked by hand, and no tool was called. “Easy to mix up” means two tools whose names or descriptions overlap without saying how they differ; the AI found none, comparing tools within groups of 40. We do not rate whether the tool set is complete or whether side effects are spelled out, because our AI reading of those was not reliable enough.

How do I add it to my client?

Config from the registry entry

From the npm package adobe-mcp-aftereffects

Our sandbox started this package on 2026-10-23 (a read-only session: no tool was called).

Add to CursorAn install link in the format Cursor documents, holding the Cursor config below. The command runs the publisher’s code on your machine.

Claude Desktop · claude_desktop_config.json (Settings → Developer → Edit Config)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "adobe-mcp-aftereffects": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "adobe-mcp-aftereffects@0.1.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}
Cursor · .cursor/mcp.json in a project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "adobe-mcp-aftereffects": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "adobe-mcp-aftereffects@0.1.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}
VS Code · .vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "adobe-mcp-aftereffects": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "adobe-mcp-aftereffects@0.1.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}
VS Code (command line) · Bash or zsh terminal (macOS, Linux)
code --add-mcp '{"name":"adobe-mcp-aftereffects","type":"stdio","command":"npx","args":["-y","adobe-mcp-aftereffects@0.1.0"]}'
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport stdio adobe-mcp-aftereffects -- npx -y adobe-mcp-aftereffects@0.1.0
Try it in the MCP Inspector · runs on your machine, opens in your browser · Node 22.19+
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector@2.11.0 -- npx -y adobe-mcp-aftereffects@0.1.0
  • Optional settings the entry also lists (left out above): AFTEREFFECTS_APP_NAME, AFTEREFFECTS_ALLOWED_DIRS, AFTEREFFECTS_SCRIPT_TIMEOUT_MS.
  • This runs the publisher's code on your machine (npx). Read its README first.
  • The MCP Inspector lists the server's tools, resources and prompts; a tool you call there runs for real.

Built from the server's registry entry with each client's documented format (checked 2026-10-14; the Cursor link and the VS Code command 2026-10-19; the MCP Inspector command 2026-10-21). Values in < > are yours to fill in; this page never contains a key. Where the server needs a setting the entry does not declare, it can still fail to start.

Can it be installed, and is it up to date?

Version pin · advisories

Listed version

Registry lists
0.1.0
Latest stable
0.1.0
Status
current
Withdrawn
no

Source: registry.npmjs.org · 2026-10-23. About the version the registry lists; a manual install may resolve to a different one.

Dependency advisories

critical0high0moderate0low0

Counted in the full dependency tree as resolved on 2026-10-23 (npm audit). Bars share one scale. The package itself has no known vulnerability (OSV.dev).

Integrity, provenance, license

Integrity
sha512-ytY4OHnKMdUjLFHMk…
Signature
signed
License
MIT

Source: the package registry · 2026-10-23.

Does the registry listing match what we found?

Feature #6

The registry verifies a package once, when it is published, and does not re-check it. A difference below is about the listing, not a judgement of the publisher.

Registry saysWe foundResultSource · date
Published package can be startedStarted and answeredmatchesour test · 2026-10-23
Version 0.1.0 on npmExists and can be installedmatchesnpm · 2026-10-23
Repository github.com/zachshallbetter/adobe-mcpOpens publiclymatchesapi.github.com · 2026-10-23

Who made it?

Feature #7 · lineage

Facts about the publisher. We do not turn them into a trust score.

Namespace
io.github.zachshallbetter · 7 servers
GitHub owner
a personal account (zachshallbetter)
Build record
signed
Repository
github.com/zachshallbetter/adobe-mcp
Stars
26
Repository age
over a year
Last push
0–30 days ago
Archived
no
Security policy
SECURITY.md

Source: the registry entry and api.github.com · 2026-10-23; security policy read from GitHub · 2026-10-23.

Publish this server? Run these checks against it yourself before release, from your own machine: a server the command starts, or your own server at its URL after a one-time proof that you control it: npx protocolprobe-selftest.

Choosing

Record checks

Public records · not a safety rating

8 of 9 record checks met

  • Not ranked by downloads: no download figure available
  • #1,622 of 22,952 repositories by GitHub stars, tied with 34 others (repository shared with 5 other registry entries)
  • MetRegistry entry is active and says how to run itActive, with a package or a remote address.
  • MetSource repository link opensThe linked GitHub repository is public.
  • MetRepository is not archivedNot archived.
  • MetCode pushed to the repository in the 90 days before our checkLast push 0-30 days before our check.
  • MetRepository publishes a security policy (SECURITY.md)SECURITY.md found.
  • MetPackage names its licence with a standard (SPDX) identifierMIT
  • MetThe version the registry lists can be installed and is not withdrawnThe listed version exists and is current.
  • Not metnpm package carries build provenance (attestation)Signed by npm, but no build attestation.
  • MetNo known critical or high advisory in the package or its dependenciesNone known in the package or its dependency tree.

Read from public records only: the registry entry, npm/PyPI, GitHub and advisory databases, checked 2026-10-23. No tool was called. Only “met” and “not met” are counted, so the total differs between servers; a check that does not apply or that we could not run is listed, never counted against it. It is not a safety rating. How each check works · Leaderboards

Common questions about io.github.zachshallbetter/adobe-mcp-aftereffects

Answered from the data above

Is io.github.zachshallbetter/adobe-mcp-aftereffects safe to install?

We do not rate servers as safe or unsafe. 8 of its 9 applicable record checks are met (facts from public records, each listed on this page). What the records show: Its source repository opens publicly. Its repository had a push in the last 90 days. The listed version is the latest stable release. The package itself has no known vulnerability (OSV.dev). Its full dependency tree has no known advisory. 136 of its tools describe changing data (our AI model's reading of the descriptions). These are facts with their sources on this page, not a safety guarantee, and we did not run its tools.

Has io.github.zachshallbetter/adobe-mcp-aftereffects been security tested?

Partly. 2 of the 12 checks that apply to it were exercised. We started the package in an isolated sandbox and read what it declares, but this test round was read-only, so its tools were not called. No security verdict is published before verification.

What can io.github.zachshallbetter/adobe-mcp-aftereffects do?

It lists 164 tools. In our AI model's reading of their descriptions (two runs had to agree, nobody checked it by hand), they include tools that read or search, create or change data, delete, run code or commands, control a browser or desktop and manage infrastructure and more. We did not call any tool, so this describes the text, not the behaviour.

Can io.github.zachshallbetter/adobe-mcp-aftereffects change or delete data?

136 of its tools say in their description that they create, edit, delete, send or run something (our AI model's reading). We did not call any tool, so we cannot say what actually happens.

Does io.github.zachshallbetter/adobe-mcp-aftereffects publish a security policy?

Yes: its repository has a public security policy (github.com/zachshallbetter/adobe-mcp/blob/HEAD/SECURITY.md). That is the publisher's statement, not permission for us to test the server, and we call none of its tools.

Is the listed version current?

Yes. The registry lists 0.1.0, the latest stable release on npm.

Where is the source code of io.github.zachshallbetter/adobe-mcp-aftereffects?

In github.com/zachshallbetter/adobe-mcp, which opens publicly.

Found this page useful?

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Similar servers

Same topic · AI-read

Active servers whose topic is also “media-and-design” and that have at least one tool of the same kind; most kinds in common first, then most GitHub stars. The topic and the tool kinds are an AI model's reading of the publishers' descriptions, not checked by hand. Similar is not a recommendation.

Compare with another server

Side by side: registry entry, our read-only session, the tools and the 18 classification fields. Same values as each page; no score.

Security testing

What did we test, and what did we leave out?

18 checks · features #1, #2

Not probed (read-only run)

We started the package in an isolated sandbox and read what it declares, but this test round was read-only, so its tools were not called. No security score is given; a check we did not run is never counted as passed.

The 18 checks at a glanceour test · 2026-10-23
  1. Inventory: exercised
  2. Hidden instructions: exercised
  3. Real execution: not run · our policy
  4. Secret leak: not run · nothing to check it against
  5. Internal addresses: not run · our policy
  6. Unconfirmed changes: not run · our policy
  7. Bad input: not run · our policy
  8. Model requests: not run · nothing to check it against
  9. Sensitive questions: not run · nothing to check it against
  10. Folder boundary: not run · our policy
  11. Log leaks: not run · nothing to check it against
  12. Hidden content: not run · nothing to check it against
  13. Fake assistant turns: not applicable
  14. Token passthrough: not applicable
  15. Token audience: not applicable
  16. Sign-in redirect: not applicable
  17. Consent handling: not applicable
  18. Sign-in metadata: not applicable

2 exercised10 not run (reason given)6 not applicable

Each check ends in exactly one state: exercised, not run (with the reason), or not applicable (with the reason). 2 of the 12 checks that apply to it were exercised. We do not publish security-check outcomes for named servers.

Exercised · 2
  • 1Inventory
    tool-list    Reads the declared tools, resources and prompts.exercised
  • 2Hidden instructions
    description-poisoning    Looks for hidden instructions in tool descriptions.exercised
Not run, with the reason · 10
  • 3Real execution
    real-execution    Calls a tool and checks what really happens.This check calls the package's tools. This test round was read-only, so no tool was called; tools can act on outside services with the publisher's or a user's account.not run · our policy
  • 4Secret leak
    canary-leak    Plants a fake secret and checks whether it leaks.This check needs at least one successful tool call to have something to check, and no tool was called.not run · nothing to check it against
  • 5Internal addresses
    ssrf    Checks whether a tool can be steered to internal addresses.This check calls the package's tools. This test round was read-only, so no tool was called; tools can act on outside services with the publisher's or a user's account.not run · our policy
  • 6Unconfirmed changes
    write-without-confirmation    Checks whether tools that change data act without asking.This check calls the package's tools. This test round was read-only, so no tool was called; tools can act on outside services with the publisher's or a user's account.not run · our policy
  • 7Bad input
    error-handling    Sends bad input and watches how the server answers.This check calls the package's tools. This test round was read-only, so no tool was called; tools can act on outside services with the publisher's or a user's account.not run · our policy
  • 8Model requests
    sampling    Checks whether the server asks the client's model to act for it.This check needs at least one successful tool call to have something to check, and no tool was called.not run · nothing to check it against
  • 9Sensitive questions
    elicitation-sensitive-data    Checks whether the server asks users for sensitive data.This check needs at least one successful tool call to have something to check, and no tool was called.not run · nothing to check it against
  • 10Folder boundary
    root-boundary    Checks whether the server reaches outside the folders it was given.This check calls the package's tools. This test round was read-only, so no tool was called; tools can act on outside services with the publisher's or a user's account.not run · our policy
  • 11Log leaks
    logging-side-channel    Checks whether log messages carry data they should not.This check needs at least one successful tool call to have something to check, and no tool was called.not run · nothing to check it against
  • 12Hidden content
    audience-hiding    Checks resources that hide content from the user.This check needs content the server returns, and nothing was read or called.not run · nothing to check it against
Does not apply to this server · 6
  • 13Fake assistant turns
    fake-assistant-turn    Checks prompts that pose as the assistant's own words.The server exposes no prompts.not applicable
  • 14Token passthrough
    token-passthrough    Checks whether the server forwards a user's token to other services.The server runs locally over standard input/output, so there is no sign-in flow to check.not applicable
  • 15Token audience
    token-audience-validation    Checks whether tokens meant for another service are accepted.The server runs locally over standard input/output, so there is no sign-in flow to check.not applicable
  • 16Sign-in redirect
    open-redirect    Checks the sign-in redirect for abuse.The server runs locally over standard input/output, so there is no sign-in flow to check.not applicable
  • 17Consent handling
    confused-deputy    Checks consent handling when one service acts for another.The server runs locally over standard input/output, so there is no sign-in flow to check.not applicable
  • 18Sign-in metadata
    oauth-url-scheme    Checks the published sign-in metadata for unsafe URLs.The server runs locally over standard input/output, so there is no sign-in flow to check.not applicable

Source: our own test in an isolated sandbox, 2026-10-23, mcp-runtime-engine@0.1.0. Which checks count and why follows our published scoring model.

What happened during the test?

Feature #8

The steps in order, as the test record holds them.

  1. 0 msStarted the published package in an isolated sandbox (read-only mode)
  2. 3,480 msConnected after 0 redirects.
  3. Read the inventory: 164 tools, 0 resources, 0 prompts.
  4. 4,857 msFinished: 2 checks exercised.

Reference

How is it classified?

18 fields

One value per field, each with its source. Fields written by AI models are marked. A field with no value says why.

TopicAI-classified
media-and-design
AI-classified · 2026-10-23
Pricing modelAI-classified
not checked
no website in the registry entry
Programming language
JavaScript
api.github.com · 2026-10-23
Hosting type
local package
registry · 2026-10-23
MCP capability
tools
our test · 2026-10-23
Transport
standard input/output
registry · 2026-10-23
Required credentials
none declared
registry · no declaration is not a guarantee
Package registry
npm
registry · 2026-10-23
Freshness
0–30 days
registry updatedAt · 2026-10-23
Lifecycle status
active
registry · 2026-10-23
License class
permissive
package registry · 2026-10-23
Integrity hash
declared (sri)
package registry · 2026-10-23
Signature / provenance
signed
package registry · 2026-10-23
Dependency advisories
none known
npm audit · 2026-10-23
Popularity
not known (our limit)
Our lookup failed (network error, timeout or rate limit). This is our limit, not the server's.
Publisher signals
owner: a personal account · repository age: over a year · stars: 10–99 · build record: signed
api.github.com · 2026-10-23
Maintenance
active
api.github.com · 2026-10-23
Environment
your machine
where it runs, from the hosting type

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