Show HN: Make Production Ready Videos in After Effects Using Claude Code

Category: devtools

Tags: after-effects, automation, video-production, mcp, ai-agents

Score: 7.5/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 8, Documentation: 8, Utility: 7)

Aftr is a bridge that exposes Adobe After Effects as a programmatic service via WebSocket and MCP, enabling AI agents like Claude Code to create and render videos autonomously. It combines a CEP panel, headless simulator, and an orchestration pipeline for self-correcting video production, making it a powerful tool for automating motion graphics workflows.

Target audience: video editors, motion designers, backend devs, ai engineers

Repository: https://github.com/Arman-Luthra/aftr · JavaScript · MIT · 5 stars

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