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• ae_add_itemwrite action

  Put a project item -- another COMP, or a footage item -- into a comp as a layer.

• ae_add_layer

  Add a layer to a comp: solid, text, null, adjustment, camera or light.

• ae_add_mask

  Add a mask to a layer from [x, y] vertices in layer space.

• ae_add_shape

  Add a shape layer (rectangle/ellipse/star/custom_path) to a comp.

• ae_aerender

  Render a comp headlessly via aerender.exe (does not block the AE UI).

• ae_apply_preset

  Apply an .ffx animation preset to a layer.

• ae_audit_project

  The health of the project: unused items, missing footage, broken expressions.

• ae_beat_grid

  Lay a tempo on a comp as one marker per beat, and make timing a vocabulary.

• ae_consolidate_footagewrite action

  Run AE's 'Consolidate All Footage' (merge duplicate footage items).

• ae_contact_sheet

  Render several moments of a comp into one labelled sheet and look at it.

• ae_copy_animation

  Copy one property's keyframes (easing included) from one layer onto others.

• ae_create_folderwrite action

  Create a folder in the project panel.

• ae_delete_itemwrite action

  Delete a project item. Refuses if it's still used somewhere unless force=True.

• ae_delete_layerwrite action

  Delete a layer from a comp, or a whole list of them in one pass.

• ae_duplicate_comp

  Duplicate a composition.

• ae_duplicate_layer

  Duplicate a layer, optionally renaming the copy.

• ae_effect

  Apply an effect to a layer, remove it, list what is on there, set one of its parameters, or copy the whole stack onto other layers.

• ae_find_usage

  Find every comp/layer where a project item is used. Check this before deleting.

• ae_get_project_info

  List items (comps, footage) in the active AE project, and its settings.

• ae_get_selection

  What the user currently has selected in AE (layers, properties, project items).

• ae_import_file

  Import a footage file into the AE project, and into a comp only if you name one.

• ae_import_folder

  Import every file in a directory in one round-trip, optionally into its own project folder.

• ae_inspect_layer

  Full detail of one layer: transform values, keyframes, expressions, effect parameters, masks.

• ae_interpret_footage

  Change how AE interprets a footage item: conform frame rate, loop count, alpha mode.

• ae_keyframe_easing

  Shape the keyframes a property already has: easing, interpolation, or both.

• ae_keyframeswrite action

  Put keyframes on a property, read them, delete them or shift them in time.

• ae_list_available_effects

  List every effect installed in AE with its matchName. Use `filter` to search (e.g. 'blur').

• ae_list_fonts

  List the fonts AE can use, by PostScript name. Check here before setting a font on a text layer.

• ae_list_layers

  List a comp's layers with type, source, timing, parenting, effects and what's animated.

• ae_list_presets

  List the .ffx animation presets this install can reach, with full paths.

• ae_markers

  Read or add markers, on a comp or on a layer. `op` is `get` or `add`.

• ae_move_to_folder

  Move project items into a folder.

• ae_new_compwrite action

  Create a new composition.

• ae_new_projectwrite action

  Create a new After Effects project.

• ae_open_project

  Open an After Effects project (.aep).

• ae_precompose

  Precompose the given layers into a new comp.

• ae_preview

  Render the work area as a small, slow movie and hand it back as a link.

• ae_reduce_projectwrite action

  Run AE's 'Reduce Project': strip everything the named comps don't need.

• ae_remove_unused_footagewrite action

  Run AE's 'Remove Unused Footage'.

• ae_render_frames

  Render a comp's frames to PNGs and wait until they are really on disk.

• ae_render_queue

  Work the render queue: `op` is `add`, `list` or `clear`.

• ae_render_status

  How a `wait=False` render is going, or all of them.

• ae_reorder_layer

  Move a layer in the stacking order. Give exactly one of to_index (1 = top), before, after.

• ae_replace_source

  Point a layer at a different footage item or comp, keeping its transform, keyframes and effects.

• ae_restack_by_artworkwrite action

  Put every pushed layer back in the stacking order the Illustrator artwork had.

• ae_run_scriptwrite action

  Run arbitrary ExtendScript in After Effects. Code receives (ok, fail, payload).

• ae_save_project

  Save the active AE project (SaveAs if path given).

• ae_see_frame

  Render one frame of a comp and return the image, so the result can be looked at.

• ae_set_comp

  Change a comp's settings (rename, size, duration, frame rate, work area).

• ae_set_expression

  Set a property's expression (pass an empty string to clear it).

• ae_set_layer

  Change a layer's properties. Only the arguments you pass are modified.

• ae_set_text

  Edit an existing text layer. Only the arguments you pass are changed.

• ae_set_track_matte

  Set a layer's track matte: alpha, alpha_inverted, luma, luma_inverted, or none to remove it.

• ae_split_layer

  Split a layer in two at the given time.

• ae_status

  Report After Effects install + bridge connection status, and the workspace.

• ai_add

  Draw a primitive: `kind` is `rect`, `ellipse`, `path` or `text`.

• ai_add_layer

  Add a new layer to the active Illustrator document.

• ai_artboard_items

  List the items that belong to one artboard, with their ids.

• ai_audit_assets

  What the document carries in its panels -- swatches, symbols, styles, images.

• ai_audit_for_animation

  Find what will break or degrade when this artwork is pushed to After Effects.

• ai_audit_structure

  Audit one frame's STRUCTURE with motion eyes: where does the hierarchy lie?

• ai_close_document

  Close the active Illustrator document.

• ai_cluster_items

  Propose how to group loose items. Read-only: nothing is modified.

• ai_contact_sheet

  Render every artboard small and tile them into one numbered sheet.

• ai_convert_color_space

  Convert the document color space. 'rgb' is what After Effects works in.

• ai_deletewrite action

  Delete things: `what` is `items`, `empty_layers`, `off_artboard` or `layer`.

• ai_deselect

  Clear the Illustrator selection.

• ai_diff_frames

  What changed between two frames of a storyboard -- which is the animation.

• ai_export

  Export the active Illustrator document to PNG/SVG/PDF/JPG.

• ai_export_artboards

  Export every artboard to its own file; the directory is created.

• ai_find_items

  Find items by any combination of criteria (AND). Returns their stable ids.

• ai_frame_tree

  Everything on one artboard WITH its hierarchy, in artboard-local coordinates.

• ai_get_selection

  Describe the current Illustrator selection (typename + name).

• ai_inspect_document

  Overview of the open document: artboards, color space, item counts by type, fonts, linked images.

• ai_inspect_item

  One item in full detail: bounds, fill, stroke, text, children.

• ai_layers_from_artboards

  Give each artboard its own layer and move its artwork into it.

• ai_list_artboards

  List artboards with size and position -- what each After Effects comp needs to match.

• ai_list_items

  List page items, filterable by layer and typename (PathItem, GroupItem, TextFrame, PlacedItem...).

• ai_list_layers

  List layers in the active Illustrator document.

• ai_list_layers_tree

  The full layer tree including sublayers, with per-layer item counts.

• ai_move_to_layer

  Move items into a layer, creating it if it doesn't exist.

• ai_new_documentwrite action

  Create a new Illustrator document.

• ai_open_document

  Open an existing Illustrator file (.ai / .pdf / .psd / .svg).

• ai_optimize

  Get a delivered file into a state you can actually produce from, in one call.

• ai_preparewrite action

  Run the preparation passes a delivered file needs, in the right order.

• ai_propagate_names

  Carry the names of ONE named frame to its neighbours, matching by geometry.

• ai_release_to_layerswrite action

  Put each top-level item of a layer onto its own layer.

• ai_rename_items

  Rename many items at once: [{"item": "2/0/5", "name": "cabeza"}, ...].

• ai_run_scriptwrite action

  Run arbitrary ExtendScript in Illustrator. The code receives (ok, fail, payload) and must call ok(data)/fail(msg).

• ai_save_document

  Save the active Illustrator document.

• ai_see_document

  Render the document and return the image itself, so the artwork can be looked at.

• ai_select

  Select items by artboard, layer, type, name or explicit list. Filters combine with AND.

• ai_select_layer

  Activate a layer by name in Illustrator.

• ai_set_item

  Rename an item or change its visibility, lock, opacity or blend mode.

• ai_set_layer

  Rename a layer or change its visibility, lock or opacity.

• ai_set_style

  Paint the current selection: fill, stroke, or both in one call.

• ai_status

  Report Illustrator connection status, version, document count and workspace.

• ai_track_frames

  Follow every element across a run of frames: the motion plan as one object.

• ai_ungroup

  Ungroup the selection one level.

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Mograph: common questions

Is Mograph MCP server safe?

With care: it is graded C, so read the findings first (57/100). Read the Mograph safety report

How do I install Mograph?

It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Claude Desktop or Cursor config from the install section.

Does Mograph need an API key?

No secret keys are declared. It reads 3 settings from the environment.

Is Mograph maintained?

The latest release is v0.12.0.

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