by MotionAmigo·Motion Graphics
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MotionAmigo earns a place in the aescripts library for putting an AI agent directly inside After Effects, writing to your timeline rather than routing through a separate app or web tool.
MotionAmigo is an After Effects plugin that brings AI agents into motion design workflows. Its CEP panel spawns a Claude Code or Codex instance inside AE, running on your own AI subscription. The panel docks alongside your other extensions and writes directly to your timeline, with no separate app, no web tool, and no cloud round-trip.
Through MotionAmigo, your agent connects to a remote MCP server to become an After Effects scripting expert. With 300+ tools spanning compositions, layers, shapes, keyframes, expressions, and more, the agent can animate and design from natural language.
MotionAmigo runs on macOS 13 (Ventura) or later and an Apple Silicon Mac (M1, M2, M3, or M4), with After Effects 2024 or later. It requires one AI CLI installed and authenticated — either Claude Code with a Pro/Max plan, or Codex with a ChatGPT Plus/Pro plan. A demo video is available.
MotionAmigo is best for motion designers working in After Effects who want to drive animation and design through natural-language AI agents.
MotionAmigo is completely free to download and use.
MotionAmigo supports After Effects 2026, 2025, and 2024, and lists After Effects 2024 or later as its minimum. If you're running one of those versions on a supported system, the CEP panel docks alongside your other extensions and writes directly to your timeline. For host versions outside that range, check the developer's page before installing to confirm current compatibility with your setup and workflow.
MotionAmigo runs on macOS 13 (Ventura) or later and requires an Apple Silicon Mac — M1, M2, M3, or M4. It does not list support for Windows or Intel-based Macs. Together with After Effects 2024 or later, these are the stated requirements for running the panel, so an Apple Silicon machine on a current macOS release is what you'll need. Check the developer's page for the latest requirements before installing.
MotionAmigo requires one AI CLI installed and authenticated before use — either Claude Code with a Pro/Max plan, or Codex with a ChatGPT Plus/Pro plan. The panel runs on your own AI subscription and spawns a Claude Code or Codex instance inside After Effects. From version 1.1.13, sign-in instructions point you to run the CLI itself and choose the subscription login it offers, and CLIs installed via nvm are auto-detected.
MotionAmigo is listed as free in this catalog. It does run on your own AI subscription, though — either Claude Code with a Pro/Max plan or Codex with a ChatGPT Plus/Pro plan — which you provide separately through the respective vendor. That subscription, not pay-per-use API billing, is the recommended way to sign in. For current licensing and any changes to how the plugin itself is distributed, check the developer's page before installing to confirm the details that apply to your setup.
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