After Effects MCP vs Video Edit MCP

In-depth architectural comparison of the After Effects MCP and Video Edit MCP MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose After Effects MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Multimedia Process domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: Composition and layer management, Deep composition and layer inspection, Arabic/RTL and locale-independent workflows.

Explore After Effects MCP Details

Choose Video Edit MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Multimedia Process domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: Video trimming, merging, resizing, cropping, and rotation, Effects, overlays, and codec-controlled format conversion, Audio extraction, mixing, fading, and soundtrack replacement.

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	After Effects MCP a-y-ibrahim Multimedia Process	Video Edit MCP Multimedia Process
Summary	Control Adobe After Effects from any MCP client: arbitrary ExtendScript, background rendering, deep comp/layer inspection, and first-class Arabic/RTL & multilingual support (works on AE in any UI language). 47 tools.	Comprehensive video and audio editing MCP server with advanced operations including trimming, merging, effects, overlays, format conversion, audio processing, YouTube downloads, and smart memory management for chaining operations without intermediate files
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Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "a-y-ibrahim-after-effects-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "a-y-ibrahim-after-effects-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "video-edit-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--python",
        "3.11",
        "video-edit-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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