Setup guide

One setup. Every panel.

DataDriver, CameraOp, and Valet all share the same AI stack. Set it up once here and every panel picks it up — nothing to configure inside After Effects, and no key you ever have to paste in.

This table assumes a panel is already installed and open — that’s Step 1, right below.

FeatureNeeds
The agent — chat with Claude in any panelClaude Code
AI image generation & narration+ Higgsfield
Grounded data, real images, page screenshots+ Firecrawl
DataDriver's Agent tab (autonomous build & QA)+ Valet — macOS only, for now

Valet — the server behind DataDriver’s Agent tab — is macOS only for now. Windows support is on the roadmap.

Step 1 of 4

Install the panels

What it unlocks

The DataDriver, CameraOp, and Valet panels themselves — the extensions that run inside After Effects. Install whichever you use; each is optional, though Valet is required for DataDriver's Agent tab.

How to set it up

  1. Get access. Your welcome email carries your personal download links. No account yet? Request an invite. What’s new in each version lives on the releases page. Three panels, each optional: DataDriver, CameraOp, and Valet (Valet powers DataDriver’s Agent tab and is macOS only, for now).
  2. Install the .zxp with the free ZXP Installer from aescripts: open it, then drag the downloaded file in. If After Effects was already open, quit and reopen it — it won’t pick up a panel installed mid-session.
  3. In After Effects, go to Window → Extensions → DataDriver (or CameraOp, or Valet). First open shows a sign-in screen — use the same account as the website.

How to verify

The panel opens and shows its content instead of a blank frame. Its own setup / preflight strip tells you what else it needs — which is exactly what the rest of this guide covers. Everything below is for the agent features shared by all three panels.

Step 2 of 4

Install Claude Code

What it unlocks

The agent itself, in every panel. DataDriver, CameraOp, and Valet all talk to Claude through this one install — nothing panel-specific to set up.

How to set it up

  1. Prereq: Node 18 or later. Claude Code needs it on your PATH.
  2. Install Claude Code following the instructions there.
  3. Open Terminal and run claude once, then sign in with your Claude account when prompted.

How to verify

Open any panel's setup / preflight strip — the Claude row turns into a green Claude ✓ once it's found.

Step 3 of 4

Connect Higgsfield

What it unlocks

AI image generation in the Build Wizard, and narration / text-to-speech in Batch and URL-tour builds.

How to set it up

Higgsfield is a connector on your own Claude account, not a key you give our software. Sign in at claude.ai, open Settings → Connectors, find Higgsfield, and connect it.

Generation credits bill to your Higgsfield account — nothing routes through DataDriver, CameraOp, or Valet.

How to verify

In the Build Wizard, the “AI generate” option enables — greyed out means the connector isn't linked yet.

Step 4 of 4

Install and sign in to Firecrawl

What it unlocks

The grounded-data tier: pulling real rows from a webpage, fetching real images, and taking page screenshots.

How to set it up

Install the CLI and authenticate in one step:

npx -y firecrawl-cli@1.14.8 -y

This installs firecrawl globally and opens your browser to sign in. Already installed? Update with npm update -g firecrawl-cli and (re)authenticate with firecrawl login --browser.

That login is the whole setup — no key to paste into any panel. The same credentials file the CLI writes on sign-in is what DataDriver, CameraOp, and Valet read for grounded data, image fetches, and screenshots.

How to verify

Run firecrawl --status in Terminal — it should report you as authenticated. Back in a panel, scraped media and screenshots stop failing with a credentials error.

See also: what the agent can do, in the skill catalog, and how it puts this to work in the three agent workflows.