Sees your comp
Layers, keyframes, expressions, renders — Claude works from what's actually there, not a guess.
Hand Claude the keys to After Effects.
Valet is the agent concierge for After Effects. Install one panel and Claude can see your comp, make changes you approve, and hand you back a finished render — with a full paper trail.
Powers the same bridge that drives DataDriver and CameraOp.
How it works
1
In AE
Install Valet
One signed panel. It carries everything — no terminal setup inside After Effects.
2
In browser
Connect Claude
Sign in to Claude Code with your own account, click once to register Valet, and you're linked.
3
In AE
Ask for what you want
Claude reads the comp, proposes changes, and asks before it touches anything. You approve, it applies, you render.
An agent that can see the project.
Six things Valet does so Claude isn't guessing at your comp.
Asks first
Every change is proposed before it's applied. Approve it, tweak it, or refuse it.
Renders proof
Frame renders before and after, so you can see what changed — not just read about it.
Speaks DataDriver and CameraOp
Valet is the same bridge those panels ride on. One install serves all three.
Versioned like a grown-up
Signed releases, update notices in the panel, release notes on this site.
A full paper trail
Every write is logged. Diagnostics are one click when something looks off.
What you need — a Claude Code account (your usage, your billing), Node 18+, and After Effects on macOS (Apple Silicon). Valet is the concierge, Claude is the driver.
Setup guide — step by step, for Valet and the panels it drives.
Agent skills — what Claude can actually do once it's connected.
Ask Claude for things like these.
- Fix this expressionPoint Claude at what's broken and get a proposed fix, not a guess.
- Stagger these layersAsk for a staggered entrance across a group, approve it, done.
- Render me a proof frameBefore/after frames without touching the render queue yourself.
- Rig this comp to my dataHand off a comp and a source; Claude proposes the bindings.