# AEPilot

> AEPilot is an open-source, bring-your-own-key AI assistant that works inside Adobe After Effects. It inspects the open project, uses real After Effects tools, previews mutations, and verifies the result.

AEPilot is designed for motion designers who want to create new motion, continue existing work, or refine compositions through conversation without giving up control of the project. The assistant can reference precise compositions, layers, and folders, inspect the current state before acting, and keep each approved mutation inside an After Effects undo boundary.

## Best-fit jobs

- Create or assemble motion inside an existing After Effects project from a natural-language request.
- Continue animation while respecting the composition, hierarchy, timing, and project context already present.
- Refine timing, easing, keyframes, properties, layers, effects, or expressions through a reviewable conversation.
- Diagnose project state and expression problems before proposing a change.
- Support privacy-sensitive workflows through user-supplied provider keys or compatible local endpoints.

## Operating model

1. The user identifies the relevant project context, including exact entities with inline @ references when useful.
2. AEPilot inspects the project through read-only tools before proposing a mutation.
3. Review mode shows the planned change before it touches the project; authorized autonomous mode can apply changes directly.
4. Mutations run locally through the After Effects bridge and preserve an honest undo or recovery boundary.
5. AEPilot re-inspects the result and reports what changed in plain language.

AEPilot is currently offered as a private preview. The open-source core is MIT-licensed and is intended to remain useful with user-owned provider credentials or local model endpoints.

## Site links

- [About AEPilot](https://aepilot.info/about)
- [Contact and support](https://aepilot.info/contact)
- [Privacy](https://aepilot.info/privacy)
- [Agent instructions](https://aepilot.info/llms.txt)
- [XML sitemap](https://aepilot.info/sitemap.xml)
- [Source code](https://github.com/Qwinty/AEPilot)