Typed write ops
Bifrost
86
Higgsfield
~65
patch-contract.mjs — full AE mutation surface
Agent Bridge · MCP
The After Effects MCP that finished the benchmark ahead.
Drive a live AE session from Cursor, Claude, or any MCP client. Inspect the project, apply typed patches, capture stills, undo — with a wider write surface than Higgsfield, and the ops their agents had to work around.
Benchmarked vs Higgsfield
The comparison went our way
86 write ops01
vs ~65 AE tools
~90 effect aliases02
vs 24 friendly keys
addFootageToComp03
they cannot place footage
moveLayer04
their reorder path is broken
Head to head
Bigger op list. Working footage. Working reorder.
Side-by-side on the things that actually blocked real After Effects agent work.
Effect aliases
Bifrost
~90
Higgsfield
24
Friendly keys mapped for agents — nothing thin to fill
Footage into comps
Bifrost
addFootageToComp
Higgsfield
Missing
Higgsfield cannot place project footage into a comp at all
Layer reorder
Bifrost
moveLayer
Higgsfield
Broken
Their ae_reorder_layers fails — agents end up designing around it
No Higgsfield counterpart
Three tools they simply do not have.
Beyond the larger write surface — these are the escapes and evidence layers that keep agents productive when a typed path is not enough.
ae_run_script
The ExtendScript escape hatch when no typed op fits — still inside the batch undo group, not a wild side channel.
ae_mutation_ledger
Before/after evidence for every change. Strictly better than a single read-back-verified gradient op dressed up as proof.
ae_show_skills
Versioned skills the agent can discover and reuse — the capability often assumed elsewhere, shipped here.
MCP tool surface
Not only the panel path — a full agent bridge.
Inspect, find, capture, checkpoint, and walk undo/redo from outside After Effects. Same token flow as the panel; same safety rails.
ae_inspect
Scope-aware project reads — comps, layers, structure.
ae_capture_still
PNG frames so the agent can actually see the comp.
ae_get_property
Targeted property reads without dumping the whole project.
ae_find_layers
Locate layers by name, type, or relationship.
ae_atlas
Project atlas for large show files.
ae_checkpoint
Safe restore points before risky batches.
ae_undo
Single-step undo through the same bridge.
ae_redo
Redo when you need to walk the change forward again.
Why agents stall elsewhere
Higgsfield forces workarounds. Bifrost finishes the job.
The gaps are not theoretical — they are the empty comps, inverted mattes, and silent colour drops that show up in real agent sessions.
Higgsfield MCP
Bifrost Agent Bridge
~65 AE tools, thinner effect map (24 friendly keys)
86 typed write ops and ~90 effect aliases already mapped
No way to put project footage into a comp
addFootageToComp finishes the package instead of leaving an empty browser comp
ae_reorder_layers broken — agents redesign stacks around inverted track mattes
Working moveLayer — obvious layer order just works
Gradient tool exists partly because typed colour values were silently swallowed
Typed patch path with required fields, preflight, and mutation evidence
Read-back verification on narrow ops
ae_mutation_ledger — before/after evidence across the run
No first-class script escape + skills surface
ae_run_script + ae_show_skills for the cases typed ops cannot cover
Included with every plan
One licence key. Panel, QC'er, and MCP.
Agent Bridge is no longer a separate add-on. Activate your Solo or Team key on Home, open the AI tab, and start the bridge — same approval and undo-group safety as the panel.
- Bundled with Entry, Pro, Studio, Team and Enterprise
- Unlocks from the same key you already activate
- Dashboard MCP badge shows which seats are live