Motion by Frapea
One sentence to a finished animation: your AI writes motion graphics as code and checks real frames.
Connect it
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
URL: https://motion.frapea.com/mcpSettings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode
Create connector with URL: https://motion.frapea.com/mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"motion": {
"url": "https://motion.frapea.com/mcp"
}
}
}claude mcp add --transport http motion https://motion.frapea.com/mcp{
"servers": {
"motion": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://motion.frapea.com/mcp"
}
}
}20 tools, pulled live
close_compositioncan modifyCloses a composition and removes it from the user's tabs; its source is not kept. Meant for drafts made along the way. Needs an explicit id and never falls back to the active composition.
connectPairs this agent with a Motion browser tab using the eight-character code the user sees under the Connect MCP button (for example K7M4-P2Q9). Returns a session token that every other tool takes. The code works once; the token is what stays valid.
create_sessionStarts a Motion session when the user has no pairing code. Compositions can be created and edited at once; the returned link opens the session in a browser. Rendering frames, playback and anything touching media need that tab open (see wait_for_tab). The scene is kept for 24 hours after the last change.
wait_for_tabread-onlyWaits until the user's Motion tab connects to the session, for example after they open the link from create_session. Returns as soon as it connects, or after about 25 seconds with tabConnected false. Tools that render or touch media need the tab.
tell_userShows one short status sentence in the user's Motion tab while work is in progress, so they can tell progress from a stall. kind 'done' marks the job finished and 'problem' marks a blocker; step and of draw a progress bar. Changes nothing else. How it fits the workflow: read_skill {topic:'motion-workflow'}.
read_skillread-onlyReturns one of Motion's authoring guides as text. 'motion' is the API contract: what compiles, resolves and renders — compositions written without it usually fail. 'motion-craft' covers timing and design so results do not look generated; 'motion-text' typography; 'motion-effects' named looks; 'motion-transitions' sequencing scenes; 'motion-examples' two contrasting complete pieces; 'motion-workflo
list_mediaread-onlyLists the user's media library: folders, and files with id, name, kind, size and folder. `storage` says whether a file is 'linked' (still on their disk) or 'copied' (held by the browser); a linked file can need the user to re-grant access after a reload.
put_mediaAdds a file to the library as a new item; nothing existing is replaced. With `url`, the user's browser fetches it, so only public https hosts that send CORS headers work. `data` takes base64 bytes and is limited to about 700 KB, for small generated assets. Larger files on the caller's disk can be sent as an HTTP POST of the raw bytes to /media/upload?token=TOKEN&name=NAME on this server's origin (
get_mediaread-onlyReturns the raw bytes of one file, base64, capped at about 600 KB. For larger files and for video, inspect_media describes the content at a fraction of the size.
inspect_mediaread-onlyLooks inside an image or video and returns one contact sheet: each requested moment as a labelled cell in a single image. atSec takes up to 12 timestamps in seconds; omitted, the moments are spread evenly over the clip.
organize_mediaMoves files and manages folders. action: 'move' (ids + toFolder), 'createFolder' (name + optional parent), 'deleteFolder' (folder; the files inside move up one level, nothing is deleted). Deleting files is delete_media.
delete_mediacan modifyDeletes files from the user's media library by id. A copied file is gone from the browser; a linked file stays on the user's disk and only leaves the library. Compositions that use a deleted file report it as missing footage.
list_compositionsread-onlyLists the compositions open in the session, and which one is on screen.
get_compositionread-onlyReturns one composition in full: manifest, every source file, and current prop values — the state an update_composition edit applies to.
create_compositionCreates a new composition from TSX source and opens it as a tab in the user's Motion page. `files` maps path to source and must include the entry (default composition.tsx). The API is specific to Motion and documented in read_skill {topic:'motion'}; design guidance is in {topic:'motion-craft'}. A partsBoard prop (default false) can lay out UI-like parts for checking before scenes are built.
update_compositioncan modifyEdits an existing composition. Each file sent replaces the file at that path; files not sent are kept. Changing the schema keeps prop values that still have a matching field.
set_propscan modifySets prop values on a composition, the same values the user's controls change. Merged by key; keys sent replace their current values.
inspect_compositionread-onlyRenders frames of a composition in the user's tab and returns them as one labelled contact sheet; nothing is saved or changed. atFrames takes up to 12 frames; omitted, the sheet is an even spread plus the joins between scenes (labelled "end of a scene", "start of a scene", "mid transition"). One frame comes back at 1560 px, two at 960, for checking detail. `props` are merged over the composition's
check_playbackPlays a composition on the user's stage from the first frame to the last, through the same preview a person watches (which inspect_composition does not use), and reports whether it got to the end. Buffering is allowed; any error ends the run. Answers within about 20 s: {status:"running", at, total} means call again with the same id to keep waiting on the same run. Then {status:"done", verdict:"ok"
get_problemsread-onlyLists what went wrong in the user's tab: frames that failed to render (with the frame and the engine's message), a preview that stopped moving and why, compositions that would not load, clips that will not decode, missing footage, failed exports, a page the browser killed — plus warnings. Works while the tab is hidden or closed. `current` belongs to the composition as it is now; `earlier` counts p
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