The connector

Prism is a connector. On one side are the AI apps you already use — Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Windsurf. On the other are the creative apps you work in — After Effects today, more to come. Prism is the bridge between them: it lets your AI see and work inside your creative tools directly, in their own native objects, instead of generating something off to the side that you then have to rebuild.

The bridge is built on an open standard — the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Any MCP-capable AI app can plug in, and the connection only gets more capable as both sides improve.

Two sides, one bridge

Your AI brings the reasoning. Your creative app holds the real document. Prism sits in the middle: it shows the AI the live state of your project and turns its requests into correct, native operations the app actually runs. Neither side has to know the other's internals — the connector handles the translation.

Not another chat. Not another plugin.

• Not a chat. You do not leave your creative app to talk to an AI in a separate window and paste results back. The AI works in the document, on the real layers and keyframes.
• Not a frozen plugin. The intelligence lives on Prism's server, not on your disk — so it stays current as the apps update and the models improve, instead of going stale the day After Effects ships a new version. The technical case is in what an MCP server for After Effects is.

The mission: the best AI connector for creative software

Our goal is simple and large — build the best connector for AI in traditional creative apps, and beyond.

Creative software is deep, decades old, and full of exactly the specifics AI models are weakest at. A great connector hides that: the AI thinks in concepts it already understands, and Prism translates them into correct, native work inside the app. The better that translation, the more the AI you already use can do — without anyone learning a new tool.

After Effects is first because motion design is where the gap is widest — the most powerful, most fiddly, least AI-served corner of the creative suite. From there the same connector extends across the rest of your tools, so the AI you have built your habits around speaks to every app you use. One connection, one key, every creative app — and beyond.

Related

• What an MCP server for After Effects is — the connector in technical depth: the protocol, the architecture, and why a live server beats a frozen plugin.
• What AI-native means — why working in the real document beats generating something off to the side.
• Bring your own AI — which AI apps connect, and why your everyday usage is unlimited.