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GPT-5.6 Sol Demo Shows AI Writing Its Own After Effects Plugin Before Animating With It

July 13, 2026 at 21:45 EDT

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A newly shared demonstration shows OpenAI's flagship GPT-5.6 Sol model building a custom integration for Adobe After Effects in roughly six minutes, then using that tool to generate a ChatGPT-style user-interface animation on its first attempt in about two minutes.

July 2026 · GPT-5.6 Sol

The AI That Built Its Own Tool — Then Used It, in Under 10 Minutes

OpenAI's flagship Sol model authored a custom After Effects integration in ~6 minutes, then generated a ChatGPT-style UI animation on its first attempt in ~2 minutes — closing a full "build-then-operate" loop.

~6 min

to build a custom After Effects integration from scratch

~2 min

to generate the UI animation — on the first attempt

~5×

reported speedup over manual keyframing

The Build-Then-Operate Loop

Write the MCP tool

Authors its own Model Control Protocol server via ExtendScript

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Drive After Effects

Manipulates comps, layers, keyframes & effects programmatically

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Render the animation

Broadcast-quality motion graphics from a written description

GPT-5.6 Tiers — Price per Million Tokens

Output cost, drawn to scale (Sol $30 · Terra $15 · Luna $6)

$30

Sol (flagship)

in $5

$15

Terra

in $2.50

Luna

in $1

What impressed developers

Agents now manufacture tools on demand, not just operate provided ones
Programmatic tool calling reported to cut token use by ~63%
Strong on everyday workflows and resource efficiency

The caveats

Lags rivals on "taste"; sometimes produces invalid code
Quality gaps on large-scale review and specific repos
One curated first-try success ≠ consistent production results

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