A widely circulated demonstration claims that GPT-5.6 Sol, an agentic variant of OpenAI's model, wrote a custom control interface for Adobe After Effects from scratch in roughly six minutes, then used that self-built tool to generate a polished UI animation on its first attempt in about two minutes.
July 2026 · GPT-5.6 Sol Demo
An AI That Built Its Own Tool — Then Used It
In a widely circulated demo, GPT-5.6 Sol reportedly wrote a custom After Effects control interface from scratch in ~6 minutes, then used that self-built tool to render a polished UI animation on its first try in ~2 minutes.
~6 min
To author a custom ExtendScript connector for After Effects
~2 min
To render a polished UI animation — first attempt
1st try
Single successful pass, no human debugging in the loop
The self-building loop
From missing tool to finished animation — with no human in between
1 · Identify gap
Recognizes it lacks a suitable AE interface
→
2 · Build tool
Writes an MCP-style connector in ExtendScript
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3 · Execute
Drives layers, keyframes & effects to render output
Build vs. render time
Tool creation dominates the workflow
Each block ≈ 1 minute · overall workflow described as several times faster than manual production
The enthusiasm
Output described as broadcast-quality motion graphics
Non-coders could in principle produce professional results
A shift from AI operating software to AI building its own interface
The caveats
A single first-try success, not repeatable proof
ExtendScript is notoriously error-prone at scale
Rests on demo footage — no official corroboration
An unverified showcase, not a documented capability.
As of mid-July 2026 the episode rests entirely on demonstration clips. Independent testing on large, messy production projects is still needed before the workflow can be judged reliable.
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