using the panel
Plans, apply and verify
Every change is a plan first, listed operation by operation before it runs.
The plan card
A plan card lists each change, such as Add an effect or Keyframe a property, with its target and values. When a plan waits for you, it shows Apply and Discard. Discarding changes nothing.
Ask before applying
By default extynt applies changes you can undo straight away, with Undo on the card. Risky changes wait for you: deletes, renders, imports and exports. Change this under Settings › Behaviour › Ask before applying:
- Only for risky changes is the default.
- Always makes every change wait for Apply.
- Never applies every change as soon as it is proposed.
This setting covers the panel. Claude, Codex and other MCP clients approve their own plans, usually in the same call that proposes them. Your client’s own tool permissions decide whether it asks you first. Their plans still show up in Activity, with Undo.
Verdicts
After applying, extynt reads the project again and ends the card with one line:
| Verdict | What it means |
|---|---|
| Done · checked | Every change was applied and read back from After Effects. |
| Done · 2 of 14 couldn't be checked | Everything was applied, but After Effects cannot report some values back. Check those in the timeline. |
| Didn't apply | It stopped before touching the project. Nothing changed. |
| Partly applied | It stopped part-way. Undo takes back what was made. |
| Undone | The plan was taken back and the project matches how it was before. |
Open the checklist under the line, for example 5 changes ✓, to see each change marked Checked, Not checked or Failed. A change whose value came back different from the plan is marked Failed, with the value After Effects holds.
When a check is not possible
If a plan includes changes extynt cannot confirm on your After Effects build, the card says so before anything runs, and the button reads Apply (2 unchecked). Pressing it applies the plan, and those changes show as Not checked.
When After Effects says no
If After Effects rejects a batch part-way, extynt undoes what that batch did and tries again with the change corrected. You see the corrected plan run, not a half-built result.
Finding plans later
Open Activity in the panel header. Waiting for you lists plans that need Apply or Discard, and a badge on the button counts them. Below it are the recent changes in this project, each with its own Undo.