dcc-mcp-maya

Use Maya with AI agents

Install the official DCC-MCP Agent Skill. Codex users can use the native plugin marketplace:

codex plugin marketplace add dcc-mcp/dcc-mcp-agent-plugins
codex plugin add dcc-mcp@dcc-mcp

For Claude Code, CodeBuddy, Cursor, Gemini CLI, and other supported agents, use the official installation guide. Start Maya, enable this adapter, and verify that the running instance is registered:

dcc-mcp-cli list

Then ask your agent:

Use dcc-mcp to inspect the current Maya scene.

The list must include dcc_type=maya. If it does not, follow the connection troubleshooting guide.

Part of the DCC-MCP host matrix

dcc-mcp-maya — Core Maya adapter for DCC-MCP — gateway-managed instance, mayapy-based MCP server.

It is one of 47 host adapters in the DCC-MCP catalog. Every adapter speaks the same MCP protocol and builds on the same core runtime contract; each one exposes the tools its own host needs on top of that.

• All host adapters and install metadata
• Host matrix on the core README
• Showcase

This block is generated from the catalog entry in dcc-mcp-catalog.yml. Re-run the generator after changing the catalog.

Agent workflow

AI agents should use the shared gateway through dcc-mcp-cli; IDE users may continue to use the MCP endpoint. Prefer typed skills and tools over raw scripts.

Install or update the CLI

dcc-mcp-cli is the preferred control path for every shell-capable agent. If it is missing, ask the user before installing the latest official release:

# Linux/macOS
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dcc-mcp/dcc-mcp-core/main/scripts/install-cli.sh | sh

# Windows PowerShell
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -c "irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dcc-mcp/dcc-mcp-core/main/scripts/install-cli.ps1 | iex"

Keep an official build current through the release manifest:

dcc-mcp-cli update check
dcc-mcp-cli update apply

update apply downloads and stages the latest CLI for the next launch. It does not update a running dcc-mcp-server; update that server in its own environment.

dcc-mcp-cli dcc-types
dcc-mcp-cli list
dcc-mcp-cli search --query "<task>" --dcc-type maya
dcc-mcp-cli describe <tool-slug>
dcc-mcp-cli call <tool-slug> --json '{"key":"value"}'

dcc-types reports release-catalog support; list reports live sessions. If a tool belongs to an inactive progressive skill, call dcc-mcp-cli load-skill <skill-name> --dcc-type maya before retrying. For post-task improvement, attach a stable session id with --meta-json, query dcc-mcp-cli stats --range 24h --session-id <task-id>, then pass the bounded evidence to the review_skill_improvement prompt from dcc-mcp-skills-creator.

Bring Autodesk Maya to MCP-native AI agents.

dcc-mcp-maya turns Maya into a standards-compliant MCP Streamable HTTP backend. Agents can inspect scenes, create geometry, edit materials, run animation and render workflows, export assets, and recover project state through typed tools instead of brittle ad-hoc scripts.