# houdini-mcp-server

> Connect AI Agents to SideFX Houdini, with full documentation and screenshot support.

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/houdini-mcp-server/claim

## Declared
- publisher: John Chedeville
- repository: https://github.com/JTCHE/houdini-mcp/issues
- version: 0.4.2
- protocols: mcp
- tags: 3d, houdini, mcp, model-context-protocol, sidefx, vfx
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:houdini-mcp-server

### Description (declared)

# Houdini MCP

<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JTCHE/houdini-mcp/main/public/cover.png" alt="An illustration titled &quot;Houdini MCP&quot;, showing multiple agentic platforms connected to Houdini, symbolizing a link" />

  <a href="https://pypi.org/project/houdini-mcp-server/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/houdini-mcp-server?color=blue" alt="PyPI Version"/></a>
  <a href="https://github.com/JTCHE/houdini-mcp/blob/main/LICENSE"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/license/JTCHE/houdini-mcp?color=blue" alt="License: MIT"/></a>
  <a href="https://www.python.org/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.10%2B-blue?logo=python&logoColor=white" alt="Python 3.10+"/></a>
  <a href="https://modelcontextprotocol.io/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/MCP-compatible-green" alt="MCP Compatible"/></a>
  <a href="https://www.sidefx.com/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Houdini-22.0-orange" alt="Houdini 22.0"/></a>

Connect SideFX Houdini to Claude, Codex, Gemini, Cursor, opencode or pi.

This MCP provides **Full Markdown Documentation** and **Viewport Screenshots** support to your agents of choice, enabling strong feedback loops and autonomous workflows.

## Install

**Windows**

```powershell
powershell -c "irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JTCHE/houdini-mcp/main/bootstrap.bat -OutFile bootstrap.bat; .\bootstrap.bat"
```

**macOS / Linux**

```bash
curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JTCHE/houdini-mcp/main/bootstrap.sh | bash
```

**uv**

```bash
uv tool install houdini-mcp-server && houdinimcp-install
```

The installer adds the plugin to Houdini and the server to your AI clients of choice. Restart both.\
pi also needs `pi install npm:pi-mcp-adapter`.

## Tools

| | |
|---|---|
| **Read** | `scene_overview` `node_inspect` `geometry_inspect` `stage_inspect` `select` `console` |
| **Edit** | `node_edit` `parm_set` `connect` `hda` `batch` |
| **Run** | `cook` `render` `pdg` `playbar` `scene_file` |
| **See** | `capture`: t…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- media.3d (1, declared)
- dev.package-management (0.722, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/houdini-mcp-server/ (first seen 2026-09-12T08:20:28.803Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/houdini-mcp-server/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/houdini-mcp-server · ARD identifier urn:air::server:houdini-mcp-server