Maya MCP Server

What it does

A stdio MCP server that talks to running Maya sessions over Maya's Python command port, with no plugin to install inside Maya itself. Rather than a fixed tool menu it hands the agent `execute_code` and `write_module`, so anything the Maya Python API can do is reachable and output streams back as it runs. It also scans for sessions as artists open and close them, so one server can address several Mayas at once — useful when layout, animation and lighting are open side by side.

Connect

claude mcp add --transport stdio maya -- uvx maya-mcp-server

Local install: uvx maya-mcp-server (or `pip install maya-mcp-server`); first enable the port inside Maya with cmds.commandPort(name=":7002", sourceType="python")

Sample tools

Field notes

Maya is still the last major DCC in this directory without a first-party MCP — Autodesk's public MCP servers target Revit, Fusion and its data APIs, not the M&E line — and the community field is fragmented rather than deep. Checked 29 Sep 2026: this repo is MIT, 42 stars, but has not been pushed since 15 Jul 2026, so it is a quiet project rather than a maintained product. The gap between repo and release persists: PyPI maya-mcp-server is still 0.1.0 from 5 Jan 2026, so `uvx maya-mcp-server` gets you January's code; clone and `uv run --directory` if you want current. The design trade is the whole story — `execute_code` is arbitrary Python inside your Maya session, which is why the tool count is four instead of three hundred, and also why you should not point it at a scene you cannot afford to lose. The command port is unauthenticated on localhost. Alternatives if you want typed tools instead: dcc-mcp/dcc-mcp-maya is now the most active (MIT, 57 stars, pushed 29 Sep 2026, Maya 2020+, ~79 typed tools) but is a different shape — `mayapy -m pip install dcc-mcp-maya` plus a Maya plug-in that fronts a Rust HTTP sidecar, rather than a zero-install command-port client; GimbalGoats/GG_MayaMCP (MIT, 23 stars, last pushed 14 Aug 2026, Maya 2024+); and PatrickPalmer/MayaMCP (MIT, 104 stars but frozen since May 2025 — the one Griptape's docs still point at).

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