studio-state

What it does

A stateless MCP server for long-running AI film and episodic projects: it reads a file-based show folder and tells an agent where the production stands. Its tools orient the session, report per-shot status, and write only a small sidecar when a shot is fired, locked, or needs rework.

Connect

claude mcp add studio-state -e STUDIO_ROOT=/abs/path/your_show -- python3 /abs/path/studio-state-public/server.py

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "studio-state": {
      "command": "python3",
      "args": [
        "/abs/path/studio-state-public/server.py"
      ],
      "env": {
        "STUDIO_ROOT": "YOUR_KEY_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "studio-state": {
      "command": "python3",
      "args": [
        "/abs/path/studio-state-public/server.py"
      ],
      "env": {
        "STUDIO_ROOT": "YOUR_KEY_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

Tools you'll see

Field notes

MIT, still live but static: last commit 16 Jun 2026 and still 0 stars, so treat it as one studio's shim published rather than a maintained project. Prerequisites the README front-loads: Python 3.9+ and `pip install "mcp[cli]"`, plus a project root containing _pipeline/STATE.json and episodes/ — run tests/test_acceptance.py against the bundled demo project first (expect 4/4). It is a state shim, not a generator, and the paid Studio Method pack is upsold in the README. The useful bit is safe by design — only `update_shot` writes, and only to a per-scene `shot_status.json` sidecar.

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