Maya MCP server

This is a small helper program that connects your AI assistant to Autodesk Maya, the 3D modeling software. Once it is set up, you can ask your AI in plain words to make a cube, add a light, or build a whole little city scene, and it will do it inside Maya. It is handy for 3D artists, students, and anyone who uses Maya and wants to skip some clicking.

What this MCP server does

You type a request in your AI chat, like asking it to add a sphere or list the lights in your scene. The AI sends that request to this Maya MCP server running on your computer. The server then talks to Maya and asks it to do the work. Maya does it, and the result comes back through the server to your chat, so you see what happened. It works with Maya 2023 and 2025, and the project is still early, so the set of things it can do is small but growing.

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What you can do with it

• Create basic shapes like cubes, spheres, cones, and cylinders in your scene
• Add cameras and lights such as spot lights, point lights, and directional lights
• List objects in your scene and filter them by type, like cameras or materials
• Read and change attributes on an object, such as its position or size
• Create and assign materials like wood, marble, chrome, or glass
• Build simple full scenes such as a city, forest, living room, office, or park
• Save, open, or start a new Maya scene

Try asking your AI

• “Add a sphere and a point light to my scene”
• “List all the cameras in my scene”
• “Create a small city scene with a few buildings”
• “Give the cube a chrome material”

What it gives back to you

You get answers in your chat, like a list of the objects in your scene or a short note saying an object was created. When it changes something, it tells you what it did, for example that a sphere was added or a material was assigned. If something goes wrong, you see an error message instead. You can also just look at Maya, since the changes show up right there.

Before you start

Who it's for

3D artists, animators, and students who already use Autodesk Maya and want to try controlling it with an AI chat.