Houdini MCP

Drive SideFX Houdini: procedural modeling and scene control from Claude

Runs as a server Claude Code connects to. It needs its own configuration, and some servers need an API key.

Install just this one

Run in your terminal — needs Node

npx archtmpl@latest --mcp houdini-mcp

First time? The whole install, step by step

Open Claude Code — the terminal version or the desktop app, either one.
In a terminal, paste the line above and press Enter. In the app, paste it into the chat and ask Claude to run it.
Restart Claude Code. That's the whole install.

What this mcp server does

shell

 1{
 2  "name": "Houdini MCP",
 3  "summary": "Drive SideFX Houdini: procedural modeling and scene control from Claude",
 4  "repo": "https://github.com/capoomgit/houdini-mcp",
 5  "mcpServers": {
 6    "houdini": {
 7      "command": "uv",
 8      "args": [
 9        "run",
10        "python",
11        "C:/Users/<YourUserName>/Documents/houdini19.5/scripts/python/houdinimcp/houdini_mcp_server.py"
12      ]
13    }
14  },
15  "postInstallNotes": "Manual plugin install: copy the repo into your Houdini scripts folder as scripts/python/houdinimcp (the houdini19.5 in the path is your Houdini version), run 'uv add mcp[cli]' there, and create the shelf tool from the README to start the server on localhost:9876. Replace the placeholder path above with yours."
16}
17

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Houdini MCP

Drive SideFX Houdini: procedural modeling and scene control from Claude

Runs as a server Claude Code connects to. It needs its own configuration, and some servers need an API key.

Install just this one

Run in your terminal — needs Node

npx archtmpl@latest --mcp houdini-mcp

First time? The whole install, step by step

Open Claude Code — the terminal version or the desktop app, either one.
In a terminal, paste the line above and press Enter. In the app, paste it into the chat and ask Claude to run it.
Restart Claude Code. That's the whole install.

What this mcp server does

shell

 1{
 2  "name": "Houdini MCP",
 3  "summary": "Drive SideFX Houdini: procedural modeling and scene control from Claude",
 4  "repo": "https://github.com/capoomgit/houdini-mcp",
 5  "mcpServers": {
 6    "houdini": {
 7      "command": "uv",
 8      "args": [
 9        "run",
10        "python",
11        "C:/Users/<YourUserName>/Documents/houdini19.5/scripts/python/houdinimcp/houdini_mcp_server.py"
12      ]
13    }
14  },
15  "postInstallNotes": "Manual plugin install: copy the repo into your Houdini scripts folder as scripts/python/houdinimcp (the houdini19.5 in the path is your Houdini version), run 'uv add mcp[cli]' there, and create the shelf tool from the README to start the server on localhost:9876. Replace the placeholder path above with yours."
16}
17

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