Archicad MCP (Tapir)
Every Archicad JSON API and Tapir command as a tool, from one server
Runs as a server Claude Code connects to. It needs its own configuration, and some servers need an API key.
Install just this one
Paste into the Claude or ChatGPT desktop app
Set up the Archicad MCP (Tapir) for me in this desktop app. The setup steps are at https://archaiflow.com/f/mcps/tapir-archicad-mcp.json, and the project's own page is https://github.com/SzamosiMate/tapir-archicad-MCP. If the two disagree, follow the project's page.
It needs uv (docs.astral.sh/uv). If it is missing, install it from its official site. If this app then cannot find it, put its full path in the settings.
Some steps happen inside Archicad. Walk me through them one at a time:
1. For the full tool set, install the Tapir add-on with the Tapir Installer from github.com/ENZYME-APD/tapir-archicad-automation. It picks the version for my Archicad. Then restart Archicad.
2. Open a project in Archicad and keep it open. The first start of the server takes 15 to 30 seconds.
Check what is already on this computer, add the server to this app's MCP settings, then tell me what is left to do and when to restart the app.Paste it into a new chat in the Claude or ChatGPT desktop app and send it. It adds the server and tells you what is left to do.
Run in your terminal — needs Node
npx archtmpl@latest --mcp tapir-archicad-mcpFirst 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": "Archicad MCP (Tapir)", 3 "summary": "Every Archicad JSON API and Tapir command as a tool: elements, properties, views, export, Teamwork", 4 "repo": "https://github.com/SzamosiMate/tapir-archicad-MCP", 5 "mcpServers": { 6 "ArchicadTapir": { 7 "command": "uvx", 8 "args": ["--from", "tapir-archicad-mcp", "archicad-server"] 9 }10 },11 "appSteps": {12 "app": "Archicad",13 "steps": [14 "For the full tool set, install the Tapir add-on with the Tapir Installer from github.com/ENZYME-APD/tapir-archicad-automation. It picks the version for my Archicad. Then restart Archicad.",15 "Open a project in Archicad and keep it open. The first start of the server takes 15 to 30 seconds."16 ]17 },18 "postInstallNotes": "Needs uv (docs.astral.sh/uv) and Archicad running. For the full tool set, install the Tapir Archicad Add-On too: github.com/ENZYME-APD/tapir-archicad-automation\nClaude Desktop can skip the config file: download tapir-archicad.mcpb from the repo's latest release and drag it into Settings > Extensions. The first start takes 15 to 30 seconds.\nIt can change the open project, export files, and send or receive Teamwork changes."19}20