This project is based on blender-mcp, providing local control of Houdini from Claude. It is feature-rich but requires manual setup and is not an official product. The documentation is clear, but users should be cautious about permissions and risks.
HoudiniMCP is an MCP server that allows you to control SideFX Houdini from Claude. It consists of two parts: a Houdini plugin (Python package) that listens on a local port (default localhost:9876) and handles commands (creating and modifying nodes, executing code, etc.), and an MCP bridge script that communicates with Claude via stdin/stdout and with Houdini via TCP. The server requires uv and Houdini, and offers optional OPUS integration for furniture and environmental procedural assets.
cd ... && uv add "mcp[cli]". 5. Configure Claude Desktop or Cursor by adding an MCP server entry pointing to houdini_mcp_server.py. 6. If uv run succeeds but Claude fails to load MCP, ensure Claude is using the same Python version and replace "python" in the config with the path from python -c "import sys; print(sys.executable)". 7. (Optional) Set up OPUS integration by copying urls.env.example to urls.env and adding your RapidAPI key.{
"mcpServers": {
"houdini": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"run",
"python",
"C:/Users/<YourUserName>/Documents/houdini19.5/scripts/python/houdinimcp/houdini_mcp_server.py"
]
}
}
}