A practical server for integrating QGIS with Claude AI via MCP, offering a wide range of tools for GIS automation. However, it requires direct access to QGIS desktop and arbitrary code execution, which poses security risks and is not suitable for novice users or insecure environments.
QGISMCP connects QGIS to Claude AI through the Model Context Protocol (MCP), allowing Claude to directly interact with and control QGIS. This integration enables prompt-assisted project creation, layer loading, code execution and more. The project is strongly based on the BlenderMCP project. It consists of two main components: a QGIS plugin (creates a socket server within QGIS to receive and execute commands) and an MCP server (implements the MCP protocol and connects to the plugin).
Prerequisites: QGIS 3.X (only tested on 3.22), Claude Desktop, Python 3.10 or newer, and the uv package manager. After installing uv, clone the repository, copy the qgis_mcp_plugin folder to your QGIS profile's plugins directory, then enable the QGIS MCP plugin via the QGIS plugin manager. For Claude Desktop, edit claude_desktop_config.json to add the MCP server configuration, specifying the uv command and the absolute path to src/qgis_mcp/qgis_mcp_server.py.
{
"mcpServers": {
"qgis": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/PARENT/REPO/FOLDER/qgis_mcp/src/qgis_mcp",
"run",
"qgis_mcp_server.py"
]
}
}
}