# blender-mcp

A skill for driving Blender over MCP: scene inspection, Python scripts, GLTF/GLB export and tracking down lost materials.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2400 installs · ★ 9
- Author: vladmdgolam
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/vladmdgolam/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/blender-mcp/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-14
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/blender-mcp

## What it does

The skill lays out an order of operations for Blender over MCP. Health check first: `get_scene_info`, then `execute_python` that prints a short string, then `screenshot`. If the server does not answer, check that the Blender MCP addon is enabled and the socket server is running. Default port is 9876.

For scene inspection it ships a hierarchy walker: names, types, transforms, vertex and face counts, materials, lights, Array modifiers. A second script pulls materials and flags trouble right away. Procedural texture nodes and Color Ramp remapping are lost on GLTF export, and oversized images land in the warnings list. Worth checking before you export, not after.

Export does not go through MCP at all — the server times out on that operation, so the skill routes it through headless CLI. In the `bpy.ops.export_scene.gltf` call it advises `export_apply=False`, otherwise modifiers get baked and the file balloons, and Draco compression off so you can apply it later with gltf-transform. The `blender` path depends on the system: `/Applications/Blender.app/Contents/MacOS/Blender` on macOS, a path under `C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\` on Windows, `/usr/bin/blender` on Linux.

## Requirements
- Works with: Blender

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add vladmdgolam/agent-skills --skill blender-mcp -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/blender-mcp/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/blender-mcp/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add vladmdgolam/agent-skills --skill blender-mcp -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/blender-mcp/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add vladmdgolam/agent-skills --skill blender-mcp -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/blender-mcp/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install vladmdgolam/agent-skills blender-mcp
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/blender-mcp/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add vladmdgolam/agent-skills --skill blender-mcp -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/vladmdgolam/agent-skills --path skills/blender-mcp
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/blender-mcp/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add vladmdgolam/agent-skills --skill blender-mcp -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/vladmdgolam/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/blender-mcp/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- check whether the Blender MCP server is alive before touching the scene
- dump the scene hierarchy with vertex counts and modifiers
- find materials that will not survive a GLTF export
- export a scene to GLB without baking modifiers
- work out why textures vanished after export

## Example prompts
- check the Blender MCP connection and show me what's in the scene
- dump the object hierarchy with materials and modifiers
- export the scene to GLB through headless CLI, don't bake modifiers

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: blender-mcp
description: "Blender MCP expert for scene inspection, Python scripting, GLTF export, and material/animation extraction. Activate when: (1) using Blender MCP tools (get_scene_info, execute_python, screenshot, etc.), (2) writing Blender Python scripts for extraction or manipulation, (3) exporting scenes to GLTF/GLB for web (Three.js, R3F), (4) debugging material or texture export losses, (5) optimizing GLB files with gltf-transform, (6) using asset integrations (PolyHaven, Sketchfab, Hyper3D Rodin, Hunyuan3D). Covers critical export gotchas, material mapping survival, texture optimization pipeline, headless CLI patterns, and known failure modes."
---

# Blender MCP

## Tool Selection

Use **structured MCP tools** (`get_scene_info`, `screenshot`) for quick inspection.

Use **`execute_python`** for anything non-trivial: hierarchy traversal, material extraction, animation baking, bulk operations. It gives full `bpy` API access and avoids tool schema limitations.

Use **headless CLI** for GLTF exports — the MCP server times out on export operations.

## Health Check (Always First)

1. `get_scene_info` — verify connection (default port 9876)
2. `execute_python` with `print("ok")` — verify Python works
3. `screenshot` — verify viewport capture works

If MCP is unresponsive, check that the Blender MCP addon is enabled and the socket server is running.

## Complete Export Workflow

This is the end-to-end linear narrative. Follow these steps in order. Do not skip steps.

### Step 1: Health Check

Confirm MCP is alive before touching anything else:

```bash
# In MCP tool call:
get_scene_info
execute_python: print("ok")
screenshot
```

If any step fails, stop and fix MCP connectivity first. See [Known Errors](#known-errors--workarounds).

### Step 2: Inspect Scene

Run the full hierarchy extraction to understand what you're working with:

```python
import bpy, json

def extract_hierarchy(obj, depth=0):
    data = {
        "name": obj.name,
        "type": obj.type,
        "location": list(obj.location),
        "rotation": list(obj.rotation_euler),
        "scale": list(obj.scale),
        "visible": not obj.hide_viewport,
        "children": [],
    }
    if obj.type == 'MESH' and obj.data:
        data["vertices"] = len(obj.data.vertices)
        data["faces"] = len(obj.data.polygons)
        data["materials"] = [slot.material.name for slot in obj.material_slots if slot.material]
    if obj.type == 'LIGHT':
        data["light_type"] = obj.data.type
        data["energy"] = obj.data.energy
````
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