UE-MCP

Unreal Engine Model Context Protocol Server — gives AI assistants deep read/write access to the Unreal Editor through 19 category tools covering 300+ actions.

flowchart LR
    AI[AI Assistant] -->|stdio| MCP[MCP Server<br/>TypeScript / Node.js]
    MCP -->|WebSocket<br/>JSON-RPC| Plugin[C++ Bridge Plugin<br/>inside Unreal Editor]
    Plugin -->|UE API| Editor[Editor Subsystems]
    MCP -->|direct fs| FS[Config INI<br/>C++ Headers<br/>Asset Listing]

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Blueprints, materials, levels, actors, animation, VFX, landscape, PCG, foliage, audio, UI, physics, navigation, AI, GAS, networking, sequencer, build pipeline — all programmable through natural language.

Quick Start

npx ue-mcp init

The interactive setup will:

1. Find your .uproject (auto-detects in current directory)
2. Let you choose which tool categories to enable
3. Deploy the C++ bridge plugin to your project
4. Enable required UE plugins (Niagara, PCG, GAS, etc.)
5. Detect and configure your MCP client (Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor)

Restart the editor once after setup to load the bridge plugin. To update later: npx ue-mcp update

Then ask your AI:

project(action="get_status")        — verify connection
level(action="get_outliner")        — see what's in the level
asset(action="list")                — browse project assets

Manual Configuration

If you prefer to configure manually, add to your MCP client config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ue-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["ue-mcp", "C:/path/to/MyGame.uproject"]
    }
  }
}

Documentation

db-lyon.github.io/ue-mcp

• Getting Started — Installation, configuration, first run
• Architecture — How the pieces fit together
• Tool Reference — All 19 tools with every action
• Configuration — .ue-mcp.json and MCP client config
• Neon Shrine Demo — Interactive guided demo
• Feedback — Agent feedback system
• Troubleshooting — Common issues and fixes
• Development — Building, testing, contributing

What Can It Do?

Category	Examples
Levels	Place/move/delete actors, spawn lights and volumes, manage splines
Blueprints	Read/write graphs, add nodes, connect pins, compile
Materials	Create materials and instances, author expression graphs
Assets	CRUD, import meshes/textures/animations, datatables
Animation	Anim blueprints, montages, blendspaces, skeletons
VFX	Niagara systems, emitters, parameters
Landscape	Sculpt terrain, paint layers, import heightmaps
PCG	Author and execute Procedural Content Generation graphs
Gameplay	Physics, collision, navigation, behavior trees, EQS, perception
GAS	Gameplay Ability System — attributes, abilities, effects, cues
Networking	Replication, dormancy, relevancy, net priority
UI	UMG widgets, editor utility widgets and blueprints
Editor	Console, Python, PIE, viewport, sequencer, build pipeline, logs
Reflection	Class/struct/enum introspection, gameplay tags

Supported Platforms

• Windows — UE 5.4–5.7
• Linux — UE 5.6+ (contributed by @robinduckett)

Requires PythonScriptPlugin (ships with UE 4.26+).

Contributing

Issues and pull requests welcome. If an AI agent had to fall back to execute_python during your session, it will offer to submit structured feedback automatically — this helps us prioritize which native handlers to add next.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.