MCP server for interacting with Autodesk Revit through AI assistants like Claude
Connect MCP to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. MCP server for interacting with Autodesk Revit through AI assistants like Claude. The mcp mcp server is what makes that connection.
mcp-servers-for-revit enables AI clients like Claude, Cline, and other MCP-compatible tools to read, create, modify, and delete elements in Revit projects. It consists of three components: a TypeScript MCP server that exposes tools to AI, a C# Revit add-in that bridges commands into Revit, and a command set that implements the actual Revit API operations.
The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:
get_current_view_info — Get current active view infoget_current_view_elements — Get elements from the current active viewget_available_family_types — Get available family types in current projectget_selected_elements — Get currently selected elementsget_material_quantities — Calculate material quantities and takeoffsai_element_filter — Intelligent element querying tool for AI assistantsanalyze_model_statistics — Analyze model complexity with element countscreate_point_based_element — Create point-based elements (door, window, furniture)create_line_based_element — Create line-based elements (wall, beam, pipe)create_surface_based_element — Create surface-based elements (floor, ceiling, roof)create_grid — Create a grid system with smart spacing generationcreate_level — Create levels at specified elevationsInstallation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at mcp-server-for-revit on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.
This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. MCP's toolset — get_current_view_info, get_current_view_elements, get_available_family_types and 11 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by GitHub Actions; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
This entry was verified against MCP's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| get_current_view_info | Get current active view info |
| get_current_view_elements | Get elements from the current active view |
| get_available_family_types | Get available family types in current project |
| get_selected_elements | Get currently selected elements |
| get_material_quantities | Calculate material quantities and takeoffs |
| ai_element_filter | Intelligent element querying tool for AI assistants |
| analyze_model_statistics | Analyze model complexity with element counts |
| create_point_based_element | Create point-based elements (door, window, furniture) |
| create_line_based_element | Create line-based elements (wall, beam, pipe) |
| create_surface_based_element | Create surface-based elements (floor, ceiling, roof) |
| create_grid | Create a grid system with smart spacing generation |
| create_level | Create levels at specified elevations |
| create_room | Create and place rooms at specified locations |
| create_dimensions | Create dimension annotations in the current view |
{
"mcpServers": {
"revit": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-server-for-revit"]
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
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