KeyShot MCP

local MCP server

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add keyshot-mcp -e KEYSHOT_HEADLESS_EXE=... -e KEYSHOT_OUTPUT_DIR=... -e KEYSHOT_ALLOW_EXTERNAL_OUTPUTS=... -e KEYSHOT_TIMEOUT_MS=... -e KEYSHOT_LICENSE_ARGS=... -e KEYSHOT_MATERIAL_PRESETS=... -e KEYSHOT_CAMERA_PRESETS=... -- npx -y keyshot-mcp

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "keyshot-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "keyshot-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "KEYSHOT_HEADLESS_EXE": "...",
        "KEYSHOT_OUTPUT_DIR": "...",
        "KEYSHOT_ALLOW_EXTERNAL_OUTPUTS": "...",
        "KEYSHOT_TIMEOUT_MS": "...",
        "KEYSHOT_LICENSE_ARGS": "...",
        "KEYSHOT_MATERIAL_PRESETS": "...",
        "KEYSHOT_CAMERA_PRESETS": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

Summary

Control local KeyShot scenes, cameras, environments, and renders through headless scripting.

Questions

KeyShot MCP is a local MCP server distributed as the npm package keyshot-mcp.

Run: claude mcp add keyshot-mcp -e KEYSHOT_HEADLESS_EXE=... -e KEYSHOT_OUTPUT_DIR=... -e KEYSHOT_ALLOW_EXTERNAL_OUTPUTS=... -e KEYSHOT_TIMEOUT_MS=... -e KEYSHOT_LICENSE_ARGS=... -e KEYSHOT_MATERIAL_PRESETS=... -e KEYSHOT_CAMERA_PRESETS=... -- npx -y keyshot-mcp

Run: codex mcp add keyshot-mcp --env KEYSHOT_HEADLESS_EXE=... --env KEYSHOT_OUTPUT_DIR=... --env KEYSHOT_ALLOW_EXTERNAL_OUTPUTS=... --env KEYSHOT_TIMEOUT_MS=... --env KEYSHOT_LICENSE_ARGS=... --env KEYSHOT_MATERIAL_PRESETS=... --env KEYSHOT_CAMERA_PRESETS=... -- npx -y keyshot-mcp

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