Unity MCP is an AI-powered game development assistant for Editor & Runtime. Connect Claude, Cursor, & Windsurf to Unity via MCP. Automate workflows, generate code, and enable AI within your games.
Unlike other tools, this plugin works inside your compiled game, allowing for real-time AI debugging and player-AI interaction.
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- ✔️ AI agents - Use the best agents from Anthropic, OpenAI, Microsoft, or any other provider with no vendor lock-in
- ✔️ Tools - A wide range of default MCP Tools for operating in Unity Editor
- ✔️ Skills - Generate skills for AI based on operating system, Unity version, plugins in the project
- ✔️ Code and Tests - Develop game mechanics and test them with AI agents
- ✔️ Runtime (in-game) - Use LLMs directly inside your compiled game for dynamic NPC behavior or debugging
- ✔️ Debug support - Let AI debug and fix the problems in a project
- ✔️ Natural conversation - Chat with AI like you would with a human
- ✔️ Flexible deployment - Works locally (stdio) and remotely (http) via configuration
- ✔️ Extensible - Create custom Tools in your project code
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# 1. Install unity-mcp-cli
npm install -g unity-mcp-cli
# 2. Install "AI Game Developer" in Unity project
unity-mcp-cli install-plugin ./MyUnityProject
# 3. Sign in to ai-game.dev (opens your browser — OAuth device flow)
unity-mcp-cli login
# 4. Open Unity project (auto-connects and generates skills)
unity-mcp-cli open ./MyUnityProject
Get up and running in three steps:
- Install plugin — download the
.unitypackageinstaller or runopenupm add com.ivanmurzak.unity.mcpAlternative:
npx unity-mcp-cli install-plugin ./MyUnityProject— see CLI documentation - Pick an AI agent — Claude Code, Claude Desktop, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or any other
- Setup AI agent — open
Window/AI Game Developerin Unity and click Auto-generate skills (recommended) or Configure MCP
Alternative:
npx unity-mcp-cli setup-skills claude-code ./MyUnityProject— see CLI documentation
That's it. Ask your AI "Create 3 cubes in a circle with radius 2" and watch it happen. ✨
Since 1.0.0 the plugin exposes a small set of tools, and most Editor work goes through RQL, a query language over the Editor's data: rql-query reads, rql-mutate changes, and rql-schema describes the sources, types and calls (start there when unsure). The one-tool-per-action tools of earlier versions (gameobject-create, scene-save, console-get-logs and others) were replaced by RQL in #1017. See docs/default-mcp-tools.md for the full reference.
🧰 Browse the full MCP tools registry online: ai-game.dev/docs/tools
Shown to the AI agent by default: rql-query, rql-mutate, rql-schema, screenshot-isolated, script-execute, tests-run, unity-tool-list. The other tools are installed but hidden from the agent's tool list (a hidden tool still runs when called by name). Show them with tool-set-visibility, in the AI Game Developer window, or with unity-mcp-cli configure <path> --enable-tools <ids>.
RQL (scenes, GameObjects, components, assets, console, editor)
rql-query- Read Editor data with an RQL query, e.g.roots | recurse children | select name activerql-mutate- Change Editor data or call Editor operations, e.g.editor | call CreateGameObject({name: "Ground", primitive: "Plane"})rql-schema- Describe the sources, types, members and calls RQL can use, and print the topic guides- Sources:
scenes,roots,objects(every GameObject in the loaded scenes),selection,prefab(the prefab open in prefab mode),editor(create GameObjects, materials, folders and scenes; open and save scenes and prefabs; copy, move and delete assets; execute menu items; …),settings,console(captured Editor log entries),shaders,componentTypes,tests,testResults,profiler,lighting; assets by path withunity.asset("Assets/…")
Screenshots
screenshot-isolated- Render a GameObject in isolation from a chosen angle (optional composite 2x2 view)screenshot-scene-view- Captures a screenshot from the Unity Editor Scene View (hidden by default)screenshot-game-view- Captures a screenshot from the Unity Editor Game View (hidden by default)screenshot-camera- Captures a screenshot from a camera and returns it as an image (hidden by default)
Scripting, tests and packages
script-execute- Compiles and executes C# code dynamically using Roslynscript-read- Reads the content of a script file (hidden by default)script-update-or-create- Updates or creates script file with the provided C# code (hidden by default)script-delete- Delete the script file(s) (hidden by default)tests-run- Execute Unity tests (EditMode/PlayMode): any RQL selection over thetestssource as one run, results filtered with RQLpackage-list,package-search,package-add,package-remove- Unity Package Manager packages (hidden by default)
Tool management
unity-tool-list- List every tool and whether the agent sees ittool-set-visibility- Show or hide tools in the agent's tool list (hidden by default)tool-set-enabled-state- Deprecated alias oftool-set-visibility(hidden by default)
Profiling & Diagnostics
- RQL source
profiler(viarql-query/rql-mutate) - memory, rendering, script and frame snapshots, module flags;Start,Stop,ClearFrames,EnableModule,Save,Load
Lighting
- RQL source
lighting(viarql-query/rql-mutate) - the active scene's environment (ambient, fog, skybox, sun, reflections; undoable), its Lighting Settings asset and the bake:CreateSettings,UseSettings,Bake,CancelBake,ClearBakedData,BakeReflectionProbes LightProbeGroup.PlaceGrid(size, spacing)- fill a box with evenly spaced light probes;ReflectionProbe.Bake()- bake a Custom probe next to its scene
Install extensions when need more tools or create your own tools.
| Extension | Description |
|---|---|
| AI Animation | Set of additional tools for Unity Animations |
| AI Cinemachine | MCP Tools for Cinemachine |
| AI InputSystem | MCP Tools for the Unity Input System |
| AI Navigation | MCP Tools for AI Navigation (NavMesh surfaces, baking, agents, links) |
| AI ParticleSystem | Set of additional tools for Unity Particle System |
| AI ProBuilder | Set of additional tools for Unity ProBuilder |
| AI Splines | MCP Tools for Unity Splines |
| AI Terrain | Set of additional tools for Unity Terrain |
| AI Tilemap | MCP Tools for Unity 2D Tilemaps |
| AI Timeline | MCP Tools for Unity Timeline cutscenes and sequences |
- Quick Start
- Skills and Tools Reference
- Contents
- Installation
- AI Workflow Examples
- Customize Tools
- Runtime usage (in-game)
- Unity
MCP Serversetup - How Unity MCP Architecture Works
- Contribution 💙💛
| Document | Description |
|---|---|
| Default MCP Tools | Full reference of all built-in tools with descriptions |
| MCP Server Setup | Server configuration, environment variables, remote hosting |
| Docker Deployment | Step-by-step Docker deployment guide |
| Development Guide | Architecture, code style, CI/CD — for contributors |
| Wiki | Getting started, tutorials, API reference, FAQ |
| CLI Tool | Install plugins, configure, and connect via command line |
⚠️ Requirements (click)
[!IMPORTANT] Project path cannot contain spaces
- ✅
C:/MyProjects/MyProject- ❌
C:/My Projects/MyProject- ❌
C:/My Projects/My Project- ❌
C:/MyProjects/My Project
- ⬇️ Download Installer
- 📂 Import installer into Unity project
- You can double-click on the file - Unity will open it automatically
- OR: Open Unity Editor first, then click on
Assets/Import Package/Custom Package, and choose the file
Install the plugin via unity-mcp-cli — no Unity Editor needed:
# 1.1 Install unity-mcp-cli # ┌────────────────────┐
npm install -g unity-mcp-cli # │ Available AI agent │
# ├────────────────────┤
# 1.2 (Optional) Install Unity # │ antigravity │
unity-mcp-cli install-unity # │ claude-code │
# │ claude-desktop │
# 1.3 (Optional) Create Unity project # │ cline │
unity-mcp-cli create-project ./MyUnityProject # │ codex │
# │ cursor │
# 2. Install "AI Game Developer" in Unity project # │ gemini │
unity-mcp-cli install-plugin ./MyUnityProject # │ github-copilot-cli │
# │ kilo-code │
# 3. Sign in to ai-game.dev (OAuth device flow) # │ open-code │
unity-mcp-cli login # │ rider-junie │
# │ unity-ai │
# 4. Open Unity project (auto-connects and generates skills) │ vs-copilot │
unity-mcp-cli open ./MyUnityProject # │ vscode-copilot │
# └────────────────────┘
# 5. Wait for Unity Editor to be ready
unity-mcp-cli wait-for-ready ./MyUnityProjectSee full CLI documentation for all available commands.
Cloud sign-in & project pinning:
unity-mcp-cli loginruns the browser OAuth device flow and stores the credential in the shared machine store (~/.ai-game-dev/credentials.json) — there is no personal access token to paste. By default the AI-agent config thatsetup-mcpwrites points at a per-project pinned endpoint (https://ai-game.dev/mcp/p/<pin>); pass--no-pinto use the sharedhttps://ai-game.dev/mcpendpoint instead. Teams can distribute access with an enrollment code:unity-mcp-cli install-plugin --enroll <code>.
Choose a single AI agent you prefer - you don't need to install all of them. This will be your main chat window to communicate with the LLM.
- Claude Code (recommended)
- Claude Desktop
- GitHub Copilot in VS Code
- Antigravity
- Cursor
- Windsurf
- Any other supported
The AI Game Developer is quite universal, which is why you may use any AI agent you prefer - it will work as smoothly as any other. The only important requirement is that the AI agent must support Skills or dynamic MCP Tool updates.
- Open Unity project
- Open
Window/AI Game Developer - Option 1: Click
Auto-generateSkills (recommended) - Option 2: Click
ConfigureModel Context Protocol (MCP)
If your MCP client is not in the list, use the raw JSON shown in the window to inject it into your MCP client. Read the instructions for your specific MCP client on how to do this.
If automatic configuration doesn't work for you for any reason, use the JSON from the AI Game Developer (Unity-MCP) window to configure any MCP Client manually.
Create command
1. Choose your <command> for your environment
| Platform | <command> |
|---|---|
| Windows x64 | "<unityProjectPath>/Library/mcp-server/win-x64/gamedev-mcp-server.exe" port=<port> client-transport=stdio |
| Windows x86 | "<unityProjectPath>/Library/mcp-server/win-x86/gamedev-mcp-server.exe" port=<port> client-transport=stdio |
| Windows arm64 | "<unityProjectPath>/Library/mcp-server/win-arm64/gamedev-mcp-server.exe" port=<port> client-transport=stdio |
| MacOS Apple-Silicon | "<unityProjectPath>/Library/mcp-server/osx-arm64/gamedev-mcp-server" port=<port> client-transport=stdio |
| MacOS Apple-Intel | "<unityProjectPath>/Library/mcp-server/osx-x64/gamedev-mcp-server" port=<port> client-transport=stdio |
| Linux x64 | "<unityProjectPath>/Library/mcp-server/linux-x64/gamedev-mcp-server" port=<port> client-transport=stdio |
| Linux arm64 | "<unityProjectPath>/Library/mcp-server/linux-arm64/gamedev-mcp-server" port=<port> client-transport=stdio |
2. Replace <unityProjectPath> with the full path to Unity project
3. Replace <port> with your port from AI Game Developer configuration
4. Add MCP server using command line
Gemini CLI
gemini mcp add ai-game-developer <command>Replace
<command>from the table above
Claude Code CLI
claude mcp add ai-game-developer <command>Replace
<command>from the table above
GitHub Copilot CLI
copilot/mcp addServer name: ai-game-developer
Server type: local
Command: <command>
Replace
<command>from the table above
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