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MCP server · sse

🛠️Fusion 360

By AuraFriday· 96

Drive Autodesk Fusion 360 from Claude — sketches, parts, and CAM from plain English.

What it does

AuraFriday's Fusion MCP server is the most-starred, actively maintained way to put Claude inside Autodesk Fusion.

What it gives Claude:

  • Generic Fusion API calls against adsk.core, adsk.fusion, and adsk.cam
  • Arbitrary in-process Python execution inside Fusion
  • A bridge to 10+ built-in MCP tools (SQLite, browser, desktop, AI models)
  • Build sketches, extrusions, full parts, and CAM toolpaths from natural language

How it's wired (two pieces):

  1. A Fusion add-in loaded inside Fusion that registers itself as a fusion360 tool.
  2. A separate MCP-Link server process that routes AI requests to the add-in. Your MCP client connects to that over SSE.

Heads up: this is a community project, not an official Autodesk product, and the repo ships a non-standard license — review it before redistributing. It's the leader by stars and maintenance; runner-ups include faust-machines/fusion360-mcp-server (MIT, on PyPI) if you prefer a one-line uvx install.

Installation

Before you start

Fusion MCP has two parts: an add-in that lives inside Fusion, and a small MCP-Link server that runs on your computer. Follow these in order — it takes about 5 minutes.

Step 1 — Get the add-in from the Fusion App Store

  1. Open Autodesk Fusion (open or start any project so the toolbar is showing).
  2. In the top toolbar, click the UTILITIES tab.
  3. In the ADD-INS panel, click Fusion App Store (this opens the store in your browser).
  4. Search the store for "AuraFriday MCP Server" (or just "MCP").
  5. Open it and click Download. Run the installer it gives you, then close and reopen Fusion so it loads.

Step 2 — Turn the add-in on inside Fusion

  1. Back in Fusion, go to the UTILITIES tab again.
  2. In the ADD-INS panel, click Scripts and Add-Ins (or just press Shift + S).
  3. Click the Add-Ins tab, find AuraFriday MCP Server in the list, select it, and click Run. (Tick Run on Startup so you don't have to do this every time.)

Step 3 — Install and start the MCP-Link server

  1. Go to the MCP-Link releases page.
  2. Download the installer for your OS (Windows / macOS / Linux) and run it. No Python or extra setup needed — it starts itself.

Step 4 — Check it's connected

In Fusion, open the TEXT COMMANDS window (bottom of the screen) — you should see the add-in connect to the MCP-Link server. That's it: now just tell Claude what to build.

Most setups auto-configure Claude Code for you. If yours doesn't show up, run the install command below to point Claude at the local connection manually.

Prefer the manual route for the add-in? git clone https://github.com/AuraFriday/Fusion-360-MCP-Server.git, then in Step 1 use Shift + S → Add-Ins tab → green + next to "My Add-Ins" → pick the cloned folder → Run.

  1. Make sure Claude is on your device and in your terminal.

    MCP servers register with Claude Code via claude mcp add. You need Claude Code installed first:

    npm i -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
  2. Note the server's URL.
    Server URL
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    Paste this into the next step's `claude mcp add` command.

  3. Restart Claude Code.

    Quit and reopen Claude Code so it picks up the new MCP registration. Run /mcp inside Claude Code to confirm the server is connected.

  4. Use it.

    Ask Claude naturally. It will call the server's tools when your request matches one. Tool calls show up inline so you can see exactly what Claude is doing.

Prefer to read the source first? Open on GitHub.