KeyShot MCP Server

What the code does

We read the source, 18 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

claude mcp add keyshot-mcp -- npx -y keyshot-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "keyshot-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "keyshot-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.keyshot-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "keyshot-mcp"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "keyshot-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "keyshot-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "keyshot-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "keyshot-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: KEYSHOT_HEADLESS_EXE (Absolute path to KeyShot headless, or a command available on PATH.), KEYSHOT_OUTPUT_DIR (Root directory for rendered images and saved scenes.), KEYSHOT_ALLOW_EXTERNAL_OUTPUTS (Set to true only when output paths outside KEYSHOT_OUTPUT_DIR are required.), KEYSHOT_TIMEOUT_MS (Timeout in milliseconds for one KeyShot headless process.), KEYSHOT_LICENSE_ARGS (Optional additional KeyShot launch arguments.), KEYSHOT_MATERIAL_PRESETS (Optional path to a user-managed material preset JSON file.), KEYSHOT_CAMERA_PRESETS (Optional path to a user-managed camera preset JSON file.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.