Autodesk Product Help MCP Server

Official Autodesk-hosted remote MCP server that gives AI assistants read-only search access to help documentation for 110+ Autodesk products.

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Overview

The Autodesk Product Help MCP Server is an official, Autodesk-hosted remote MCP service that lets AI assistants pull answers directly from Autodesk's product documentation. It is a read-only service designed so that AI agents outside Autodesk products can ground responses in authoritative help content rather than relying on the model's general training data. Coverage spans 110+ Autodesk products, including AutoCAD, Revit, Fusion, Maya, 3ds Max, Inventor, and Civil 3D, across multiple languages.

Connection is handled through a single remote URL with no API key or OAuth flow required. The server exposes a small set of tools (Autodesk documents 2 tools) for searching and retrieving help content, returning results sourced from the same documentation system that backs help.autodesk.com. This makes it useful for resolving software errors, looking up commands and APIs, exploring workflows that span multiple Autodesk products, and onboarding to a new tool.

The server launched publicly in April 2026 and is free to use. It is officially supported as a remote MCP connector in clients such as Cursor and Claude Desktop, and works with any MCP-compatible client that supports HTTP-based remote servers.

Tools

Tool	Description
`search_help`	Search Autodesk product help documentation across 110+ products and return relevant articles. Exact tool name and parameters are not published in public docs; Autodesk states the server exposes 2 tools focused on searching and retrieving help content.
`get_help_content`	Retrieve the full content of a specific Autodesk help article identified from a prior search. Exact tool name and parameters are not published in public docs.

Setup Guide

Because this is a remote, provider-hosted MCP server, there is nothing to install. You only need to point your MCP client at the Autodesk endpoint:

https://developer.api.autodesk.com/knowledge/public/v1/mcp

No API key, OAuth client, or Autodesk account is required for the public endpoint.

Cursor

Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or use Cursor Settings, Tools and MCPs, New MCP Server) and add:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "autodesk-product-help": {
      "url": "https://developer.api.autodesk.com/knowledge/public/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Restart Cursor and verify the server appears as connected in Tools and MCPs.

Claude Desktop

In Claude Desktop, go to Settings, Connectors, Add Custom Connector. Then:

Name: Autodesk Product Help
Remote MCP server URL: https://developer.api.autodesk.com/knowledge/public/v1/mcp

Click Add and restart Claude Desktop. The connector should appear in your tools list.

Other MCP clients

For any client that supports remote (streamable HTTP) MCP servers, configure a new server with the URL above and no auth headers.

Use Cases

Resolve specific Autodesk software errors by pulling the matching troubleshooting article directly into the AI conversation.
Look up command, ribbon, or API documentation for AutoCAD, Revit, Fusion, Maya, or 3ds Max while coding or scripting.
Compare workflows across multiple Autodesk products (for example, an Inventor to Revit to DWG handoff) using grounded documentation.
Onboard to a new Autodesk product by asking an AI agent to summarize official getting-started guides.
Build internal copilots for AEC, manufacturing, or media and entertainment teams that need authoritative answers about Autodesk tools.

Example Prompts

"Using Autodesk Product Help, explain why AutoCAD is throwing a FATAL ERROR on plot and how to fix it."
"Find the Revit API documentation for creating a parameter on a family and summarize the steps."
"What is the recommended workflow to move an Inventor assembly into Revit, according to Autodesk's docs?"
"Search Autodesk help for how to set up render settings in Maya Arnold and cite the article."
"List the supported file formats for Fusion data export based on the official help content."

Pros

Official, Autodesk-hosted server, so answers are grounded in the same documentation that powers help.autodesk.com.
Zero-setup remote URL with no auth, API key, or local install required.
Broad coverage across 110+ Autodesk products and multiple languages.
Free to use.

Limitations

Read-only: the server cannot perform actions inside Autodesk products, only retrieve help content.
Public documentation lists only a tool count (2 tools) without detailed schemas, so exact tool names and parameters must be discovered from the client after connecting.
Quality of answers is bounded by what is in Autodesk's published help content; missing or outdated articles cannot be patched by the server.

Alternatives

Autodesk Platform Services MCP Server (aps-mcp-server-nodejs) for programmatic access to APS APIs rather than help content.
Autodesk Fusion MCP and Fusion Data MCP for local Fusion automation and project collaboration use cases.
Community Revit and AutoCAD MCP servers for direct in-product automation (not official Autodesk).