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3DOptix

by 3doptixversion 1.0.0i★ –iRuns in the cloud
Registry namecom.3doptix/optical-design

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Optical design, simulation and analysis with GPU-powered ray tracing. Import from Zemax and CAD.

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What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

  • Connection: Runs in the cloud
  • Transport: Streamable HTTP
  • Category: Design, images & audio

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

  • Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
  • Runs on the maker’s server: what you ask it goes through their server.
  • The registry lists no key to fill in.

You need

Which app do you use?

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Works in Claude on the web, desktop and mobile:

  1. Open Settings → Connectors
  2. Press Add custom connector
  3. Paste the address below and press Add
  4. If it asks you to sign in, sign in with the maker
SettingsConnectors1+ Add2https://…3
https://mcp.3doptix.com

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add --transport http optical-design https://mcp.3doptix.com

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "optical-design": {
      "url": "https://mcp.3doptix.com"
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "optical-design": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.3doptix.com"
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

ChatGPT connects only to servers on the internet:

  1. Open ChatGPT on the web → Settings → Connectors (Apps)
  2. Press Create or Add (some plans need Developer mode under Advanced first)
  3. Paste the address below, give it a name and save
  4. If it asks you to sign in, sign in with the maker
SettingsConnectors1+ Create2https://…3
https://mcp.3doptix.com

Menu names can differ slightly by plan and over time.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

We have not read this server’s tool list yet; we check endpoints in rotation.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 6, 2026

  • ✓ Pass

    Maker matches the repo

    The registry name was verified against the domain 3doptix.com (the registry checks domain ownership)

  • … Not checked yet

    Still maintained

    We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

  • … Not checked yet

    Has a licence

    We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

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    Endpoint responds

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    Sign-in with OAuth

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    No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

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Compared with others in Design, images & audioi

  • More stars than 0% of the other 2180 servers in this category
  • Published to the registry more recently than 19% of the other 2180 servers in this category
  • Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 2180 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is 3DOptix safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs in the maker’s cloud. Connect over the internet with nothing to install, but what you send passes through the maker’s servers.

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (1.0.0) reached the registry 3 months ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. It connects by URL, so apps that accept remote MCP servers work too, such as ChatGPT in developer mode.

What can I use instead?

In the same category: Figma Context MCP, Claude Real Video, Figma MCP Server

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README from the maker

Open the README

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3DOptix for AI coding agents

Design, simulate and analyse optical systems from your coding agent, using the 3DOptix cloud platform.

This repository is a plugin — it bundles the 3DOptix MCP server together with a skill that teaches the agent how to use it well. Install it once and your agent can build optical setups, place lenses and detectors, run GPU ray-trace simulations and advanced optical analysis.

Skills here follow the Agent Skills open standard, so they work in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other compliant clients.


Install

Claude Code
claude plugin marketplace add 3doptix/skills

claude plugin install 3doptix@3doptix

Codex
codex plugin marketplace add 3doptix/skills

codex plugin add 3doptix@3doptix

Just the MCP server

If you only want the tools and not the workflow guidance, the server is listed in the MCP Registry as com.3doptix/optical-design, or add it directly:

claude mcp add --transport http 3doptix https://mcp.3doptix.com

Connect your account

You need a 3DOptix account. New sign-ups at 3doptix.com get a fully functional trial; continued use needs a subscription.

Authentication is OAuth 2.0 with dynamic client registration. There is no API key to paste.

  • Claude Code — run /mcp, select 3doptix, sign in via the browser.
  • Codex — run codex mcp login 3doptix.

Then confirm it worked by asking your agent to list your setups. Your agent can also walk you through this itself — the bundled 3doptix-setup skill activates on connection errors. Full troubleshooting: skills/3doptix-setup/SKILL.md.


What's included

SkillWhat it covers
3doptix-workflowSetup creation, component placement and alignment, light sources, detectors, catalog and custom optics, simulation, analysis, optimisation, Zemax import, CAD upload
3doptix-setupConnecting and verifying the MCP server; activates on auth errors

The 3doptix MCP server provides tools for setups, parts, the optics and optomechanics catalogs, simulation, analysis and rendering. Tool reference: 3doptix.com.

Try it
Build a 2-lens beam expander for a 5 mm 632 nm beam, 3× magnification,

then run a spot diagram on the output.

Import my Zemax file into 3DOptix and tell me where the aberrations are worst.


Repository layout

.claude-plugin/     Claude Code plugin + marketplace manifests

.codex-plugin/ Codex plugin manifest .agents/plugins/ Codex marketplace manifest .mcp.json The 3DOptix remote MCP server server.json MCP Registry entry skills/ Agent Skills — shared by every store assets/ Store icons (the spectral sphere from the 3DOptix mark) scripts/ validate.js, set-version.js — plain Node, no dependencies

Skill content lives in exactly one place. Each store gets a small manifest pointing at the same skills/ tree — nothing is duplicated per client.

There is no build step. Skills are Markdown and manifests are JSON, so what you see here is exactly what gets installed.


Contributing

Adding a skill

Create skills/ /SKILL.md with the required frontmatter:

---

name: your-skill-name description: "When this skill should and should not trigger."


name must match the directory name — every store enforces this. Put anything lazily loaded in skills/ /references/ and point at it from SKILL.md. Skills are discovered by directory, so there is no manifest to register a new one in.

Only skills under skills/ ship. A skill still in development belongs in an inactive-skills/ directory instead — no store scans it there, so it can live in the repository without reaching users.

Checks
node scripts/validate.js

No install step; it has no dependencies. It checks skill frontmatter against the Agent Skills spec, confirms all four manifests agree on a version, and refuses to pass if .mcp.json ever grows a credential. CI runs the same script on every push and pull request.

Before publishing a change, also confirm what a user will actually receive:

claude plugin details 3doptix
Releasing

.claude-plugin/plugin.json holds the authoritative version. To cut a release:

node scripts/set-version.js 1.1.0   # writes all four manifests

node scripts/validate.js git commit -am "release: 1.1.0" && git tag v1.1.0 git push && git push --tags

Never edit a manifest's `version` by hand — validate.js will fail, which is the point.

Directories that list this plugin track commits on main and pick up changes automatically, so a push is a release whether or not you tag it. Tag anyway; it is how users pin a known-good version.


Support

  • Product and accounts — support@3doptix.com
  • Bugs in these skills — open an issue on this repository
  • Privacy — privacy policy

Licence

MIT — see LICENSE.

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