Autodesk Product Help MCP

Autodesk Product Help MCP

Give any MCP-compatible AI client read-only access to Autodesk's official Help and Support documentation.

Getting started · Tools · Examples · Troubleshooting · Docs

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Autodesk® Product Help is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server that connects AI agents directly to Autodesk’s official product documentation across 110+ products including Autodesk Fusion®, AutoCAD®, Revit®, Inventor®, Maya®, Civil 3D®, and more. As a secure, read-only interface, it allows AI tools to search, navigate, and retrieve trusted Autodesk help content. This enables support for natural language queries, accelerates onboarding, and provides a reliable foundation for intelligent agents built on authoritative Autodesk product documentation.

Key Features:

• Ask support questions using natural language.
• Learn and onboard to Autodesk products faster.
• Create a foundation for AI agents and automation.
• Available in 10 languages and 40 locales.

Requirements:

• No special requirements.

About Autodesk

The world's designers, engineers, builders, and creators trust Autodesk to help them design and make anything. From the buildings we live and work in, to the cars we drive and the bridges we drive over. From the products we use and rely on, to the movies and games that inspire us. Autodesk's Design and Make Platform unlocks the power of data to accelerate insights and automate processes, empowering our customers with the technology to create the world around us and deliver better outcomes for their business and the planet. For more information, visit autodesk.com.

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Autodesk hosts and operates this service, so there is nothing to install or run locally. This folder of the ai-integrations repository contains the MCP Registry metadata (server.json) and setup documentation.

Example prompts

Once connected, try asking your assistant:

• How-to: "In AutoCAD, how do I create and manage layers using Layer Properties Manager?" or "In AutoCAD or Civil 3D, how do I create and assign a custom property to piping components using the Spec Editor?"
• Troubleshooting: "In Revit, why are my linked CAD files not visible in a view, and how can I troubleshoot the issue?" or "What does AutoCAD error 1603 mean?"
• Getting started: "I'm new to Revit. Show me a beginner tutorial for placing walls." or "Which Autodesk products does this help cover?"
• Account and billing: "How do I sign in to my Autodesk account?" or "How do I upgrade my trial to a paid subscription?"

Getting started

Endpoint: https://api.aps.autodesk.com/knowledge/public/v1/mcp

Any MCP client that supports remote servers over Streamable HTTP can connect to this URL. No credentials are needed. A health check is available at https://api.aps.autodesk.com/knowledge/public/health.

Use it in Claude or ChatGPT

Autodesk Product Help is listed in both apps, so you can connect it without any configuration:

• Claude: Autodesk Product Help in the Claude directory
• ChatGPT: Autodesk Product Help in ChatGPT

Add the server to your client

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http autodesk-product-help \

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

Cursor

Or add it manually to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (all projects) or .cursor/mcp.json (one project):

{

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

VS Code

Or add it manually to .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace:

{

"servers": { "autodesk-product-help": { "type": "http", "url": "https://api.aps.autodesk.com/knowledge/public/v1/mcp" } } }

You can also run MCP: Add Server from the Command Palette, choose HTTP, and paste the endpoint URL.

Windsurf

Add the server to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then restart Windsurf:

{

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

Other clients and SDKs

For other clients, add a remote HTTP server that points to the endpoint URL. The configuration key names vary, so check your client's MCP documentation.

To call the server from your own code, use an official MCP SDK.

Python (pip install "mcp>=2"):

import asyncio

from mcp import ClientSession from mcp.client.streamable_http import streamable_http_client

MCP_URL = "https://api.aps.autodesk.com/knowledge/public/v1/mcp"

async def main() -> None: async with streamable_http_client(MCP_URL) as (read, write): async with ClientSession(read, write) as session: await session.initialize() result = await session.call_tool( "search_help_content", {"query": "AutoCAD error 1603", "locale": "en_US"}, ) structured = result.structured_content or {} for doc in structured.get("results", []): print(doc["title"], doc["url"])

if name == "main": asyncio.run(main())

TypeScript / Node.js (npm install @modelcontextprotocol/sdk):

import { Client } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/index.js";

import { StreamableHTTPClientTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/streamableHttp.js";

const MCP_URL = "https://api.aps.autodesk.com/knowledge/public/v1/mcp";

const client = new Client({ name: "example", version: "1.0.0" }); await client.connect(new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(new URL(MCP_URL)));

const { structuredContent } = await client.callTool({ name: "search_help_content", arguments: { query: "AutoCAD error 1603", locale: "en_US" }, });

for (const doc of structuredContent?.results ?? []) { console.log(doc.title, doc.url); }

await client.close();

Let your agent set it up

Paste this into your AI coding agent:

Add the Autodesk Product Help MCP server to this environment.

Use the setup documentation at https://github.com/Autodesk/ai-integrations/tree/main/product-help/remote-mcp-server and the endpoint https://api.aps.autodesk.com/knowledge/public/v1/mcp (Streamable HTTP, no authentication). Verify the connection with initialize and tools/list.

Verify the connection

curl -sS -X POST https://api.aps.autodesk.com/knowledge/public/v1/mcp \

-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -H 'Accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \ -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{ "protocolVersion":"2025-06-18","capabilities":{}, "clientInfo":{"name":"curl","version":"1.0"}}}'

A successful response reports serverInfo.name as autodesk-knowledge-public-v1-mcp-server.

Tools

The server exposes two tools. Both are annotated as read-only, non-destructive, and idempotent.

get_available_products

Returns the product catalog as a list of { product_name, product_code, release_codes } objects. It takes no arguments.

Call it when you need a valid product_code or release_code to narrow a search. Release codes are identifiers such as 2025, not display names such as "AutoCAD 2025". The catalog can change over time, so treat this tool as the authoritative list rather than hardcoding values.

search_help_content

Searches Autodesk documentation and support articles and returns the most relevant documents.

Each result includes title, url, locale, body (full text or an excerpt), media_type, and source. The response also includes total_results.

Example call:

{

"name": "search_help_content", "arguments": { "query": "AutoCAD Error 1603 install failed", "locale": "en_US", "product_code": "ACD", "max_results": 3 } }

Best practices for agents

• Call search_help_content directly when the product is already known. Call get_available_products only when you need to look up or validate a product or release code.
• If you cannot map a product or release to an exact value from get_available_products, leave that filter out rather than guessing.
• Make query keyword-rich: include the product and the feature or task, keep the user's wording where possible, and include exact error text or codes.
• Write query in the same language as locale, and take locale from the user's context rather than guessing it.
• Cite the url of each result you use, so users can read the original article.

Troubleshooting

MCP clients and SDKs handle