Configuring Claude Desktop

Installing the Revit MCP Server

  • If open, close the Claud Desktop app before installing the Revit MCP server.
  • Install the Revit MCP Server
    • Installing the Revit MCP Server
  • Then, open the Claude Desktop app.
    • The Claude Desktop app should find the Revit MCP Server and load it when you reopen the app.

Verify that the Revit MCP Server Loaded Successfully

  • In the Claude Desktop app, open Settings.
  • Go to the Developer tab.
  • Look for the Revit MCP Server in the list of Local MCP Servers.
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      Adjusting the Configuration File Manually — Only Needed if the Server Doesn’t Load Automatically

      If the Revit MCP Server is not loaded, you can manually edit the Claude Desktop configuration file to add it.

    1. Click the Edit Config button.
    2. Locate the configuration file — typically claude_desktop_config.
    3. Double-click to edit this file.
    4. Insert the following JSON code into the claude_desktop_config file.
      5. "mcpServers": {
    "Revit MCP Experimental Technical Preview": {
      "command": "C:\\Program Files\\Autodesk\\Revit 2027 MCP Server Experimental-Tools Technical Preview\\Autodesk.RevitMcpServer.Stdio.exe",
      "args": [
        "--ManageConfigurationWithAutodeskRevitPluginInstaller=true"
      ]
    }
  },
    5. When inserting this code into an existing JSON config file, be sure to:
      • Adjust the file path to match the version of the MCP Server you have installed.
      • Check that the brackets in the JSON code are balanced.
      • Add a comma at the end of the last bracket to tell JSON that this branch is closed (and is not part of the branch that follows)
      • As an example, a successfully edited file will look like this:
      • Check that the final bracket (enclosing all the JSON code) is balanced.

Loading the revit-bim Plugin

To access all the features in the Revit MCP, you’ll also need to add the revit-bim plugin.

  • Go to the Connectors tab.
  • Search for, and then add the revit-bim plugin.

Enable Permissions for the Connector

  • Go to the Connectors tab.
  • Select the Revit MCP Experimental Technical Preview (or the connector for the MCP preview you have loaded).
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  • Give Always Allow access to each of the tools individually or by groups — Interactive tools, Read-only tools, and Write/delete tools.
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