MCP Unreal by remiphilippe

About

MCP Unreal is a Go-based MCP server for AI-assisted Unreal Engine project operations, including builds, tests, editor tasks and documentation lookup.

Key Features

• Automate Unreal project and editor workflows.
• Query Unreal API documentation through a local index.

Use Cases

Inspect or automate Unreal editor workflows with an AI coding assistant.

Limitations

The referenced README targets Unreal Engine 5.7. Check project compatibility before applying it to another engine version.

Sources

• Project documentation: https://github.com/remiphilippe/mcp-unreal
• Maintainer repository: https://github.com/remiphilippe/mcp-unreal/blob/main/README.md

MCP Setup

Prerequisites

• Go 1.25+ for source installation.
• Unreal Engine 5.7; Remote Control API plugin; MCPUnreal plugin for advanced editor tools.

Client setup

Claude Code

Transport: stdio

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-unreal": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "/path/to/mcp-unreal",
      "env": {
        "MCP_UNREAL_PROJECT": "/path/to/MyProject/MyProject.uproject"
      }
    }
  }
}

• Clone https://github.com/remiphilippe/mcp-unreal.git and run make build.
• Enable the documented Unreal plugins and replace the executable and project paths.

Environment variables

• MCP_UNREAL_PROJECT

Setup docs: https://github.com/remiphilippe/mcp-unreal