Unreal Engine

Navigate to your Unreal Engine project directory and run the ue-mcp init command. The interactive setup automatically detects your .uproject file, lets you choose which tool categories to enable, deploys the C++ bridge plugin to your project, and configures your MCP client.

cd /path/to/your/UnrealProject
npx ue-mcp init

The interactive prompt will list all 21 available tool categories (Levels, Blueprints, Materials, Assets, Animation, VFX, Landscape, PCG, GAS, Networking, UI, etc.). Select the categories relevant to your project to keep the tool set manageable.

After setup completes, restart the UE5 editor to load the newly deployed C++ bridge plugin. The plugin enables communication between the MCP server and the editor.

To update ue-mcp and the bridge plugin to the latest version, run the update command from your project directory.

npx ue-mcp update

If you prefer manual setup, add the ue-mcp server to your MCP client configuration file directly, passing the absolute path to your .uproject file as an argument.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ue-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "ue-mcp", "C:/path/to/MyGame.uproject"]
    }
  }
}

Ask your AI assistant to get the project status to confirm the bridge plugin is loaded and the MCP server is communicating with the UE5 editor.

# Verify with this prompt:
# "Call the project action get_status in the Unreal Engine MCP server"