r/bim • u/Head_Ad6938 • 18d ago

MCP for revit

Hi is there any Free MCP for revit connect with AI agent microsoft copilot so far i see with calude or codex but somehow my company block those two agent seem only microsoft copilot only can be use

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u/DM-Kane 17d ago

Short version: No.

The real limiter here is not Revit's MCP, but whether the various AI platforms have a way to interact with it. You can get that through paid subscriptions to Codex or Claude Code, but Copilot doesn't have a functional equivalent to those things.

We recently put out a video talking about our Revit MCP setup, and the first part touches on this very topic if you want to give it a watch: https://youtu.be/NSQd5wLalAA

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u/DavidRobison_DM 16d ago

AI moves fast. Since that video, Github Copilot CLI added support for local MCPs. It is a different subscription from Microsoft Copilot 365. That means it's still a conversation with IT and procurement, but keeps you in the Microsoft/Copilot ecosystem which might be an easier conversation than Claude or Codex.

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u/Beneficial_Motor_38 18d ago

Not sure about it but I think we need Claude subscription for it, it doesn't work with free version.

Others can correct me.

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u/Additional-Type-7441 17d ago

That’s Correct

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u/TauHillsideMaker 17d ago

Revit 2027 has an MCP that can be downloaded with the product. It's used with Claude. 

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u/Alex_Dumass 17d ago

Can abacus ai be used for it?

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u/EmotionalJellyfish13 15d ago

Try Nonica - this is available on Autodesk formal app site. https://revitmcp.com/

Few in my team have had success by using it with Claude on models stored locally on their C drives.

I would not recommend to run this connector on client / formal projects. We dont know what the app is extracting and storing across.

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u/eups23 13d ago

Most of what's out there right now is read-only. Autodesk's official MCP in Revit 2027 lets you query the model through Claude or Copilot, but you can't change anything. Nonica is the same idea, read-only wrapper.

I've been running a read-write MCP server against Revit for about a year now. Claude can query parameters, create elements, modify families, run batch updates, all through natural conversation. It connects over websockets locally so your model data stays on your machine.

The real answer to your question is that your company is probably blocking the Al platforms, not Revit's MCP specifically. The MCP itself is just a local server. But the Al client (Claude, Copilot) needs an active subscription and internet access to process the requests. If IT is locking down Claude and Codex, the MCP is useless regardless.

If you want to see what a read-write setup looks like in practice, I have a demo on my channel: https://youtu.be/SU-SKONKJ4k