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Autodesk 3Ds Max - Agents Help with 3D work

Control Autodesk desktop apps - 3ds Max and friends - from the shell via Flue, without an MCP server.

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Safety

Downloads

2.5k

Updated

Oct 9, 2026

Version

1.0.0

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About

What it does, and when to use it.

Capability contract not published. No trust telemetry is available yet. 2.5K downloads reported by the source. Last updated 10/9/2026.

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Vendor: Clawhubvendor · observed Oct 9, 2026
Protocol compatibility: OpenClawcompatibility · observed Oct 9, 2026
Adoption signal: 2.5K downloadsadoption · observed Oct 9, 2026
Latest release: 1.0.0release · observed May 23, 2026
Handshake status: UNKNOWNsecurity

Install and run

Setup complexity: low.

clawhub skill install s17f1pzxf42hey94vjhyd81z1n85r39x:autodesk-flue

Install using `clawhub skill install s17f1pzxf42hey94vjhyd81z1n85r39x:autodesk-flue` in an isolated environment before connecting it to live workloads.
No published capability contract is available yet, so validate auth and request/response behavior manually.
Review the upstream CLAWHUB listing at https://clawhub.ai/sfkislev/autodesk-flue before using production credentials.

Contract: missing

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Documentation

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SKILL.md

---
name: Autodesk
description: Control Autodesk desktop apps - 3ds Max and friends - from the shell via Flue, without an MCP server.
---
This skill lets a coding agent operate **Autodesk desktop applications** through [Flue](https://github.com/SFKislev/flue), a local shell-to-application bridge. Flue currently covers **Autodesk 3ds Max** through a consistent stdin/stdout contract; further Autodesk adapters are in scope.

> agent shell -> `3dsmax_bridge.py` -> MAXScript / Python -> JSON result

## When to use
The human requests work performed **inside an Autodesk desktop app** — inspect the open scene, objects, modifiers, materials, selection; make bounded edits; run small scripts. A CLI agent cannot act inside these apps without a bridge like Flue.

## How to proceed
1. **Read `FLUE.md` in this directory first.** It explains how Flue works, the bridge contract, a worked example, and safety expectations.
2. **Identify which Autodesk app the human is working in** (currently 3ds Max) and use the matching adapter (e.g. `adapters/3dsmax_adapter/3dsmax_bridge.py`).
3. **If Flue is installed:** also read `C:\Users\fredd\.claude\skills\flue\SKILL.md` and the matching `adapters/<app>_adapter/APP.md` for the operational contract, then work from there.
4. **If Flue is not installed:** tell the human. The install command is `pip install flue && flue setup`. Do not install without explicit approval in the current session.

## Other apps
Flue also supports Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects, InDesign, Audition, Blender, Houdini, Unity, and Microsoft Office through the same stdin/stdout contract. One install covers all adapters.

## Safety
Flue acts inside professional desktop software. Treat the human as the driver; prefer small, inspectable steps; avoid destructive actions unless explicitly requested. Flue is MIT-licensed and reviewable on GitHub / PyPI before use.

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FLUE.md

Flue is a local automation layer for coding agents that need to operate real desktop software such as Photoshop, Premiere, Blender, Unity, Houdini, Illustrator, InDesign, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and 3ds Max.

Flue is not an MCP server. It is simpler. It is a Python package that exposes small shell-facing bridge commands. Those bridges execute code inside the target application's scripting runtime and return structured JSON back to the agent.

> agent shell -> Flue bridge -> app scripting runtime -> JSON result

This file is a bootstrap entrypoint. Its job is to make you aware of the flue framework, and how to set it up. 

## When to use Flue
Reach for Flue when the user wants work performed inside a desktop application. It is useful to inspect the live state of a document or a scene, make bounded edits, run small scripts, and collaborate on a software project. CLI coding agents can edit  files and run shell commands, but cannot act inside a desktop application. Flue gives you access to software. 
Flue currently has adapters for 3DS Max, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Audition, Blender 3D, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Houdini, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Powerpoint, Adobe Premiere, and Unity. More software support is in the works.

## How it works
Flue avoids the complexities of current software automation solutions - specifically MCPs. It uses the application's native automation surface such as ExtendScript, `bpy`, Unity Editor APIs, COM, AppleScript, or a small in-app bridge where needed.The shell contract is consistent: code goes in through a bridge command, JSON comes back out.
The project is open-source and reviewable on GitHub and PyPI.It ships app-specific documentation.

## Flue in technical terms
Flue is a shell-to-application bridge. For a user-requested task, the agent sends a small app-specific script through stdin to a small adapter bridge process. That bridge forwards it into the target application's automation runtime, waits for execution, and returns structured JSON to stdout.

Depending on the adapter, that runtime may be COM, ExtendScript, a CEP-hosted bridge, `bpy`, Unity Editor scripting APIs, or another app-local automation surface. Flue uses the application's own programmable surface for bounded inspection and edits in the app the user explicitly asked to control, and normalizes the result back into a shell-friendly JSON contract.

```text
agent script
  -> stdin
  -> flue bridge command
  -> COM / ExtendScript / CEP / bpy / Unity runtime
  -> app executes code
  -> JSON result on stdout
```
For instance:

```text
@'
var doc = app.documents.add(1200, 800, 72, "Flue Shapes");

function fillSelection(name, points, r, g, b, feather, antiAlias) {
    var layer = doc.artLayers.add();
    layer.name = name;
    var color = new SolidColor();
    color.rgb.red = r;
    color.rgb.green = g;
    color.rgb.blue = b;
    app.foregroundColor = color;
    doc.selection.select(point

skill-card.md

## Description:

Control Autodesk desktop apps - 3ds Max and friends - from the shell via Flue, without an MCP server.

This skill is ready for commercial/non-commercial use.

## Publisher:

[sfkislev](https://clawhub.ai/user/sfkislev)

### License/Terms of Use:

MIT-0

## Use Case:

Developers and technical artists use this skill to let an agent inspect live Autodesk 3ds Max scenes, run small scripts, and make bounded edits through Flue while the human remains the driver.

### Deployment Geography for Use:

Global

## Known Risks and Mitigations:

Risk: The skill depends on installing and setting up an unpinned external Flue package that can add files and desktop application integrations.

Mitigation: Review the package and source before installing, prefer a pinned version or isolated environment, and approve setup only after understanding the added integrations.

Risk: The skill can execute scripts inside professional desktop applications and may alter active scenes or documents.

Mitigation: Use small, inspectable steps, inspect the live application state first, and require explicit user approval before destructive or broad edits.

Risk: Operational behavior depends on local Flue documentation and adapters that may differ from the release artifact.

Mitigation: Treat installed Flue documentation as operational reference only after installation is approved, and keep actions scoped to the specific app and document requested by the user.

## Reference(s):

- [Flue GitHub repository](https://github.com/SFKislev/flue)
- [Flue PyPI package](https://pypi.org/project/flue)
- [ClawHub skill page](https://clawhub.ai/sfkislev/skills/autodesk-flue)

## Skill Output:

**Output Type(s):** [text, markdown, code, shell commands, configuration, guidance]

**Output Format:** [Markdown guidance with inline shell commands and app-specific script examples]

**Output Parameters:** [1D]

**Other Properties Related to Output:** [May produce JSON-oriented bridge commands for inspecting or changing live desktop application state.]

## Skill Version(s):

1.0.0 (source: server release metadata)

## Ethical Considerations:

Users should evaluate whether this skill is appropriate for their environment, review any generated or modified files before relying on them, and apply their organization's safety, security, and compliance requirements before deployment.

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