The Tripo AI MCP Server provides access to Tripo3D AI capabilities through the MCP (Model Context Protocol) interface. It exposes tools for creating 3D content from text prompts, images, or multiple views, along with features to animate, stylize, and manage the status of generation tasks. Clients and MCP-enabled tools can connect to this server using the configured MCP entry, enabling seamless integration with Claude Desktop or other MCP clients. The server expects a Tripo API secret for authentication and access to Tripo's 3D generation endpoints.

Once running, you can use the available tools via MCP commands such as text_to_3d to generate a model from a text prompt, image_to_3d to convert an image into a 3D model (with support for local uploads), multiview_to_3d for multi-view prompts, animate_model to animate rigged models, stylize_model to apply stylistic transformations, and get_task_status or upload_file to manage tasks and assets. Ensure your client provides the Tripo API secret (TRIPO_API_SECRET) either via environment variables or in the client configuration so the server can authenticate with Tripo3D.

Prerequisites:

• Node.js and npm installed on your system
• Access to the internet to install the MCP server package from npm

Installation steps:

1. Install the MCP server globally using npm: npm install -g tripo-ai-mcp-server
2. Ensure Node.js is available in your PATH. You can verify by running: node -v npm -v
3. Create a .env file in a secure location or set the environment variable TRIPO_API_SECRET in your environment to authenticate with Tripo3D. Example: export TRIPO_API_SECRET=your_api_secret_here

   or in Windows PowerShell:

   $env:TRIPO_API_SECRET = "your_api_secret_here"
4. Run the MCP server (as described in the README): tripo-ai-mcp-server
5. Optional: Configure a client (e.g., Claude Desktop) to point to the MCP server using the provided npx command and include TRIPO_API_SECRET in the environment settings.

Note: If you need to run via a different method, you can also use the MCP configuration example provided in the client setup to adapt the command accordingly.

Tips and notes:

• The server requires a Tripo API secret (TRIPO_API_SECRET). Keep this secret secure and do not commit it to public repos.
• When configuring clients, the recommended command is the npx invocation with -y tripo-ai-mcp-server to ensure the correct package is installed and started.
• Tools exposed by the MCP server include: text_to_3d, image_to_3d, multiview_to_3d, get_task_status, upload_file, animate_model, and stylize_model. Some tools may require specific input formats (e.g., image paths or multi-view datasets).
• If you encounter authentication errors, verify that TRIPO_API_SECRET is correctly set in the environment where the server runs and that the secret has the necessary permissions in Tripo3D.
• For development or testing, you can run the server locally and point your MCP client to http://localhost:port (port may vary depending on your setup). Check logs for task status and error messages to troubleshoot.