Kitsu MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that connects AI assistants like Claude to Kitsu — the open-source production management tool for animation, VFX, and game studios.

Built with FastMCP and the Gazu Python client.

Features

71 tools covering the full Kitsu production pipeline:

| Category | Tools | |----------|-------| | Projects | List, overview, stats, create, close | | Assets | List, details, create, update, delete, asset types, CSV import/export | | Shots & Sequences | List, details, create, update, delete, batch create, CSV import/export, OTIO import | | Tasks | List, details, create, batch create, assign, update status, set estimates, delete | | Time Tracking | Add, set, get time spent | | Comments | Add comments, list comment history | | Previews | Upload preview, publish preview (status + comment + file in one) | | Casting | Get/set shot casting, get asset casting | | Team & People | List team, person tasks, create person, departments | | Playlists | List, create, add entities, build movie | | Budgets | List, create budgets and budget entries | | Concepts | List, create concepts | | Edits | List, create edits | | Scenes | List, create scenes | | Metadata | List and add custom metadata descriptors | | Other | Search, notifications, task statuses, daily progress report |

Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• A running Kitsu instance (self-hosted or cloud)
• A Kitsu user account with appropriate permissions

Installation

git clone https://github.com/INGIPSA/kitsu-mcp-server.git
cd kitsu-mcp-server
pip install -r requirements.txt

Configuration

The server requires three environment variables:

| Variable | Description | Example | |----------|-------------|---------| | KITSU_HOST | Your Kitsu API URL | https://kitsu.yourstudio.com/api | | KITSU_USER | Login email | artist@yourstudio.com | | KITSU_PASSWORD | Login password | your-password |

Usage

With Claude Code

Add to your Claude Code MCP config (~/.claude/claude_desktop_config.json or project-level .mcp.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kitsu": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["path/to/kitsu-mcp-server/server.py"],
      "env": {
        "KITSU_HOST": "https://kitsu.yourstudio.com/api",
        "KITSU_USER": "your-email@example.com",
        "KITSU_PASSWORD": "your-password"
      }
    }
  }
}

With Claude Desktop

Add the same config block to Claude Desktop's settings under MCP servers.

Standalone

export KITSU_HOST="https://kitsu.yourstudio.com/api"
export KITSU_USER="your-email@example.com"
export KITSU_PASSWORD="your-password"

python server.py

Example prompts

Once connected, you can ask your AI assistant things like:

• "List all open projects in Kitsu"
• "Create shots SH010 through SH200 in sequence SQ01"
• "Upload this render as a preview for the lighting task on SH020"
• "What happened in the project in the last 24 hours?"
• "Assign the animation task on SH030 to anna@studio.com"
• "Add 4 hours of work on this task for today"
• "Export all shots to CSV"
• "Create a new playlist and add all shots from SQ01"
• "What are the budget entries for this project?"

Available tools

Read

• list_projects — List all open projects
• get_project_overview — Project overview with team, task types, asset types
• get_project_stats — Task statistics grouped by status
• list_assets — List assets (optionally filtered by type)
• get_asset_details — Asset details with tasks
• list_sequences — List sequences
• list_shots — List shots (optionally filtered by sequence)
• get_shot_details — Shot details with tasks and casting
• list_my_tasks — Tasks assigned to logged-in user
• list_tasks_for_entity — Tasks for a

... View full README on GitHub