MCP 3D Printer Server

Name: MCP 3D Printer Server
Author: DMontgomery40

mcp-3d-printer-server · by DMontgomery40

Connects MCP to major 3D printer APIs (Orca, Bambu, OctoPrint, Klipper, Duet, Repetier, Prusa, Creality). Control prints, monitor status, and perform advanced STL operations like scaling, rotation, sectional editing, and base extension. Includes slicing and visualization.

230 106/wk 16 tools GitHub npm

No known CVEs

GPL-2.0 license

Actively maintained

Last commit 27d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, sse, http

16 tools · ~946 tok

Grade B · 0.5% of 200K ctx

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MCP 3D Printer Server is an MCP server that connects MCP to major 3D printer APIs (Orca, Bambu, OctoPrint, Klipper, Duet, Repetier, Prusa, Creality). Control prints, monitor status, and perform advanced STL operations like scaling, rotation, sectional editing, and base extension. Includes slicing and visualization. Its tool list has not been published yet over stdio, sse and http, requires no API key, and scores 84/100 on MCPpedia's security, maintenance and efficiency rubric.

Developer Tools

Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "3dprint": {
      "env": {
        "BAMBU_MODEL": "p1s",
        "BAMBU_TOKEN": "your_access_token",
        "SLICER_PATH": "/Applications/BambuStudio.app/Contents/MacOS/BambuStudio",
        "SLICER_TYPE": "bambustudio",
        "BAMBU_SERIAL": "your_printer_serial",
        "PRINTER_HOST": "your_printer_ip",
        "PRINTER_TYPE": "bambu"
      },
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-3d-printer-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

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What Mcp 3D Printer Server does

Dual Local Transports: Added explicit stdio and streamable-http runtime modes with environment-based transport selection. - Bambu Reliability Pass: Fixed Bambu argument wiring bugs, added FTP-backed file operations, improved status refresh behavior, and implemented practical command paths for startJob, setTemperature, and print_3mf. - Blender Bridge Tooling: Added blender_mcp_edit_model with optional execution mode for model-edit collaboration workflows. - Transport Behavior Tests: Added real

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Tools (16)

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~946 tokens total

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Resources (4)

printerStatus

Real-time printer status information including temperatures and print progress

printer://status

bambuPresetPrinter

Bambu Studio printer preset files

bambu://presets/printer/{name}

bambuPresetFilament

Bambu Studio filament preset files

bambu://presets/filament/{name}

bambuPresetProcess

Bambu Studio process preset files

bambu://presets/process/{name}

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Mcp 3D Printer Server safe to use?: Mcp 3D Printer Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under GPL-2.0.
How do I install Mcp 3D Printer Server?: Mcp 3D Printer Server supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can Mcp 3D Printer Server do?: Mcp 3D Printer Server provides 16 tools: getStatus, listFiles, uploadFile, startJob, cancelJob and 11 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Mcp 3D Printer Server?: Mcp 3D Printer Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is Mcp 3D Printer Server actively maintained?: Mcp 3D Printer Server is actively maintained — last commit was 27 days ago. It has 230 GitHub stars.

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{ "mcpServers": { "3dprint": { "env": { "BAMBU_MODEL": "p1s", "BAMBU_TOKEN": "your_access_token", "SLICER_PATH": "/Applications/BambuStudio.app/Contents/MacOS/BambuStudio", "SLICER_TYPE": "bambustudio", "BAMBU_SERIAL": "your_printer_serial", "PRINTER_HOST": "your_printer_ip", "PRINTER_TYPE": "bambu" }, "args": [ "-y", "mcp-3d-printer-server" ], "command": "npx" } } }

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Mcp 3D Printer Server safe to use?

Mcp 3D Printer Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under GPL-2.0.

How do I install Mcp 3D Printer Server?

Mcp 3D Printer Server supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What can Mcp 3D Printer Server do?

Mcp 3D Printer Server provides 16 tools: getStatus, listFiles, uploadFile, startJob, cancelJob and 11 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with Mcp 3D Printer Server?

Mcp 3D Printer Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.

Is Mcp 3D Printer Server actively maintained?

Mcp 3D Printer Server is actively maintained — last commit was 27 days ago. It has 230 GitHub stars.