Inventor MCP servers and AI agent skills

How AI connects to Inventor

An MCP server or skill can only do what Inventor lets programs do. Inventor exposes 3 automation interfaces:

• Inventor COM API (COM automation): Inventor's object model is exposed through COM, so it can be driven from VBA inside the program or from C#, VB.NET, C++, Python (pywin32) and other languages outside it. The SDK, installed with Inventor under Public Documents, holds samples and the Object Model Chart. Python servers attach to the running Inventor.exe through COM, while .NET servers load an add-in and run calls on Inventor's own thread. Enum values and some feature methods change between releases, which is why servers state the years they tested. Documentation
• Apprentice Server (COM automation): A free, separately installed COM server that opens Inventor files without a full Inventor licence. It gives read access to assembly structure, B-rep geometry and topology, and read and write access to file references and iProperties. One server here uses it to copy a document tree to a test folder and repoint the copies. Documentation
• iLogic rules (Other): iLogic stores VB.NET rules inside parts, assemblies and drawings, driving parameters, model states and properties when a rule runs or an event fires. It is a common target for agents because rule text is plain code. One listed server can read, edit, back up and run these rules in a live session. Documentation

What Autodesk offers

At Autodesk University 2026, Autodesk said Autodesk Assistant will work in Inventor through the Inventor API and iLogic to analyse models, change parameters and components, create model states and automate repetitive work, with no release date given. Separately, its Product Help MCP server gives outside AI agents read-only access to Help for more than 110 Autodesk products. There is no Autodesk MCP server that drives Inventor.

Checked 4 Nov 2026. Sources: Autodesk K.K. press release on AU 2026 Fusion, Inventor and Vault AI features (29 September 2026, Japanese), Autodesk launches Product Help MCP Server (Autodesk News, 9 April 2026)

What you can do with Inventor and AI

• Model a standard part such as a DIN 934 hex nut or a DIN 2573 flange as a fully dimensioned parametric sketch with real tapped holes and chamfers.
• Build a sheet-metal enclosure with flanges and corner rounds, then export the flat pattern as DXF with bend lines on their own layer.
• Place and constrain assembly components, drop bolts into holes, check interference and drive a joint through its range of motion.
• Produce a drawing with base, projected and iso views and a parts list, or export a BOM with mass and material to CSV.
• Read and edit the iLogic rules of an assembly, run one, and inspect the parameters and feature health it leaves behind.

Taken from the listings' own documentation. Check each listing for exactly what it supports.

Installing

The listings here document setup for ChatGPT, Claude, Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, OpenCode, VS Code, VS Code (GitHub Copilot), Visual Studio (GitHub Copilot) and Windsurf. Install steps, copied from each project's own documentation, are on each listing's page. Most Inventor integrations run on your own computer next to Inventor, so you need Inventor installed and licensed on the same machine unless the listing says otherwise.