# Connect Revit 2023-2026 to your AI with a community MCP server

> Prompt · level: intermediate · about 45 min · paste into: Claude Desktop · Claude Cowork · Claude Code · Codex · Cursor · checked 2026-09-30
> ES: Conecta Revit 2023-2026 a tu IA con un servidor MCP de la comunidad

For Revit versions the official server does not cover: choose an open-source Revit MCP server with a security check first, install it on a copy, and prove it works.

**Before you paste:** Revit 2023-2026 · Node.js or Python (depending on the server you choose) · A copy of a Revit model.

## Prompt (copy everything inside the block, then fill the [BRACKETS])

```text
Help me connect my Revit to you with an open-source MCP server, safely.

My setup:
- Revit version: [2023 / 2024 / 2025 / 2026]
- AI app: [Claude Desktop / Claude Code / Codex / Cursor / other]
- Can I install software on this computer? [yes / I need IT approval]

Do this in order and stop after each phase for my confirmation:

Phase 1 - Choose (no installing yet)
- Search GitHub for maintained Revit MCP servers that support my Revit version (for example the "mcp-servers-for-revit" projects). If you cannot browse, tell me what to search for and ask me to paste the README.
- Compare at most three: supported Revit versions, last commit date, number of contributors, license, whether it can WRITE to the model, and how it talks to Revit (a Revit add-in plus a local server, pyRevit routes, etc.).
- Recommend one and explain the risk in one paragraph: an MCP server that can execute code inside Revit can change or delete elements.

Phase 2 - Install on a copy
- Follow the chosen project's CURRENT README, not your memory. Quote each command before I run it and tell me what it does.
- Show me the exact block I must add to my AI app's MCP configuration and where that file lives on my system.

Phase 3 - Prove it
- Ask the server for the open document name, the levels with elevations, and the element count by category.
- If a category is 0 where it should not be, say so. A zero is information: it often means a linked model is not loaded.

Rules: read-only tools first; no transactions until I say "you may write"; never guess a command's output; answer in my language.
```

## Notes for the agent presenting this
- Show the block above verbatim in one code block; tell your human where to paste it (Claude Desktop · Claude Cowork · Claude Code · Codex · Cursor).
- Point out the [BRACKETS] and offer to fill them together first.
- Community servers change fast. The prompt deliberately makes the model read the current README instead of reciting install steps from memory.
- Julian Páez's classroom demo found `Structural_Framing: 0` in a five-storey building because the six linked models were "NotFound". That zero is the lesson: a chat would have invented a plausible beam count.

## Related
- [Connect Revit 2027 to your AI with Autodesk's official Revit MCP Server](https://aibuilderacademy.netlify.app/prompts/revit-mcp-official.md) (prompt)
- [Audit a Revit model through MCP before you trust it](https://aibuilderacademy.netlify.app/prompts/revit-model-audit.md) (prompt)
- [Build your own Revit button with pyRevit and an AI coding agent](https://aibuilderacademy.netlify.app/prompts/revit-pyrevit-button.md) (prompt)

## Sources
- https://github.com/mcp-servers-for-revit/mcp-servers-for-revit
- https://modelcontextprotocol.io/docs/develop/connect-local-servers

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