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RhinoArtisan MCP

Work in progress. RhinoArtisan MCP is under active development. Details below will change.

Connect RhinoArtisan to your favorite AI assistant. RhinoArtisan exposes a local MCP server that lets compatible AI assistants work with RhinoArtisan directly inside Rhino — and not just for design. The same connection covers the whole RhinoArtisan workflow: designing, manufacturing checks, weights, pricing and reporting.

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is the open standard the whole AI industry is converging on — Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and Microsoft all speak it, and McNeel is building RhinoMCP on the same standard for Rhino itself. RhinoArtisan MCP brings Artisan’s jewelry tools into that world.

Works with

Connect from the AI assistants you already use:

  • Claude Desktop — Anthropic’s Claude app, on every plan
  • ChatGPT — through OpenAI’s Secure MCP Tunnel
  • Google Gemini — through Antigravity, Google’s agentic IDE

And from the tools developers live in:

What this looks like

With Rhino and RhinoArtisan running, you ask your AI assistant:

“Add an oval 2-carat ruby at the origin and a half-carat round diamond on each side.”

The assistant discovers Artisan’s tools and the gems appear in your viewport — created by the exact same pipeline as the QuickGems tool, on the right layers, with the right materials, sized correctly for their carat weight.

And design is only the beginning. RhinoArtisan MCP is built on the same automation surface that powers every Artisan module, so the same conversation extends across your whole workflow:

“How much does this ring weigh in 18k gold — and what would it cost?”

“Is this model ready to print? Export the STL and prepare the production report.”

Gem tools are available today; manufacturing, pricing and reporting tools are joining them release by release — see Tools for the current list.

How it works

AI assistant (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, …)
    │  Model Context Protocol (localhost only)
    ▼
RhinoArtisan MCP bridge  ──►  RhinoArtisan  ──►  your document
  • Included with RhinoArtisan 7 — nothing extra to install.
  • The bridge runs entirely on your machine: it listens on localhost only and is never exposed to the network.
  • Tools execute through RhinoArtisan itself — same pipelines as the UI tools, same licensing, same friendly error messages.
  • Read-only tools (listing gems, discovering valid shapes and materials) are separated from tools that modify the document, so assistants can explore safely before they act.

Why it matters

A jeweler’s AI assistant is only as good as the tools it can use. MCP turns RhinoArtisan into a first-class tool for any capable agent — today for early experiments, tomorrow as the standard way AI works alongside professional software.

Ready to try it? Head to Getting Started, then see Tools for what the toolset covers today. Want early access or have a workflow in mind? Talk to us.