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Connecting to the Autodesk Fusion Data MCP Server

Getting started (2–5 minutes)

The Autodesk Fusion Data MCP Server requires authentication. When you connect, your client will prompt you to sign in with your Autodesk account.

Supported clients

This server requires an MCP client that supports the Autodesk sign-in flow.

Client Status
Claude Desktop Supported. See Using with Claude Desktop.
VS Code Supported. See Using with VS Code.

Autodesk documents and tests the clients listed above. Other MCP clients may work if they support the sign-in flow, but they are not covered by this documentation.

Server URL

Use the following server URL to connect:

https://developer.api.autodesk.com/fusion/mcp

The client-specific sections below provide detailed instructions for Claude Desktop and VS Code.

Using with Claude Desktop

Claude Desktop adds this server through its custom connector dialog; there is no configuration file to edit.

1) Open Claude Desktop connectors

  1. Open Claude Desktop.
  2. Go to Settings > Connectors.

2) Add a custom connector

  1. Select Add at the top right of the Connectors page, then choose Add custom connector.

    Claude Desktop Settings showing the Connectors page, with the Connectors sidebar entry and the Add custom connector option highlighted

  2. Enter a name for the connector. You choose this name yourself, and it is what appears in your connectors list. This documentation uses Fusion Data MCP.

  3. Enter the server URL:

    https://developer.api.autodesk.com/fusion/mcp

  4. Select Continue, then follow the prompts to sign in with your Autodesk account.

    Claude Desktop Add custom connector dialog with the name set to Fusion Data MCP and the server URL entered

3) Verify the connection

Start a new chat and try a query such as:

List my Fusion projects.
Tip:

You can also verify in Settings > Connectors. Open the Fusion Data MCP connector and check Tool permissions. If the tool list is populated, Claude is successfully connected. If it is empty, the connection has not been established.

Claude Desktop Fusion Data MCP connector showing the endpoint URL and a populated Tool permissions list

Using with VS Code

1) Open MCP settings

  1. Open VS Code.
  2. Open the Command Palette (Cmd+Shift+P on macOS, Ctrl+Shift+P on Windows/Linux).
  3. Search for and select MCP: Add Server.

2) Add the Autodesk Fusion Data MCP Server

  1. Choose HTTP as the server type.
  2. Enter the server URL:
https://developer.api.autodesk.com/fusion/mcp
  1. Follow the prompts to sign in with your Autodesk account.

Alternatively, edit mcp.json directly. Use .vscode/mcp.json for a single workspace, or run MCP: Open User Configuration to apply the server everywhere:

{
  "servers": {
    "fusion-data-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://developer.api.autodesk.com/fusion/mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts you to sign in with your Autodesk account the first time it connects.

Important:

VS Code uses servers as the top-level key, not mcpServers, and each entry must declare type. A configuration block copied from another client is valid JSON, so VS Code accepts the file without an error but ignores the server entirely.

3) Verify the connection

Open the MCP panel in VS Code and confirm that the Fusion Data tools appear in the list. Try a query to verify:

What hubs do I have access to?

If you run into issues, see Troubleshooting.

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