Kitsu MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that connects AI assistants like Claude to Kitsu — the open-source production management tool for animation, VFX, and game studios.

Built with FastMCP and the Gazu Python client.

Features

95 tools covering the full Kitsu production pipeline:

Edit / Montage Review Workflow

Edits are full-length montages or sequences (like animatics, trailers, or final cuts) — the Kitsu equivalent of Frame.io's file-based review. Upload a complete video with audio and review it with annotations, comments, and version tracking.

1. create_edit("My Project", "Trailer_v03")
2. create_task("My Project", "Trailer_v03", "Edit", entity_type="edit")
3. upload_preview(task_id, "/path/to/trailer_v03.mp4", comment="v3 with music")

The team can then review the full montage in Kitsu's player with drawing/annotation tools and timecoded comments.

Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• A running Kitsu instance (self-hosted or cloud)
• A Kitsu user account with appropriate permissions

Installation

git clone https://github.com/INGIPSA/kitsu-mcp-server.git
cd kitsu-mcp-server
pip install -r requirements.txt

Configuration

The server requires three environment variables:

Usage

With Claude Code

Add to your Claude Code MCP config (~/.claude/mcp.json or project-level .mcp.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kitsu": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["path/to/kitsu-mcp-server/server.py"],
      "env": {
        "KITSU_HOST": "https://kitsu.yourstudio.com/api",
        "KITSU_USER": "your-email@example.com",
        "KITSU_PASSWORD": "your-password"
      }
    }
  }
}

With Claude Desktop

Add the same config block to Claude Desktop's settings under MCP servers.

Standalone

export KITSU_HOST="https://kitsu.yourstudio.com/api"
export KITSU_USER="your-email@example.com"
export KITSU_PASSWORD="your-password"

python server.py

Example prompts

Once connected, you can ask your AI assistant things like:

• "List all open projects in Kitsu"
• "Create shots SH010 through SH200 in sequence SQ01"
• "Upload this render as a preview for the lighting task on SH020"
• "What happened in the project in the last 24 hours?"
• "Assign the animation task on SH030 to anna@studio.com"
• "Remove anna@studio.com from the modeling task on Capsule"
• "Add 4 hours of work on this task for today"
• "Export all shots to CSV"
• "Create a new playlist and add all shots from SQ01"
• "Create an edit called Trailer_v01 and upload the montage for review"
• "Show me the details and previews for edit Animatic_v2"

Available tools

Read

• list_projects — List all open projects
• get_project_overview — Project overview with team, task types, asset types
• get_project_stats — Task statistics grouped by status
• list_assets — List assets (optionally filtered by type)
• get_asset_details — Asset details with tasks
• list_sequences — List sequences
• list_shots — List shots (optionally filtered by sequence)
• get_shot_details — Shot details with tasks and casting
• list_my_tasks — Tasks assigned to logged-in user
• list_tasks_for_entity — Tasks for a specific asset, shot, or edit
• get_task_details — Task details with comment history
• get_time_spent — Time entries for a task
• list_comments — Comments on a task
• get_shot_casting — Asset breakdown for a shot
• get_asset_casting — Shots an asset appears in
• list_team_members — Team members in a project
• get_person_tasks — Tasks for a specific person
• list_departments — All departments
• list_playlists — Playlists in a project
• list_task_statuses — Available task statuses
• list_notifications — Recent notifications
• list_preview_files_for_task — All preview files for a task
• list_attachment_files_for_task — All attachment files for a task
• get_preview_file_url — Direct image/video URLs for a preview
• get_time_spents_range — Time spent by person over a date range
• search — Search entities by name
• daily_progress_report — Activity summary for last N hours
• list_concepts — Concepts in a project
• list_edits — Edits in a project
• get_edit_details — Edit details with tasks and previews
• list_previews_for_edit — All preview files for an edit
• list_scenes — Scenes in a project
• list_metadata_descriptors — Custom metadata fields
• get_budgets — Budgets for a project
• get_budget_entries — Entries in a budget
• export_assets_csv — Export assets to CSV
• export_shots_csv — Export shots to CSV

Create

• create_project — Create a new project
• create_asset_type — Create an asset type
• create_asset — Create an asset
• create_episode — Create an episode
• create_sequence — Create a sequence
• create_shot — Create a shot
• create_task — Create a task for an asset, shot, or edit
• create_person — Create a new user
• invite_person — Send invitation email to a user
• create_department — Create a department
• create_playlist — Create a playlist
• create_budget — Create a budget
• create_budget_entry — Create a budget entry
• create_concept — Create a concept
• create_edit — Create an edit (montage/sequence for review)
• create_scene — Create a scene
• add_metadata_descriptor — Add a custom metadata field

Update

• update_task_status — Change task status with optional comment
• assign_task — Assign a person to a task
• unassign_task — Remove a person from a task (or clear all assignees)
• set_task_estimate — Set time estimate for a task
• add_comment — Add a comment to a task
• set_shot_casting — Set which assets appear in a shot
• update_asset — Update asset description/metadata
• update_shot — Update shot description/frames/metadata
• update_edit — Update edit name/description
• update_team_member_role — Change a team member's role
• add_time_spent — Add time spent on a task
• set_time_spent — Set time spent on a task
• add_person_to_department — Add person to department
• remove_person_from_department — Remove person from department
• add_entity_to_playlist — Add shot/asset to playlist
• add_team_member — Add a person to a project team
• set_main_preview — Set a preview as the main thumbnail
• start_task — Start a task (set to WIP)
• submit_for_review — Submit task for supervisor review (WFA)
• reply_to_comment — Threaded reply to a comment
• acknowledge_comment — Mark a comment as acknowledged
• update_asset_data — Update custom metadata on an asset
• update_shot_data — Update custom metadata on a shot
• update_task_data — Update custom metadata on a task
• update_preview_annotations — Add/edit/remove annotations on a preview
• mark_all_notifications_as_read — Clear all notifications
• subscribe_to_task — Subscribe to task notifications
• unsubscribe_from_task — Unsubscribe from task notifications
• remove_entity_from_playlist — Remove entity from a playlist
• add_task_type_to_project — Add a task type to a project
• remove_task_type_from_project — Remove a task type from a project

Batch

• batch_create_shots — Create multiple shots at once (e.g. SH010-SH200)
• batch_create_tasks — Add a task type to all shots/assets in a group

Preview

• upload_preview — Upload a preview file to a task
• publish_preview — Status + comment + preview in one step
• download_preview_file — Download a preview file to local path

Import/Export

• import_assets_csv — Import assets from CSV
• import_shots_csv — Import shots from CSV
• import_otio — Import timeline from OpenTimelineIO

Dangerous (require confirm=True)

• delete_shot — Delete a shot
• delete_asset — Delete an asset
• delete_task — Delete a task
• delete_edit — Delete an edit
• close_project — Close/archive a project
• build_playlist_movie — Build a movie from playlist

Changelog

v0.4.0 (2026-04-13)

• Task workflow: start_task (WIP), submit_for_review (WFA), reply_to_comment, acknowledge_comment
• Custom data: update_asset_data, update_shot_data, update_task_data — set custom metadata dicts
• Preview files: get_preview_file_url, download_preview_file, update_preview_annotations, list_preview_files_for_task
• Attachments: list_attachment_files_for_task
• Schedule: get_time_spents_range — query time entries over date ranges
• Notifications: mark_all_notifications_as_read, subscribe_to_task, unsubscribe_from_task
• Playlist: remove_entity_from_playlist
• Project: add_task_type_to_project, remove_task_type_from_project

v0.3.0 (2026-04-12)

• Edit entity support: Full CRUD for Edits — create tasks on edits, get details with previews, update, delete
• Unassign task: Remove specific people or clear all assignees from a task
• Edit review workflow: Upload full montages/animatics for team review with annotations (Frame.io-like)

v0.2.0

• Team management: add/remove members, update roles, invite users
• Departments: create, add/remove people
• Metadata descriptors
• Budget management
• Concepts, scenes, edits (basic create/list)

v0.1.0

• Initial release with 60+ tools covering projects, assets, shots, tasks, previews, playlists

License

MIT License — see LICENSE.

Credits

• Kitsu by CGWire
• Gazu Python client by CGWire
• MCP by Anthropic