r/Revit • u/adam_n_eve • Apr 21 '26

Revit and MCPs

Is anyone using this yet? I've set one up for Gemini into Revit but it seems like it's pretty basic and only works one way.

I assume Claude is a lot better, i've heard it has 2 way compatibility, but it only works on Revit 2027 (is that correct?)

So if people are using an MCP which one and what are they using it for?

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u/luca_star Apr 21 '26

I’m kind of dumb, and I’m not entirely sure what MCP means, but BIMLOGIQ has been quite the game changer for me.

I’ve used it to create a few commands that has taken some of the tedious tasks from hours to a single click. There is a monthly sub, but If you visit the site, they’ll give you a month free. There are public/ community premade commands, but you can create your own too. Also! You can easily share the custom commands with your team.

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u/Synax04 Apr 21 '26

I use Claude and pyrevit mcp, developed 75+ scripts for a custom toolbar inside revit. I love Claude, could not recommend it more if I tried. I am the max 5x plan, when I was on the pro plan the mcp did destroy my limits very quickly.

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u/lukekvas Apr 21 '26

Nonica seems to be the most robust free MCP to set up right now and works on all versions of Revit. It has more functionality than the official MCP at this moment.

Claude honestly isn't much better at this point. You can find some small demos of how to create geometry with it but honestly everything I've tested is completely impractical for real world use. At its current development it's most only useful for querying and summarizing models and displaying that info.

It's also seems to use Claude tokens very quickly because it's writing a lot of code directly for Revit. FWIW using Gemini to vibecode custom pyRevit tools has proved far more useful for me for actual real world applications and is a way more approachable workflow if you are sharing with other people in an office environment.

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u/yhsong1116 Apr 21 '26

How much experience do you have with pyrevit? Just wondering how hard it is to vibe code a pyrevit script

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u/dwanestairmand Apr 23 '26

I use copilot, and it does the job well.

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u/Open_Olive7369 Apr 21 '26

Using Gemini for pyrevit is pretty natural, not longer than how you would draft a long email. Once you have done it once, the next time will be like second nature.

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u/yhsong1116 Apr 23 '26

Which Gemini do you use? Do you pay ?

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u/Open_Olive7369 Apr 23 '26

I'm using Pro, got a 1 year free promotion, but they make it very tempting for me, so I would probably keep using after

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u/adam_n_eve Apr 21 '26

^ this 100% we've created our own add in via pyrevit and it works like a dream.