cerebro-mcp

MCP server for Cerebro — VFX/animation project management platform.

Provides AI assistants (Claude, ChatGPT, etc.) with access to Cerebro tasks, messages, attachments, statuses, and more via the Model Context Protocol.

Installation

Claude Code

Add to your MCP settings:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cerebro": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["cerebrohq-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Manual

pip install cerebrohq-mcp

Authentication

The server tries to connect automatically in this order:

1. Environment variables — CEREBRO_HOST, CEREBRO_USER, CEREBRO_PASSWORD
2. Cerebro Desktop — if the desktop client is running and logged in
3. Saved credentials — from a previous login call

If none work, the server starts without a connection. Use the login tool or CLI:

# Interactive login from terminal
cerebro-mcp login

# Or via environment variables
CEREBRO_HOST=cerebro.studio.com CEREBRO_USER=john CEREBRO_PASSWORD=secret cerebro-mcp

For secure credential storage, install with keyring support:

pip install cerebrohq-mcp[keyring]

Available Tools

Development

# Update vendored pycerebro
cerebro-mcp update-pycerebro --source /path/to/ctentaculo