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OpenHands is an open-source software-engineering agent with native MCP support across CLI, SDK, Local GUI, and OpenHands Cloud. BlendOps install for OpenHands follows the same project-local pattern as other coding agents (write BLENDOPS.md per docs/install-scopes.md) plus optional MCP server config in ~/.openhands/mcp.json or via the Settings UI / openhands mcp CLI when the user wants Blender runtime through OpenHands.
For Blender execution, OpenHands acts as the MCP host (Path 1 host b — manual MCP, or Path 2 — community ahujasid/blender-mcp). It does not replace the Blender-side install.
Install BlendOps for OpenHands using a reversible project-local approach.
Requirements:
- Treat OpenHands as project-local-first.
- Verify OpenHands-specific project paths before writing tool-native files.
- If unverified, use generic project-local fallback (BLENDOPS.md / AGENTS.md).
- For Blender runtime via OpenHands as MCP host, choose ONE of:
- UI: Settings → MCP → add server.
- CLI: openhands mcp add blender --transport stdio uvx blender-mcp
- File: edit ~/.openhands/mcp.json directly.
- Add Blender MCP server (Path 1 Lab MCP via .mcpb bundle, OR Path 2 ahujasid/blender-mcp via uvx).
- Single-bridge constraint: do not run two Blender MCP servers concurrently against the same Blender instance.
- Do not install Blender, do not run Blender, do not configure connectors automatically.
Report changed files and rollback steps.
Runtime status: Not Run.
Artifact status: Not Produced.- OpenHands supports MCP across CLI, SDK, Local GUI, and OpenHands Cloud. Source: https://docs.openhands.dev/openhands/usage/settings/mcp-settings and https://docs.openhands.dev/openhands/usage/cli/mcp-servers.
- Config file:
~/.openhands/mcp.json(CLI). UI path: Settings → MCP. - CLI commands:
openhands mcp list / add / enable / disable. - Supports SSE, Streamable HTTP, and STDIO transports.
- Compatible with Path 2 (
ahujasid/blender-mcp) and Path 1 Lab MCP via manual config. - Single-bridge constraint applies.
- Project-local
BLENDOPS.md(generic fallback) when adapter path unverified. - User-level
~/.openhands/mcp.jsonfor MCP config. - No global system writes from BlendOps unless explicitly approved.
{
"mcpServers": {
"blender": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["blender-mcp"]
}
}
}For Path 1 Lab MCP: install the .mcpb bundle per blender.org/lab/mcp-server and reference it in OpenHands' MCP config instead of uvx blender-mcp.
- Remove
BLENDOPS.mdif BlendOps created it. - Run
openhands mcp disable blenderthenopenhands mcp remove blender, OR remove the entry from~/.openhands/mcp.jsondirectly. - Restart the OpenHands session.
Skill install != runtime setup.
For Blender runtime via OpenHands as MCP host:
- Path 1 (Lab MCP) — Blender 5.1+ + Lab add-on + Lab server. Anthropic Connector is Claude Desktop only.
- Path 2 (community
ahujasid/blender-mcp) — Blender 3.0+ +addon.py+uvx blender-mcp. - CLI fallback (appendix) — Documented upstream as a first-class Blender CLI surface (stable across LTS releases); no in-repo evidence file yet.
See docs/runtime-stack-strategy.md.
- Native OpenHands BlendOps Skills loader (none exists yet beyond MCP).
- That
~/.openhands/is the canonical BlendOps location (it hosts MCP config only; BlendOps content stays project-local perdocs/install-scopes.md). - Runtime success without an evidence file.
- Marketplace / plugin distribution for OpenHands.