Workshops - Rhino MCP: Turn Grasshopper Definitions Into AI Tools
Make the most of MCP (the Model Context Protocol) for Grasshopper and Rhino without giving up the definitions you've spent years building. Using our plugin and MCP server, wrap an existing definition as a tool an LLM can call in natural language.
What you'll learn
Use MCP (the Model Context Protocol) with Grasshopper and Rhino without abandoning the definitions you've built over years. With our Grasshopper plugin and MCP server, you'll convert a real definition into a working MCP tool — exposing the inputs and outputs that matter, registering it, connecting your preferred LLM client, and invoking it in plain language. The principle is reuse, not rebuild: no new modelling paradigm, no rewrites. You'll also learn what MCP is and why it matters for computational designers, how a tool is structured, how to handle data and geometry exchange, and how to test, refine and deploy responsibly.
What you'll cover
- What MCP is and why it matters for designers
- Anatomy of an MCP tool: inputs, outputs, descriptions
- Wiring a definition into a callable tool
- Connecting an LLM client and calling it
- Data and geometry exchange, testing and limits
Who it's for
Experienced Grasshopper users new to MCP and LLM tooling.
How the day runs
- 1
Understand MCP
What the Model Context Protocol is, why it matters for computational designers, and how our Grasshopper plugin and MCP server fit together.
- 2
Anatomy of a tool
The inputs, outputs and — crucially — the descriptions that tell the LLM what a tool does and how to call it.
- 3
Prepare a definition
Take a real Grasshopper definition and expose only the inputs and outputs you care about, ready to wrap.
- 4
Wire it up
Turn the definition into a working MCP tool and register it with an MCP server.
- 5
Connect an LLM
Point the LLM client of your choosing at the server and call the definition by describing what you want.
- 6
Exchange, test & deploy
Handle data and geometry exchange between the LLM and Rhino/Grasshopper, then test, refine and deploy responsibly.
A look inside
1 day · Live online · Max 14 places
£379 + VAT
per person
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