houdini-scene

name	houdini-scene
description	Scene skill — read-only inspection of the active Houdini hip file and node graphs. Use when you need frame range, hip path, object-level nodes, or node details. Not for creating geometry, sims, or exports — use authoring or interchange skills.
license	MIT
compatibility	dcc-mcp-houdini 0.1+, Houdini 20.5+, dcc-mcp-core 0.19.45+
allowed-tools	Bash Read Write Edit
metadata	{"dcc-mcp":{"dcc":"houdini","layer":"domain","stage":"scene","version":"1.0.0","tags":["houdini","scene","hip","nodes","obj"],"search-hint":"scene info, hip file, list nodes, node details, obj context, frame range","search-aliases":["scene summary","what is in the scene","list nodes","find nodes","hip info","frame range","inspect node","node connections","obj tree"],"example-prompts":["What's in the current Houdini scene?","List all geo nodes under /obj","Show the inputs and outputs of /obj/geo1"],"intent":"Inspect the active hip file and node graph without modifying anything.","recall-context":{"app_type":"houdini","domain":"scene","workflow-stage":"scene","task-category":"query"},"requires":[],"produces":["scene_report"],"preconditions":[{"type":"software","name":"houdini","version":">=18.5"}],"side-effects":{},"tools":"tools.yaml"}}

houdini-scene

Read-only scene inventory for agents. All tools are affinity: main because they call hou.

Suggested flow

1. get_scene_info — hip path, playback range, /obj child count
2. list_obj_nodes or list_child_nodes — filter by node type when needed
3. get_node_info — inspect flags, child paths, and connections

On failure, load houdini-scripting and call get_session_info, or use gateway diagnostics when available.