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| Evidence field | Model Context Protocol for Unreal EngineWatchlist candidate | Apify MCP ServerMCP100 Selected |
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| Provenance | ||
| Provenance details | Community implementation github:chongdashu · Publisher source ↗ | Community implementation com.apify · Publisher source ↗ |
| Maintenance | ||
| Maintenance details | Repo: Apr 22, 2025 Package: Not documented | Repo: Aug 14, 2026 Package: Not documented |
| Popularity evidence | ||
| GitHub stars | 2,057 GitHub stars · checked 2026-08-14T18:46:26.000Z | 3,664 GitHub stars · checked 2026-08-14T18:46:26.000Z |
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| Client coverage details | Claude Code✓ Local stdio Claude Desktop✓ Local stdio Codex✓ Local stdio VS Code✓ Local stdio Cursor✓ Local stdio OpenCode✓ Local stdio | Claude Code✓ Streamable HTTP Claude Desktop✓ Streamable HTTP Codex✓ Streamable HTTP VS Code✓ Streamable HTTP Cursor✓ Streamable HTTP OpenCode✓ Streamable HTTP |
| Client coverage note | Local stdio runs on your computer. Streamable HTTP connects to a remotely hosted MCP server. | |
| Access and data | ||
| Authentication | No API key, OAuth, token, or other authentication mechanism is documented in the reviewed README. | Hosted mode supports OAuth or Authorization Bearer APIFY_TOKEN; local stdio uses APIFY_TOKEN. Discovery tools can be unauthenticated, and agentic payment tokens are additional alternatives. |
| Cost | No project or service pricing is documented. Unreal Engine, client, model, and hosting costs are separate. | Actor and platform usage is chargeable according to Actor pricing; even free Actors incur platform usage. x402, Skyfire, and AGI payment paths are documented; no fixed MCP fee is stated. |
| Permissions | Controls Unreal Editor actors, transforms, components, physics, Blueprints, node graphs, input mappings, compilation and build actions, and viewport state through a native TCP bridge. | Dynamically exposes Apify Actors, including web, social, maps, and e-commerce scrapers, plus run, dataset, key-value-store, and documentation tools. call-actor executes external Actors. |
| Data handling | Processes local Unreal projects, Editor state, and commands over the Python-to-plugin TCP connection on port 55557. Telemetry and retention are not documented. | Requests and Actor inputs are sent to Apify; run results can be stored in Apify datasets and key-value stores. Telemetry is enabled by default and stdio uses Sentry; detailed retention is not documented. |
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| Risk context | The publisher describes the project as experimental and not recommended for production. Its broad Editor and project mutation surface and native TCP bridge require a local-only boundary, version-controlled test project, and supervised changes. | Actor execution can scrape external sites, process personal or regulated data, incur spend, and return untrusted content. Restrict tools, use scoped tokens, review Actor pricing and terms, and control telemetry and storage. |
| Evidence date | ||
| Editorial review | 2026-08-11 | 2026-08-11 |
| Candidate evidence | 2026-08-14T18:46:26.000Z | 2026-08-14T18:46:26.000Z |
Popularity, maintenance, fit, permissions, and client support are independent evidence fields.
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