Autodesk APS Help MCP (official, remote)

65/100

Capped at 65: vendor-hosted, source not published. The tests add up to 70.

Last tested 2026-11-11 (Fresh: tested within 30 days) Working (tool call tested 2026-11-11) No key needed for the tools we called

Advisories: not checked (remote-only)

Security review: not tested

Test points add up to 70; the score is capped at 65 (vendor-hosted, source not published). Not a quality or security rating. Capped listings are not promoted in our rankings or on the homepage. Why scores are capped

Test points before the cap (70/100)

  • Install20/20
  • Handshake30/30
  • Maintenance5/25
  • Docs15/15
  • License0/10

Vendor-hosted
Tested Autodesk's hosted Product Help MCP at https://developer.api.autodesk.com/knowledge/public/v1/mcp, the host Autodesk's help docs give (server autodesk-knowledge-public-v1-mcp-server 1.0.13). Initialize and tools/list worked with no account (2 tools). Real calls: get_available_products returned the product list and search_help_content for 'Revit 2026 installation' returned Revit 2026 help results. The MCP registry entry com.autodesk.aps.api/product-help-mcp lists a different host (api.aps.autodesk.com), which we first probed in chunk 1. Vendor-hosted, no public source: 65 cap, not source-audited.
Tool-call test (2026-11-11, direct MCP stdio client, no LLM): pass. 2 of 2 read calls passed anonymously. Evidence: live endpoint probe, Nov 11, 2026.
Autodesk-hosted endpoint on the host its help docs give (developer.api.autodesk.com). Initialize and tools/list worked without sign-in (2 tools); get_available_products and search_help_content returned content. Source isn't public: vendor-hosted 65 cap (Our review, Nov 11, 2026).
Maintenance date 2026-04-09: date from page metadata (JSON-LD dateModified 2026-04-09T20:07:37+00:00 (datePublished 2026-04-09T12:56:38+00:00)) of https://adsknews.autodesk.com/en/news/product-help-mcp-server/, fetched 2026-11-11T08:34Z. Not a changelog entry.
Sources: https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/ENU/ADSKMCP-ProductHelpMcp/files/ADSKMCP_ProductHelpMcp_ide_integration_html.html · https://adsknews.autodesk.com/en/news/product-help-mcp-server/ · https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers?search=com.autodesk.aps.api/product-help-mcp

Transport (tested 2026-11-11): Streamable HTTP

Token cost (estimate): approx. 3583 tokens, cl100k estimate (2 tools, measured 2026-11-11). This is an estimate from our testing of the tool names, descriptions and input schemas, counted with cl100k_base.

Permissions: 2 read, 0 write (state-changing), 0 unclassified · Auth: none · Rate limit: unknown · Pricing unit: unknown

Auth: none. Rate limit: unknown. Pricing unit: unknown.

  • get_available_products — read
  • search_help_content — read

remote handshake listed tools without credentials; no recorded key or OAuth

Score 65/100 · Tools 2 · Token cost approx. 3,583 tokens · Compare · Last tested 2026-11-11 · Server version 1.0.13 · Remote endpoint https://developer.api.autodesk.com/knowledge/public/v1/mcp (streamable-http)

Summary: Autodesk APS Help MCP (official, remote) completed an MCP handshake without credentials and exposed 2 tools.

Evidence summary

Handshake
pass
Tools listed
2
Context cost
approx. 3583 tokens, cl100k estimate (2 tools, measured 2026-11-11; an estimate) ranking · add up your servers' context cost
Login
No key needed for the tools we called
Tested
2026-11-11

Test results

TestResultPointsEvidence
installpass20Endpoint https://developer.api.autodesk.com/knowledge/public/v1/mcp reachable over streamable-http (HTTP 200) in 0.7s; no install step for remote servers.
handshakepass30MCP initialize (protocol 2025-06-18, server autodesk-knowledge-public-v1-mcp-server 1.0.13) + tools/list over streamable-http succeeded with no credentials; 2 tools listed in 0.7s. Tool calls may still need a key.
maintenancepartial5Vendor-hosted rule: scored from vendor docs page 2026-04-09, date from page metadata (JSON-LD dateModified 2026-04-09T20:07:37+00:00 (datePublished 2026-04-09T12:56:38+00:00), fetched 2026-11-11T08:34Z) (https://adsknews.autodesk.com/en/news/product-help-mcp-server/), 216 days before test. Registry (corroboration only, not scored): com.autodesk.aps.api/product-help-mcp 1.0.12 published 2026-10-27.
docspass15official MCP docs page; states the endpoint URL; client setup instructions. Vendor-hosted rule: scored from the vendor's official MCP docs (https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/ENU/ADSKMCP-ProductHelpMcp/files/ADSKMCP_ProductHelpMcp_ide_integration_html.html).
licensefail0Vendor-hosted service with no public repo: no license to cite, so 0 (rule: no points without a cited source).

Local-model readiness

Token cost (estimate): approx. 3583 tokens, cl100k estimate for 2 tools · about 44% of an 8k context. This is an estimate from our testing (counted with cl100k_base).

Small-model friendly (schema heuristic, not a model result): unknown.

Not tested

Small-model task runs: Not yet tested.

What we tested and what we didn't

Tested on 2026-11-11

  • We connected to the vendor's hosted endpoint with no credentials and asked for its tool list: it listed 2 tools (Method details: MCP initialize then tools/list)
  • Auth response: none. The endpoint answered without any login
  • Vendor docs: official MCP docs page; states the endpoint URL; client setup instructions (15/15)
  • Maintenance: dated vendor source, vendor docs page (date from page metadata) 2026-04-09 (5/25)
  • License: a hosted service has no license to cite (0/10)
  • Token cost (estimate)

Not tested

  • Security: not audited (hosted service; no code to review, no permission or data-flow analysis)
  • Behaviour after signing in, or with a real account
  • Source code, repository activity or an open-source license (none published for the hosted service)
  • Performance, rate limits or load
  • Real tasks (no functional task runs yet)

Methodology: how we test (vendor-hosted rule). A high score means it responds and its vendor documents and dates it, not that giving it access to your data carries no risk.

Known security issues

Not checked (remote-only): hosted endpoint, version unknown.

Monthly roundup: MCP security issues, October 2026.

Tool list changes

Baseline recorded from the 2026-11-11 test run; changes appear after the next test.

Snapshot hash (fingerprint of the tool list)

1d3e9306308e: SHA-256 of the canonical tool names, descriptions and input schemas. If it changes, the tool list changed.

Feeds: RSS · JSON.

Raw test record (JSON)
{
  "name": "autodesk-product-help-remote",
  "version": null,
  "registry": "remote",
  "status": "working",
  "tested": "2026-11-11",
  "tools_count": 2,
  "deprecated": false,
  "archived": null,
  "tests": {
    "install": [
      "pass",
      20,
      "Endpoint https://developer.api.autodesk.com/knowledge/public/v1/mcp reachable over streamable-http (HTTP 200) in 0.7s; no install step for remote servers."
    ],
    "handshake": [
      "pass",
      30,
      "MCP `initialize` (protocol 2025-06-18, server autodesk-knowledge-public-v1-mcp-server 1.0.13) + `tools/list` over streamable-http succeeded with no credentials; 2 tools listed in 0.7s. Tool calls may still need a key."
    ],
    "maintenance": [
      "partial",
      5,
      "Vendor-hosted rule: scored from vendor docs page 2026-04-09, date from page metadata (JSON-LD dateModified 2026-04-09T20:07:37+00:00 (datePublished 2026-04-09T12:56:38+00:00), fetched 2026-11-11T08:34Z) (https://adsknews.autodesk.com/en/news/product-help-mcp-server/), 216 days before test. Registry (corroboration only, not scored): com.autodesk.aps.api/product-help-mcp 1.0.12 published 2026-10-27."
    ],
    "docs": [
      "pass",
      15,
      "official MCP docs page; states the endpoint URL; client setup instructions. Vendor-hosted rule: scored from the vendor's official MCP docs (https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/ENU/ADSKMCP-ProductHelpMcp/files/ADSKMCP_ProductHelpMcp_ide_integration_html.html)."
    ],
    "license": [
      "fail",
      0,
      "Vendor-hosted service with no public repo: no license to cite, so 0 (rule: no points without a cited source)."
    ]
  }
}

Install

https://developer.api.autodesk.com/knowledge/public/v1/mcp

Tools listed

get_available_products, search_help_content

Tool history: captured Nov 11, 2026. All tool history.

Quick config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "autodesk-aps-help-mcp-remote": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://developer.api.autodesk.com/knowledge/public/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Add to config Opens the config generator with this server selected.

Setup

  1. Install. No install step: it is a remote server at https://developer.api.autodesk.com/knowledge/public/v1/mcp.
  2. Configure. Add the mcpServers entry below to your MCP client config.
  3. Verify. Restart the client and check that tools/list returns tools (2 in our test).
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "autodesk-aps-help-mcp-remote": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://developer.api.autodesk.com/knowledge/public/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Test history

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FAQ

Is Autodesk APS Help MCP deprecated?

No. autodesk-product-help-remote was not deprecated or archived when we last tested it on 2026-11-11.

What replaces Autodesk APS Help MCP?

Nothing; Autodesk APS Help MCP (official, remote) is not deprecated as of 2026-11-11.

Does Autodesk APS Help MCP need an API key?

No. It completed an MCP handshake with no credentials and listed 2 tools.

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