{"id":"bottobot-touchdesigner-mcp-server","name":"touchdesigner-mcp-server","af_score":66.8,"security_score":46.8,"reliability_score":31.2,"what_it_does":"Provides a pure stdio-based Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that surfaces TouchDesigner operator documentation, tutorials, version compatibility data, experimental technique writeups/snippets, and TouchDesigner Python API references as callable MCP tools (e.g., get_operator, search_python_api, get_version_info). Designed for local use (documentation served from local JSON files).","best_when":"You want an LLM-driven coding assistant to reliably look up TouchDesigner operators/APIs and version differences while generating Python/textport guidance locally on the developer machine.","avoid_when":"You need strong centralized security controls (service-to-service auth, IP allowlisting, audit trails) for remote access, or you require clear rate-limit semantics (since this appears local/stdio-based).","last_evaluated":"2026-03-30T15:27:14.160965+00:00","has_mcp":true,"has_api":false,"auth_methods":[],"has_free_tier":false,"known_gotchas":["Agents may forget to use the MCP tools and instead rely on model priors (the README explicitly mentions this as a current challenge).","Version mismatch risk: tool calls include version filtering/compatibility, but agents must request the appropriate TD version to avoid outdated details.","Search result limits: some tools default to a limit (e.g., search_operators default 10, max 50); agents may need to adjust limit for broader recall.","If the MCP client (VS Code/Codium integration) is misconfigured, tools may not be discovered—setup instructions reference npx/command args."],"error_quality":0.0}