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Minecraft MCP Server

⚠️ IMPORTANT COMPATIBILITY WARNING: As of March 25, 2025, Minecraft 1.21.5 was just released. This bot is currently NOT compatible with Minecraft 1.21.5. Please use Minecraft 1.21.4 until we release an update with 1.21.5 support.

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A Minecraft bot powered by large language models and Mineflayer API. This bot uses the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to enable Claude and other supported models to control a Minecraft character.

Prerequisites

Git
Node.js
A running Minecraft game (the setup below was tested with Minecraft 1.21.4 Java Edition included in Microsoft Game Pass)
Claude Desktop

Getting started

This bot is designed to be used with Claude Desktop through the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

Run Minecraft

Create a singleplayer world and open it to LAN (ESC -> Open to LAN). Bot will try to connect using port 25565 and hostname localhost. These parameters could be configured in claude_desktop_config.json on a next step.

MCP Configuration

Make sure that Claude Desktop is installed. Open File -> Settings -> Developer -> Edit Config. It should open installation directory. Find file with a name claude_desktop_config.json and insert the following code:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "minecraft": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "github:yuniko-software/minecraft-mcp-server",
        "--host",
        "localhost",
        "--port",
        "25565",
        "--username",
        "ClaudeBot"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Double-check that right --port and --host parameters were used. Make sure to completely reboot the Claude Desktop application (should be closed in OS tray).

Running

Make sure Minecraft game is running and the world is opened to LAN. Then start Claude Desktop application and the bot should join the game.

It could take some time for Claude Desktop to boot the MCP server. The marker that the server has booted successfully is a hammer icon that appears next to the chat.

You can give bot any commands through any active Claude Desktop chat. You can also upload images of buildings and ask bot to build them 😁

Don't forget to mention that bot should do something in Minecraft in your prompt. Because saying this is a trigger to run MCP server. It will ask for your permissions.

Using Claude 3.7 Sonnet could give you some interesting results. The bot-agent would be really smart 🫡

Example usage: shared Claude chat

Available Commands

Once connected to a Minecraft server, Claude can use these commands:

Movement

get-position - Get the current position of the bot
move-to-position - Move to specific coordinates
look-at - Make the bot look at specific coordinates
jump - Make the bot jump
move-in-direction - Move in a specific direction for a duration

Flight

fly-to - Make the bot fly directly to specific coordinates

Inventory

list-inventory - List all items in the bot's inventory
find-item - Find a specific item in inventory
equip-item - Equip a specific item

Block Interaction

place-block - Place a block at specified coordinates
dig-block - Dig a block at specified coordinates
get-block-info - Get information about a block
find-block - Find the nearest block of a specific type

Entity Interaction

find-entity - Find the nearest entity of a specific type

Communication

send-chat - Send a chat message in-game

Contributing

This application was made in just two days, and the code is really simple and straightforward. All refactoring commits, functional and test contributions, issues and discussion are greatly appreciated!

Feel free to submit pull requests or open issues for improvements. Some areas that could use enhancement:

Additional documentation
More robust error handling
Tests for different components
New functionality and commands

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