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name: maya-material-library

description: |-

Authoring stage — save / load / manage reusable material presets as JSON

side-files. Use for cross-shot or cross-asset shader reuse. Not for

building a one-off material on the fly (use maya-materials) or final

rendering (use maya-render).

license: MIT

allowed-tools: Bash Read

metadata:

dcc-mcp:

dcc: maya

layer: domain

stage: authoring

version: 1.1.0

tags:

- maya

- materials

- library

- shading

- presets

search-hint: |-

reuse material, material preset, shader library, share material,

load preset, save preset, JSON shader

tools: tools.yaml

groups: groups.yaml

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# maya-material-library (Authoring stage)

Save, load, list, and delete JSON material presets. Lives next to

`maya-materials` so the agent decision tree is clear:

| Goal | Use |

|------|-----|

| Build a fresh shader and assign it | maya-materials |

| Save a shader for reuse later | **maya-material-library** |

| Reapply a saved look-dev preset | **maya-material-library** |

## Scripts

- `save_material` — Serialize a material and its attributes to a JSON preset file

- `load_material` — Recreate a material from a JSON preset and assign it optionally

- `list_material_presets` — List all preset files in a material library directory

- `delete_material_preset` — Remove a material preset file from the library