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name: maya-scene

description: |-

Scene stage — scene file lifecycle and DAG navigation. Use for new / open /

save scenes, hierarchy queries, selection management, and top-level

organisation. Not for mesh editing or interchange (FBX/OBJ): use

maya-mesh-ops or maya-geometry instead.

license: MIT

allowed-tools: Bash Read

metadata:

dcc-mcp:

dcc: maya

layer: domain

stage: scene

version: 1.1.0

tags:

- maya

- scene

- hierarchy

- selection

- dag

search-hint: |-

manage scene file, open save scene, hierarchy query, selection,

camera list, frame rate, locator, group parent, freeze pivot, bounding box

tools: tools.yaml

groups: groups.yaml

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# maya-scene (Scene stage)

Scene file lifecycle (new / open / save) plus DAG navigation: list,

select, group, parent, freeze, lock, query bounding boxes, list

cameras, create/edit cameras, set frame rate, etc.

## Groups

- **core** (`default_active: true`) — Read-only scene queries (`get_scene_info`,

`get_selection`, `get_session_info`). Active in minimal mode.

- **scene-management** (deactivated in minimal mode) — write-side tools:

open / save / group / parent / camera / set selection, etc. Activate with

`activate_group("scene-management")` when the agent needs to mutate the

scene.

## Scripts

- `new_scene` — Create a new empty Maya scene

- `save_scene` — Canonical native .ma/.mb scene save; use maya-geometry for FBX/OBJ interchange

- `open_scene` — Open a Maya scene file

- `list_objects` — List objects in the current Maya scene

- `get_selection` — Return the current Maya selection

- `get_scene_info` — Return a hierarchical DAG description of the current scene

- `get_session_info` — Return Maya version, scene path, and basic stats

- `set_selection` — Set the active Maya selection

- `group_objects` — Group a list of objects under a new group node

- `parent_object` — Set or clear the parent of an object

- `select_by_type` — Select all objects of a given Maya type

- `duplicate_object` — Duplicate an object in the Maya scene

- `center_pivot` — Center the pivot point of an object to its bounding box center

- `get_bounding_box` — Query the world-space bounding box of an object

- `set_visibility` — Show or hide an object

- `lock_object` — Lock or unlock the transform attributes of an object

- `set_frame_rate` — Change the scene's playback frame rate

- `list_cameras` — List all cameras in the scene

- `create_camera` — Create a camera transform and shape

- `set_camera` — Edit camera transform and common shape attributes

- `look_through_camera` — Switch a model panel to a camera

- `create_locator` — Create a Maya locator node

- `find_by_pattern` — Find nodes by Maya wildcard pattern