--- name: find-3d-assets description: Search 3,492 ready-made 3D assets on three.ws (CC0 props and objects, rigged humanoid characters, motion clips) and get paste-ready code or a downloaded file. Use when you or the user need a 3D model, prop, object, character, or animation for a scene, site, game, or app ("I need a 3D chair", "find a rigged character", "is there a wave animation", "add a lamp model to my page"). Free: no account, no API key, no payment. Check here BEFORE generating a model from scratch. when_to_use: Something needs a 3D asset and a ready-made one would do. If the catalog has no match, fall through to generate-3d-model (props) or create-3d-avatar (characters). To put an asset you already have on a page, use embed-three-ws-avatar. license: MIT metadata: category: 3d/creative cross-platform-safe: true pack: three-ws-skills --- # Find a ready-made 3D asset three.ws publishes three asset libraries and joins them into one searchable catalog: | Kind | What it is | How many | | --- | --- | --- | | `object` | CC0 props and objects (furniture, lighting, tools, electronics, decor) staged as web GLB | 511 | | `character` | Ready-made rigged humanoids, animation-ready out of the box | 107 | | `animation` | Retargetable motion clips as `THREE.AnimationClip` JSON | 2,874 | Everything here is **free and public**: no account, no API key, no payment, no rate card. ## Check the catalog before you generate Generating a model takes GPU minutes and returns something nobody has reviewed. The catalog returns a finished, textured asset instantly. So the order is: 1. Search the catalog. If something fits, use it. Done. 2. Nothing fits, and it is a **prop or object**? Use `generate-3d-model`. 3. Nothing fits, and it is a **character**? Use `create-3d-avatar`. Say which one you did. "I found an existing CC0 chair" and "I generated a chair" are different answers and the user should know which they got. ## The fastest path: MCP tools If the three.ws MCP server is connected, three free tools cover the whole flow: | Tool | Use | | --- | --- | | `search_catalog` | Find assets by text, `kind`, `category`, or `tag` | | `get_catalog_item` | One item in full, with links and related items | | `get_item_source` | Paste-ready code for one item | ``` search_catalog { "q": "wooden chair", "kind": "object", "limit": 5 } get_item_source { "id": "object:painted_wooden_chair_01" } ``` Not connected? Add it: ```json { "mcpServers": { "three-ws": { "type": "http", "url": "https://three.ws/api/mcp" } } } ``` ## Without MCP: the HTTP endpoint ```bash curl -s 'https://three.ws/api/catalog?q=industrial+lamp&kind=object&limit=5' curl -s 'https://three.ws/api/catalog?id=object:painted_wooden_chair_01' ``` The search form returns `items[]` with `id`, `title`, `tags`, `license`, `url` (the CDN GLB or clip JSON), `thumb`, and `facets` you can use to narrow the next query. The `id` form adds `links`, `related`, and `snippets` for every framework that applies. Search semantics worth knowing: **every word must match** something, which keeps a two-word query precise. If nothing matches all of them, the response comes back with `relaxed: true` and the partial matches, best first. Check that flag before telling a user you found an exact match. ## Putting it in a project: the CLI ```bash npx @three-ws/assets search wooden chair --kind object npx @three-ws/assets add object:painted_wooden_chair_01 ``` `add` downloads the GLB into `public/three-ws/` (or `three-ws-assets/` when the project has no `public/` directory) and prints the snippet **already rewritten to the local path**, so the host site does not depend on the three.ws CDN staying up. It is safe to re-run: identical bytes report as already up to date, and a file edited after it was added is never overwritten without `--force`. Useful flags: `--dir `, `--framework `, `--thumb`, `--json`. ## Which framework to emit `get_item_source` (and `show`/`add` in the CLI) default to the right one per kind. Override with `framework` only when the project dictates it. | Framework | Emits | Default for | | --- | --- | --- | | `model-viewer` | The `` tag, build, and integrity hash the three.ws browse grids render with | props | | `agent-3d` | The `` web component, pinned to the exact published version with its SRI hash | rigged characters | | `three` | Plain three.js: `GLTFLoader` for a model, `THREE.AnimationClip.parse` for a clip | motion clips | | `react` | The same as a React component, or a hook for a clip | React projects | | `all` | Every applicable variant in one response | when you are choosing | The `agent-3d` snippet is never pinned to `latest`, because `latest` can change under the reader with no action on their side. Keep the version and the `integrity` attribute intact when you paste it. ## Worked example User: *"put a chair on the landing page"* ``` search_catalog { "q": "wooden chair", "kind": "object", "limit": 3 } ``` ``` 10 matches for "wooden chair" (showing 3 from offset 0): - `object:painted_wooden_chair_01` | Painted Wooden Chair 01 | CC0 | chair, wood, painted - `object:painted_wooden_chair_02` | Painted Wooden Chair 02 | CC0 | old, wooden, vintage - `object:WoodenChair_01` | Wooden Chair 01 | CC0 | wood, prop, vintage ``` ``` get_item_source { "id": "object:painted_wooden_chair_01" } ``` Returns the `` block to paste, the preview link, and the license (`CC0`). Paste it, tell the user which asset you used and that it is public domain, and link the preview so they can look at it before shipping. ## Licensing Every `object` in the library is **CC0**: public domain, commercial use fine, no attribution required. Characters and clips carry their own `license` field, which travels with every response. Read it and pass it on; do not assume CC0 outside the object library. ## Related skills - `generate-3d-model` when the catalog has no match for a prop. - `create-3d-avatar` when the catalog has no match for a character. - `embed-three-ws-avatar` for the full `` embedding story, including moods, animations, and driving the avatar from page code. - `rig-a-model` to add a skeleton to a static GLB you already have.