# Scenario Maya Expert

Use when doing any Autodesk Maya task through Python or a bridge, headless or live...

- Repository: https://github.com/scenario-labs/skills (1448 stars)
- Category: AI and agents
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: yes, review before use

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add scenario-labs/skills --skill scenario-maya-expert -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add scenario-labs/skills --skill scenario-maya-expert -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add scenario-labs/skills --skill scenario-maya-expert -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add scenario-labs/skills --skill scenario-maya-expert -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add scenario-labs/skills`

## Description

Use when doing any Autodesk Maya task through Python or a bridge, headless or live: maya.cmds or OpenMaya 2.0 scripts, mayapy or maya.standalone batch jobs, a commandPort or MCP connection into a running Maya, "Maya 2027", validating or exporting scenes, or a maya.cmds script that fails after the 2025 to 2027 changes (PySide6, OpenPBR, renamed math nodes, removed flags). Also when a Maya model, rig, shot or render must be judged like a professional before it is called done, or a brief must be routed to the right Maya specialist.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Maya expert (router and agent protocol)

Expert Maya work is a loop, not a script: block big to small, and at every stage measure, render,
look and fix before adding detail. This skill is the protocol every Maya task follows, the shared
toolkit the other scenario-maya-* skills call, and the map to them. Target: Maya 2027 on macOS Apple
Silicon, driven through Python. If a sibling skill named here is missing from your available skills,
load it with `skill_get` (Scenario MCP) or ask the user to install it
(https://github.com/scenario-labs/skills#install); unattended, proceed from tool schemas and flag
the gap.

**Status (2026-09-24):** Maya 2027 is not installed yet. Every Maya call in [`scripts/`](scripts/)
and `references/` is **not yet run in Maya**. The pure-Python parts and the Maya-layer logic ran
offline against fakes and pass. First action once Maya is installed:
`tests/code/maya-expert/run_all.sh`, then read
`archive/tests/maya-expert/<stamp>/results/test_00_probe.json` and correct anything marked [verify]
here.

## 1. Execution channels

The rest: https://github.com/scenario-labs/skills/blob/HEAD/skills/dcc/maya/scenario-maya-expert/SKILL.md