Kiln in Claude
Use Kiln inside Claude
Add Kiln as a connector and design, check, and price 3D prints right in the conversation. No install, no 3D printer required — one sign-in and Kiln can make a model, confirm it will print, and tell you what it costs to have it made and shipped. Ordering is one more click, below.
Add it in three steps
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Add the connector
Open this link and Claude opens its Add-connector dialog with Kiln filled in — confirm it. Or add it by hand: Customize → Connectors → Add custom connector, URL
https://api.kiln3d.com/mcp. - 2
Sign in
Claude opens a Kiln sign-in in your browser. Create a free account or sign in, approve access, and you are back in Claude — connected. Nothing to copy or paste.
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Ask
Try “make me a coaster with my dog’s name on it”, “what material for an outdoor bracket that holds 5 kg?”, or “design a hole that fits an AAA battery”. Kiln does the rest and shows you a preview.
What you can do
Design
Describe an object and get a real, printable model — or start from a template (coasters, keychains, nameplates, trays, plaques, pet tags and more).
Decorate
Add text, a QR code, images or textures to a surface.
Check
Printability analysis, material recommendations, load and tolerance maths, and how to size a hole, joint, fastener, adhesive or magnet so parts really fit. Food-safety and skin-contact guidance included.
Document
Generate a dimensioned technical drawing or a step-by-step assembly manual.
Find
Search 3D-model marketplaces for an existing design before making one from scratch.
Price
Get a real quote to have the part professionally printed — plastics, resin, nylon or metal — and shipped to you, and track an order you have placed. Placing the order lives on the full connector (below).
Ordering: the full connector
The connector above prices parts and tracks orders, but never places one. When you want the part made, add Kiln’s full connector — same account, same sign-in, nothing to re-enter — and Claude can place the order for you. Craftcloud, a network of 150+ manufacturers, makes and ships it; you pay them directly at their checkout, and Kiln adds a small fee for arranging it (see pricing).
Prefer to add it by hand? Customize → Connectors → Add custom connector, URL https://api.kiln3d.com/mcp-full.
What about my own printer?
The hosted connector runs in the cloud, so it does not drive printers: a cloud service cannot reach a printer on your home network. It can watch one — ask about your printer and a live monitor opens in the chat — once the local install below is running beside the printer.
If you own a printer, the free command-line install adds printer control, slicing and live print monitoring on your own machine — the local half of Kiln, right where your printer is.
Accounts & pricing
Connecting creates a free Kiln account. Describing and designing your own parts is free. Ready-made products, textures, repairs and splits come with a small monthly allowance, and your first few manufacturing orders each month carry no Kiln fee. Paid tiers lift the limits and unlock deeper engineering data — see pricing.
Privacy, terms & support
Read our Privacy Policy and our Terms. Kiln is built by Hadron Labs Inc.; printing is carried out by third-party manufacturing partners, and your order contract is with the manufacturer. Questions or issues? Email adam@kiln3d.com.