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Show HN: A Blender addon that makes Claude twice as efficient at using nodes

A Blender addon that adds a scripting API for Blender's node trees, including Geometry Nodes and Shader Nodes, lets coding agents build node trees in at least half the time and at least half the tokens compared with answering the same prompt without it, according to the addon's developer, who first built it 4 years ago and recently found coding agents use it well. The addon generates a function and related types for every node in Blender so an agent or user can write scripts without guessing node, input, and output names, and is meant to be used alongside the Blender MCP; a skill and helper functions let the agent look up node function signatures. The developer reports that Anthropic's Opus model backtracks less to fix mistakes because the API forces correct node trees, and the project was posted to Hacker News as a Show HN with 1 point and 1 comment.

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I originally made this addon 4 years ago, but recently discovered that coding agents love it.

The addon adds a scripting API for Blender’s node trees, such as Geometry Nodes or Shader Nodes.

It generates a function and related types for every node in Blender. Then the agent (or you) can write scripts to create node trees without having to guess what the node, input, and output names are.

It’s meant to be used alongside the Blender MCP.

In my tests, Opus finishes building node trees in at least half the time using at least half the tokens to answer the same prompt.

Because the scripting API forces it to build correct node trees, it has to back track less to fix mistakes. This saves a lot of time and tokens. There is also a skill and some helper functions to let it look up the function signatures for nodes.

Let me know how it works for you!

Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50236380](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50236380)

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