Installation

Requirements

• Unreal Engine 5.0 or newer (supported through 5.8).
• An MCP-compatible AI client — Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, or any other.
• Node.js 18 or newer — runs the npx bridge most clients use to connect. Clients that speak Streamable HTTP natively can skip it.
• Windows. Version 0.1 ships Windows binaries only.

Direktor works in any project, including Blueprint-only ones. The copy you install from Fab is precompiled per engine version, so there’s no C++ project requirement.

Install from Fab

1. Buy and download Direktor from its Fab listing for your engine version. Fab installs it into the engine through the Epic Games Launcher.

2. Open your project, then go to Edit → Plugins.

3. Search for Direktor, tick Enabled, and restart the editor when prompted.

Engine plugins Direktor turns on

Enabling Direktor also enables a few stock engine plugins that ship with Unreal Engine, so there’s nothing extra to download: PythonScriptPlugin, EditorScriptingUtilities, WebBrowserWidget, GeometryScripting, Niagara, and EnhancedInput. They back the Python escape hatch, the in-editor setup panel, and the geometry, Niagara, and input tools.

Verify it loaded

After the restart, open Window → Direktor to bring up the setup panel. If the panel shows the server listening on port 13579, Direktor is running and ready to connect. Head to Quick Setup to point your AI client at it.

If you don’t see the menu entry, confirm the plugin is enabled under Edit → Plugins and that you restarted the editor. The Troubleshooting page covers the rest.