Korone

Features

• MCP protocol — speaks the Model Context Protocol, so any MCP-compatible AI assistant can talk to Studio directly.
• Web control panel — a built-in dashboard at http://127.0.0.1:4444 to run tools, browse results and manage connected Studio clients.
• 30+ tools — from read_workspace and create_instance to execute_lua, set_lighting and tagging.
• Dot-path notation — address instances as Workspace.Bridge.Part instead of fighting slash paths.
• Multiple clients — several Studio windows can connect at once; each gets its own toggle, and you can target a specific one (click its chip in the panel, or pass client to any tool from an MCP client)
• Hot reload — while developing, edit korone-mcp.lua and the plugin picks the changes up in seconds.

Architecture

graph LR
    A[AI assistant / MCP client] -->|MCP| B[index.js server]
    B -->|HTTP :4444| C[korone-mcp.lua in Studio]
    C -->|poll / result| D[Roblox Studio ~2021]
    E[Web panel :4444] --> B

Requirements

• Node.js 18+
• Roblox Studio 2021 — any 2021M-era build
• The plugin file korone-mcp.lua loaded into Studio

Installation

1. Install dependencies and start the server:

   npm install
   npm start
   

2. Open http://127.0.0.1:4444 in a browser to reach the web panel.

3. In Studio, load korone-mcp.lua as a plugin (Plugins folder or drag-and-drop into Studio).

4. The panel should switch to connected and the small MCP: checking... widget appears in the corner.

Configuration

Settings are stored per-user via plugin:SetSetting and can be changed from the plugin panel.

Setting	Default	Description
MCP_ServerURL	http://127.0.0.1:4444	Base URL of the bridge server
MCP_ClientName	studio	Client key shown on the web panel
MCP_Enabled	true	Master switch for the plugin
MCP_PollInterval	0.3	Seconds between HTTP polls
MCP_ShowStatusWidget	true	Show/hide the small MCP: checking... widget
MCP_StatusCheckInterval	2	Seconds between status pings to the panel
MCP_VerboseLogging	false	Extra logging in the Studio output

Path notation

Instances are addressed with dot notation:

Workspace.Bridge.Part
Workspace.Models.Car.Body

Slash notation (Workspace/Bridge/Part) is also accepted for compatibility.

Studio compatibility

Designed for 2021-era Roblox Studio builds (like 2021M). Things to keep in mind:

• Old HttpService — only two-argument calls are safe: GetAsync(url) and PostAsync(url, body). Extra arguments (headers, content type) are not supported and fail silently.
• ASCII-only strings — non-ASCII characters in the Lua source (like — or ═) turn into mojibake (—) in logs. The plugin keeps its strings ASCII.

HTTP endpoints

Endpoint	Method	Purpose
/hello	POST	Plugin registers itself with the server
/poll	GET	Plugin asks for pending tool calls
/result	POST	Plugin returns a tool result
/status	GET	Health/status of the server
/log	POST	Plugin forwards Studio log lines
/call	POST	Run a tool from the web panel
/client-toggle	POST	Enable/disable a specific client by key
/plugin-update	GET	Hot-reload source for the plugin

Usage

1. Start the server (npm start) and load the plugin into Studio.
2. Open the web panel at http://127.0.0.1:4444.
3. Pick a tool, fill in its arguments (placeholders show examples), hit Run →.
4. The result appears in the panel; Copy result copies it to your clipboard.

Example: ask your MCP client to run create_instance with parent=Workspace and className=Part, then check read_workspace to see it.

With several Studio windows connected: click a client chip in the panel to target it (highlighted green), or pass client: "studio" to any tool from an MCP client. Without a target, the command goes to the only active client — or, if several are active, to the most recently active one.

Security

By default the bridge is open — it only listens on 127.0.0.1, so only local processes can reach it. If you want extra protection (e.g. a page in your browser could trigger /call while you have the panel open), flip the flag in index.js:

const ENABLE_AUTH = true;   // protect /call and /client-toggle
const MCP_TOKEN = 'your-secret';

When enabled, /call and /client-toggle require ?token=... or the x-mcp-token header. Open the panel as http://127.0.0.1:4444/?token=your-secret (the panel stores it and sends it with every request). Keep ENABLE_AUTH = false to disable the check entirely.

Troubleshooting

Symptom	Fix
Panel says checking... forever	Make sure the server is running and MCP_ServerURL points at http://127.0.0.1:4444; check the Studio output for errors
— / mojibake in Studio logs	Non-ASCII characters in korone-mcp.lua — replace them with ASCII (-, =)
Duplicate/ghost clients on the panel	Restart the server so stale registrations clear; each Studio window uses its own ?client= key

License

MIT