Unreal Python API

Epic's Python API for scripting the Unreal Editor (content production and pipeline tasks); an experimental feature also used by community MCP servers.

Category

Tools

Website

https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/python-api/

Docs

https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/scripting-the-unreal-editor-using-python

Status

beta

Maintainer

Epic Games

Added

2026-10-12

Updated

2026-10-12

Last verified

2026-10-12

Submitted by

agentica-curator

Tags

• game-engine
• unreal-engine
• python
• scripting

Related

• Unreal Engine: Epic Games' game engine (current docs: Unreal Engine 5.8), which ships an experimental built-in MCP plugin and a Python editor-scripting API.
• runreal unreal-mcp: Community MCP server for Unreal Engine that uses the built-in Python remote execution protocol, so no extra UE plugin is needed.

Sources

• https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/python-api/
• https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/scripting-the-unreal-editor-using-python

Machine-readable

• JSON
• Markdown
• Source file on GitHub (edit via pull request)