Unity-MCP package-search

Search for packages in both Unity Package Manager registry and installed packages. Use this to find packages by name before installing them. Returns available versions and installation status. Searches both the Unity registry and locally installed packages (including Git, local, and embedded sources). Results are prioritized: exact name match, exact display name match, name substring, display name substring, description substring. Note: Online mode fetches exact matches from live registry, then supplements with cached substring matches.

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/IvanMurzak/Unity-MCP

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/IvanMurzak/Unity-MCP "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/Unity-MCP-Plugin/.claude/skills/package-search" ~/.claude/skills/ivanmurzak-unity-mcp-package-search && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: Unity-MCP-Plugin/.claude/skills/package-search/SKILL.md

source content

Package Manager / Search

How to Call

unity-mcp-cli run-tool package-search --input '{
  "query": "string_value",
  "maxResults": 0,
  "offlineMode": false
}'

For complex input (multi-line strings, code), save the JSON to a file and use:

unity-mcp-cli run-tool package-search --input-file args.json

Or pipe via stdin (recommended):

unity-mcp-cli run-tool package-search --input-file - <<'EOF'
{"param": "value"}
EOF

Troubleshooting

unity-mcp-cli

is not found, either install it globally (

npm install -g unity-mcp-cli

) or use

npx unity-mcp-cli

instead. Read the /unity-initial-setup skill for detailed installation instructions.

Input

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	`string`	Yes	The package id, name, or description. Can be: Full package id 'com.unity.textmeshpro', Full package name 'TextMesh Pro', Partial name 'TextMesh' (will search in Unity registry and installed packages), Description keyword 'rendering' (searches in package descriptions).
`maxResults`	`integer`	No	Maximum number of results to return. Default: 10
`offlineMode`	`boolean`	No	Whether to perform the search in offline mode (uses cached registry data only). Default: true. Set to false to fetch latest exact matches from Unity registry.

Input JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "maxResults": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "offlineMode": {
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ]
}

Output

Output JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "result": {
      "$ref": "#/$defs/System.Collections.Generic.List<com.IvanMurzak.Unity.MCP.Editor.API.Tool_Package+PackageSearchResult>"
    }
  },
  "$defs": {
    "com.IvanMurzak.Unity.MCP.Editor.API.Tool_Package+PackageSearchResult": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "Name": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The official Unity name of the package used as the package ID."
        },
        "DisplayName": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The display name of the package."
        },
        "LatestVersion": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The latest version available in the registry."
        },
        "Description": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "A brief description of the package."
        },
        "IsInstalled": {
          "type": "boolean",
          "description": "Whether this package is already installed in the project."
        },
        "InstalledVersion": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The currently installed version (if installed)."
        },
        "AvailableVersions": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/System.Collections.Generic.List<System.String>",
          "description": "Available versions of this package (up to 5 most recent)."
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "IsInstalled"
      ],
      "description": "Package search result with available versions."
    },
    "System.Collections.Generic.List<System.String>": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "System.Collections.Generic.List<com.IvanMurzak.Unity.MCP.Editor.API.Tool_Package+PackageSearchResult>": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/$defs/com.IvanMurzak.Unity.MCP.Editor.API.Tool_Package+PackageSearchResult",
        "description": "Package search result with available versions."
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "result"
  ]
}