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feat: record Unity motion with source-frame playback control - #1505
Add one recording workflow that discovers a motion source, resolves a source-frame range, controls playback and captures the resulting Unity view. An agent can turn “record Intro from frame 30 for three seconds at 1080p/60 FPS” into a validated plan, start it asynchronously and return a finalized artifact. Source FPS and output FPS are independent, so changing export FPS does not move the requested start frame.
Type of Change
New feature (non-breaking change that adds functionality)
Documentation update
Test update
Changes Made
Add matching Python MCP, Unity C# and CLI interfaces for capabilities, discovery, prepare/start/status/stop/cancel.
Capture composited Game View UI, an explicit camera, or the Scene View camera using the Editor encoder (MP4/WebM) or PNG sequences.
Drive Timeline, AnimationClip, Animator states/parameters, optional DOTween root tweens/sequences, and project state machines through an opt-in IRecordingPlaybackSource contract. DOTween has no compile-time dependency.
Support explicit source-frame/time ranges, fixed-step sampling, realtime capture, resolution/FPS/duration validation and source disambiguation, including multiple clips inside imported assets.
Reject case variants of protected Unity output roots on all platforms, and stop client polling on every terminal state before checking artifact readiness.
Add bounded jobs, retry idempotency across domain reloads, cancellation/interruption cleanup, playback/settings restoration, partial-file publication and JSON manifests.
Preserve all prepared/active job IDs and retry keys under history pressure. Evict terminal history first and return a capacity error when all 32 slots are occupied by unfinished jobs.
Bind the actual motion source and capture camera during preparation. Reusing a name does not redirect the recording; destroyed bindings or replaced selected motion resources fail preflight without creating output artifacts.
Include an importable UI recording demo, regression tests, generated tool reference and an agent workflow for translating natural-language requirements into explicit recording parameters. Natural-language interpretation stays in the MCP client model; the plugin executes the resolved specification.
Compatibility / Package Source
Tested: macOS ARM, Unity 2023.2.3f1, Python 3.12.
Package source: local file: package from this branch, based on beta commit ed4e205d31a545bac3686d5e19210e67959aeddd.
Git-package lock hash: not applicable to the local file package.
The four editors configured in the version matrix were unavailable locally; their checks were skipped, not passed. Additional Unity/platform verification is still needed.
Testing/Screenshots/Recordings
Python tests: 1611 passed, 18 skipped.
Unity EditMode recording tests: 43 passed, including real camera/PNG capture, frame-range semantics, capacity pressure, stable source/camera bindings, replaced resources, cancellation and restoration.
Unity PlayMode recording tests: 5 passed, checking recorded source-frame poses, prepared target identity after names are reused, controller replacement rejection and restoration of the original Animator/controller.
Local package import and compilation against real Unity Runtime/Editor references.
Recorded real MP4 output from Timeline, AnimationClip, Animator, custom states and an official DOTween DLL installed only in the local test project.
Verified the Timeline 1080p/60 FPS/3-second output with ffprobe: H.264, 1920×1080, 60/1 FPS, 180 frames, 3.000 seconds.
Exercised realtime capture, early stop, cancel, script-reload interruption and replaying the same request ID after reload.
Added 25 Unity regression cases for job capacity, prepared binding behavior and case variants of reserved output roots. A captured-pixel assertion verifies the original camera remains selected when its name is reused.
With a real DOTween DLL, verified that an old plan rejects a replacement tween using the same ID; a fresh plan then records the replacement successfully.
Reproduction: import Motion recording demo, run Window > MCP for Unity > Create Recording Demo, enter Play Mode, wait for readiness, discover targets, then use the example in the recording guide.
Documentation Updates
Added a tool and documented its lifecycle, specification, playback adapter contract and limitations.
Regenerated reference pages and checked them with tools/generate_docs_reference.py --check.
Manually reviewed generated changes and updated both distributed skill copies.
Additional Notes
This implementation records silent video. Game View captures the composited viewport; camera/Scene View captures exclude Overlay UI and editor chrome/gizmos. Output dimensions fit/letterbox the current viewport instead of reflowing it.
Fixed-step mode controls the selected motion source; arbitrary physics, particles, scripts and event side effects are not guaranteed to replay deterministically or roll back. Project-specific state machines use the explicit adapter contract. Encoder availability remains platform dependent; PNG sequences provide a fallback.
The change is submitted as one complete feature for review.
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New Features
Record the Game view, Scene view, or a camera while controlling Timeline, animation clips, Animators, DOTween, or custom playback sources.
Discover recording targets, review a plan, and manage recording jobs through completion, including stopping or cancelling.
Select time or frame ranges, capture mode, output dimensions, frame rate, and MP4, WebM, or PNG sequence formats.
Added a recording demo sample, CLI support, and guides covering recording workflows and options.
Add asynchronous view capture with Timeline, AnimationClip, Animator,
DOTween and opt-in project state playback. Include MCP/CLI interfaces,
recording lifecycle safeguards, sample scene builder, documentation and
EditMode/PlayMode regression coverage.
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Walkthrough
The change adds a Unity recording tool for capturing views while controlling supported playback sources. It includes recording-plan validation, playback adapters, capture sessions and job controls, server and CLI access, a sample, tests, and workflow documentation.
Changes: Motion Recording
Layer / File(s)
Summary
Recording requests and plans Server/src/services/tools/manage_recording.py, Server/src/cli/commands/recording.py, Server/src/cli/main.py, MCPForUnity/Editor/Tools/Recording/RecordingPlan.cs, Server/tests/test_manage_recording.py
The server and CLI expose recording actions and validate their parameters. RecordingPlan validates capture settings, timing, frame counts, and output paths.
Playback adapters and demo source MCPForUnity/Runtime/Recording/IRecordingPlaybackSource.cs, MCPForUnity/Editor/Tools/Recording/RecordingPlayback.cs, MCPForUnity/Samples~/Recording/*, TestProjects/UnityMCPTests/Assets/Tests/PlayMode/*
Playback adapters support Timeline, AnimationClip, Animator, custom sources, and DOTween. The sample adds a custom source and demo scene builder. PlayMode tests cover playback and prepared-source binding.
Capture sessions and recording jobs MCPForUnity/Editor/Tools/Recording/RecordingSession.cs, MCPForUnity/Runtime/Recording/RecordingFramePump.cs, MCPForUnity/Editor/Tools/Recording/ManageRecording.cs, TestProjects/UnityMCPTests/Assets/Tests/EditMode/Tools/ManageRecordingTests.cs
RecordingSession samples playback, captures and resizes frames, writes output and a manifest, and finalizes jobs. ManageRecording handles preparation, starting, status, stopping, cancellation, history, and retries. Tests cover validation, capture, restoration, and cancellation.
The manifest and catalogs list manage_recording. Skill and website pages document discovery, planning, capture options, job controls, and artifact handling. Package metadata registers the demo sample and Director module dependency.
sequenceDiagram
participant Client
participant Tool as manage_recording
participant Controller as Unity ManageRecording
participant Playback as RecordingPlayback
participant Session as RecordingSession
Client->>Tool: Submit recording action
Tool->>Controller: Send validated command
Controller->>Playback: Resolve playback source
Controller->>Session: Prepare or start job
Session->>Playback: Sample playback
Client->>Tool: Request job status
Tool->>Controller: Send status action
Controller-->>Tool: Return job description
Tool-->>Client: Return recording status
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Protect prepared and active jobs from history eviction, reject excess
plans at capacity, and retain retry keys for live recordings. Bind the
resolved source and capture camera during preparation, reject replaced
motion resources, and avoid artifacts when preflight fails.
Add 13 Unity regression cases and document the binding and capacity
contracts.
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Review comments at @.claude/skills/unity-mcp-skill/references/workflows.md:
- Line 2122: Update the workflow guidance around `prepare`, `start`, and
`status` to poll until the job reaches a terminal state (`completed`, `failed`,
`cancelled`, or `interrupted`), then treat the artifact as usable only when
`ready=true` and report `error` when present.
Review comments at @MCPForUnity/Editor/Tools/Recording/RecordingPlan.cs:
- Around line 101-105: Update the protected-folder exclusion in the `relative`
path check to use `StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase` for both `Equals` and
`StartsWith` on every platform. Keep the platform-specific `comparison` used by
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Reject case variants of Unity import roots on every Editor platform and
cover reserved and unrelated folder names with regression cases. Stop
client polling on every terminal recording state, report failures, and
regenerate the MCP tool reference and both distributed workflows.
Document playback ownership, binding validation, artifact publication
and regression-test contracts.
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Description
Add one recording workflow that discovers a motion source, resolves a source-frame range, controls playback and captures the resulting Unity view. An agent can turn “record Intro from frame 30 for three seconds at 1080p/60 FPS” into a validated plan, start it asynchronously and return a finalized artifact. Source FPS and output FPS are independent, so changing export FPS does not move the requested start frame.
Type of Change
Changes Made
IRecordingPlaybackSourcecontract. DOTween has no compile-time dependency.Compatibility / Package Source
file:package from this branch, based onbetacommited4e205d31a545bac3686d5e19210e67959aeddd.Testing/Screenshots/Recordings
Documentation Updates
tools/generate_docs_reference.py --check.Additional Notes
This implementation records silent video. Game View captures the composited viewport; camera/Scene View captures exclude Overlay UI and editor chrome/gizmos. Output dimensions fit/letterbox the current viewport instead of reflowing it.
Fixed-step mode controls the selected motion source; arbitrary physics, particles, scripts and event side effects are not guaranteed to replay deterministically or roll back. Project-specific state machines use the explicit adapter contract. Encoder availability remains platform dependent; PNG sequences provide a fallback.
The change is submitted as one complete feature for review.
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