Unity Camera

Camera Skills

Recipe path rule: ../../recipes/camera/<command>.md

Screenshots: Unity_Camera_Capture (native MCP) renders a camera in-memory by instance ID for quick inspection. camera_screenshot (this module) writes a PNG to a path under Assets/ with custom resolution and looks the camera up by name / path / instanceId.

Overview

Control the Scene View camera.

Common Mistakes

DO NOT (common hallucinations):

• camera_move / camera_rotate do not exist → use camera_set_transform (Scene View) or gameobject_set_transform (Game Camera)
• camera_set_fov does not exist → use camera_set_properties with fieldOfView parameter
• camera_* skills control two different cameras: camera_set_transform/camera_look_at/camera_align_view_to_object control the Scene View camera; camera_create/camera_set_properties/camera_screenshot control Game Cameras
• camera_delete does not exist → use gameobject_delete on the camera GameObject

Routing:

• For Cinemachine virtual cameras → use cinemachine module
• For Game Camera component properties → camera_set_properties / camera_get_properties (this module)
• For scene screenshots → scene_screenshot (scene module) uses the Scene View; for in-memory Game Camera inspection use Unity_Camera_Capture; for persisted Game Camera PNGs at custom resolution use camera_screenshot (this module)

Skills

camera_align_view_to_object

Align Scene View camera to look at an object. Parameters:

• name (string, optional): Target GameObject name.
• instanceId (int, optional): Target GameObject instance ID.
• path (string, optional): Target GameObject hierarchy path.

camera_get_info

Get Scene View camera position and rotation. Parameters: None.

camera_set_transform

Set Scene View camera position/rotation manually. Parameters:

• posX, posY, posZ (float): Position.
• rotX, rotY, rotZ (float): Rotation (Euler).
• size (float, optional): Orthographic size or distance.
• instant (bool, optional): Move instantly (default true).

camera_look_at

Focus Scene View camera on a world-space point. Parameters:

• x, y, z (float): Target point.
• Does not support targetName or GameObject lookup. For object focus, use camera_align_view_to_object.

camera_create

Create a new Game Camera.

Returns: { success, name, instanceId }

camera_get_properties

Get Game Camera properties (supports name/instanceId/path).

Returns: { success, name, fieldOfView, nearClipPlane, farClipPlane, orthographic, orthographicSize, depth, cullingMask, clearFlags, backgroundColor, rect }

camera_set_properties

Set Game Camera properties (FOV, clip planes, clear flags, background color, depth).

Returns: { success, name }

camera_set_culling_mask

Set Game Camera culling mask by layer names (comma-separated).

Returns: { success, cullingMask }

camera_screenshot

Capture a PNG from a Game Camera to a path under Assets/ at a custom resolution. Writes the file and calls AssetDatabase.ImportAsset so it shows up as a project asset. For a quick in-memory capture without disk persistence, use the native Unity_Camera_Capture tool instead.

Returns: { success, path, width, height }

camera_set_orthographic

Switch Game Camera between orthographic and perspective mode.

Returns: { success, orthographic, orthographicSize }

camera_list

List all cameras in the scene.

Returns: { count, cameras: [{ name, instanceId, path, depth, orthographic, enabled }] }