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   "fact": "homepage",
   "note": "Autodesk presents Maya as a professional 3D modeling, layout, animation, FX, and rendering toolset used in film, TV, and games.",
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  {
   "date": "2026-09-10",
   "fact": "vendor",
   "note": "The product page identifies Autodesk Maya as an Autodesk subscription product.",
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   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-09-10",
   "fact": "deployment",
   "note": "Autodesk documents download and install of Maya onto computers, with a subscription that can be installed on up to three devices and used by one named user at a time.",
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  {
   "date": "2026-09-10",
   "fact": "platforms",
   "note": "The FAQ states that Autodesk Maya runs on Microsoft Windows, Apple macOS, and Linux.",
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   "date": "2026-09-10",
   "fact": "license",
   "note": "Maya is sold as monthly, annual, and three-year subscriptions, with Flex tokens and a trial-to-subscribe path. No public unrestricted free product is offered on that page.",
   "source": "https://www.autodesk.com/products/maya/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-09-10",
   "fact": "status",
   "note": "The current Autodesk product page presents Maya, including Maya 2027 branding on the opened page, as an active offering.",
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   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-09-10",
   "fact": "modalities.api.exists",
   "note": "The overview states that artists can customize Maya via APIs and scripting. A SEGA quote names MEL and Python tooling.",
   "source": "https://www.autodesk.com/products/maya/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-09-10",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds[0]",
   "note": "Autodesk documents Maya command bindings in the maya.cmds Python module, including Script Editor and command-line use.",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/Maya-Scripting/files/GUID-55B63946-CDC9-42E5-9B6E-45EE45CFC7FC.htm",
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   "note": "Autodesk documents MEL as the scripting language at the heart of Maya and states that everything done in the graphical interface can be automated and extended using MEL.",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/Maya-Scripting/files/GUID-60178D44-9990-45B4-8B43-9429D54DF70E.htm",
   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-09-10",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds[2]",
   "note": "The Maya C++ API documents MPxCommand as the proxy class for creating MEL commands through the API, with doIt, undoIt, and redoIt.",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/MAYA-API-REF/cpp_ref/class_m_px_command.html",
   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-09-10",
   "fact": "modalities.api.coverage",
   "note": "Autodesk states that Maya's user interface is created primarily using MEL and that the language can automate and extend modeling, animation, dynamics, and rendering. That is in-process product coverage, not a hosted SaaS REST catalog.",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/Maya-Scripting/files/GUID-60178D44-9990-45B4-8B43-9429D54DF70E.htm",
   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-09-10",
   "fact": "modalities.api.docs",
   "note": "Autodesk's Maya Developer Help Center is the current hub for the Maya devkit, C++ and Python API references, and scripting documentation.",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/view/MAYADEV/2026/ENU/",
   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-09-10",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.exists",
   "note": "Autodesk documents Maya Python API 2.0 in maya.api, including OpenMaya, OpenMayaAnim, and OpenMayaRender, for plug-in development.",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/MAYA-API-REF/py_ref/index.html",
   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-09-10",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.official",
   "note": "The Python API 2.0 reference is vendor-published Maya Developer Help.",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/MAYA-API-REF/py_ref/index.html",
   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-09-10",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages[0]",
   "note": "Python API 2.0 modules are documented under maya.api for official plug-in and script use.",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/MAYA-API-REF/py_ref/index.html",
   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-09-10",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages[1]",
   "note": "The C++ API reference documents MPxCommand and related plug-in registration types as first-party Maya SDK.",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/MAYA-API-REF/cpp_ref/class_m_px_command.html",
   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-09-10",
   "fact": "modalities.cli.exists",
   "note": "Autodesk documents mayapy as Maya's command-line Python interpreter for batch processing and for accessing Maya libraries from other applications on Windows, Linux, and macOS.",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/Maya-Scripting/files/GUID-D64ACA64-2566-42B3-BE0F-BCE843A1702F.htm",
   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-09-10",
   "fact": "modalities.extensibility.scripting[0]",
   "note": "MEL is the documented in-product scripting language used to build and extend the Maya UI.",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/Maya-Scripting/files/GUID-60178D44-9990-45B4-8B43-9429D54DF70E.htm",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-10",
   "fact": "modalities.extensibility.scripting[1]",
   "note": "Python is a documented Maya scripting language beside MEL, including Script Editor tabs and maya.cmds.",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/Maya-Scripting/files/GUID-55B63946-CDC9-42E5-9B6E-45EE45CFC7FC.htm",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-10",
   "fact": "modalities.extensibility.scripting[2]",
   "note": "The product page names Bifrost as Maya's visual programming environment for effects and character rigs.",
   "source": "https://www.autodesk.com/products/maya/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-10",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.export[0]",
   "note": "The overview lists integrated open standards including OpenUSD.",
   "source": "https://www.autodesk.com/products/maya/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-10",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.import[0]",
   "note": "OpenUSD is named as an integrated open standard for collaboration. Other interchange formats were not listed on the opened overview.",
   "source": "https://www.autodesk.com/products/maya/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
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   "date": "2026-09-10",
   "fact": "modalities.agent_docs.llms_txt",
   "note": "Opened https://www.autodesk.com/llms.txt; the URL returned 404. That is not a first-party agent documentation index.",
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   "date": "2026-09-10",
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   "note": "Official MEL, Python, and C++ APIs cover in-product automation of the Maya UI and plug-ins. The path is licensed desktop software, not a hosted REST service, which keeps it strong but not a multi-tenant cloud contract.",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/Maya-Scripting/files/GUID-60178D44-9990-45B4-8B43-9429D54DF70E.htm",
   "tier": "declared"
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   "date": "2026-09-10",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.cli",
   "note": "mayapy is official and intended for batch processing from a command line. Autodesk does not present it as a general account-operations CLI with a documented structured-output contract.",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/Maya-Scripting/files/GUID-D64ACA64-2566-42B3-BE0F-BCE843A1702F.htm",
   "tier": "declared"
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   "date": "2026-09-10",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[0].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as Autodesk's current Maya overview, including platforms, APIs and scripting, Bifrost, and the Maya versus 3ds Max distinction.",
   "source": "https://www.autodesk.com/products/maya/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-10",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[1].url",
   "note": "Opened Autodesk's Maya Developer Help Center hub for the 2026 English developer documentation set.",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/view/MAYADEV/2026/ENU/",
   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-09-10",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[2].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as the current Using Python in Maya guide, including maya.cmds and MEL interop.",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/Maya-Scripting/files/GUID-55B63946-CDC9-42E5-9B6E-45EE45CFC7FC.htm",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-10",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[3].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as the current mayapy interpreter page, including platform install paths.",
   "source": "https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/Maya-Scripting/files/GUID-D64ACA64-2566-42B3-BE0F-BCE843A1702F.htm",
   "tier": "declared"
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   {
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 "id": "autodesk-maya",
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   "docs": "https://help.autodesk.com/view/MAYADEV/2026/ENU/",
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    "mel",
    "cpp"
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  },
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   "issues": [],
   "viability": "unknown"
  },
  "data_access": {
   "export": [
    "usd"
   ],
   "import": [
    "usd"
   ]
  },
  "extensibility": {
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    "mel",
    "python",
    "bifrost"
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   "webhooks": "unknown"
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  "integrations": {
   "make": "unknown",
   "n8n": "unknown",
   "power_automate": "unknown",
   "zapier": "unknown"
  },
  "mcp": {
   "first_party": "unknown",
   "third_party": [],
   "verdict": "unknown"
  },
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   "drivability": "unknown",
   "notes": "No repeatable UI probe was run. MEL, maya.cmds, the Maya Python and C++ APIs, and mayapy batch cover scene and plugin work without visually driving the viewport. Computer-use viability is not inferred from the desktop UI.\n",
   "ui_stack": [
    "desktop-native"
   ],
   "vendor_support": []
  },
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    "cpp"
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   "official": true
  }
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 "name": "Autodesk Maya",
 "platforms": [
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  "macos",
  "linux"
 ],
 "related": {
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   "rhino",
   "autodesk-inventor",
   "autodesk-fusion-360"
  ],
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 },
 "schema_version": 1,
 "score_version": 1,
 "status": "active",
 "vendor": "Autodesk",
 "verdict": {
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  "scores": {
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   "cli": 6,
   "computer_use": null,
   "integrations": null,
   "mcp": null,
   "overall": 8,
   "rpa": null
  },
  "summary": "Autodesk Maya is automatable today through first-party MEL, Python, and C++ APIs inside a licensed desktop session. This record is Maya, not 3ds Max, Inventor, Fusion, or Maya Creative / Maya Indie as separate commercial editions. The product page presents Maya as professional 3D modeling, layout, animation, FX, and rendering on Windows, macOS, and Linux, with customization via APIs and scripting and Bifrost visual programming. MEL is documented as the command language behind the Maya UI; Autodesk states that everything done in the graphical interface can be automated with MEL. Python bindings live in maya.cmds for commands and in maya.api for Python API 2.0 plug-ins. The C++ API registers commands and plug-in services through MPxCommand and MFnPlugin. mayapy is the official command-line Python interpreter for batch processing and for using Maya libraries from other applications. These surfaces are local and license-gated; they are not a multi-tenant Autodesk cloud REST catalog. First-party MCP ownership is not established. Unverified registry Maya MCP listings are outside this record. iPaaS connectors were not opened. Computer-use viability is unassessed. API scores 8 and is the best path because MEL, Python, and C++ cover the product object model. mayapy scores 6 as an official batch interpreter rather than a general operations CLI.\n"
 }
}