---
slug: "text-to-cad"
name: "text-to-cad"
effect: "Gives an agent skills to generate 3D models as STEP, STL, 3MF or GLB and run manufacturing checks"
category: "devtool"
tier: "rising"
url: "https://www.texttocad.dev"
github: "earthtojake/text-to-cad"
pricing: "open-source"
license: "MIT"
tags: ["cad", "3d-models", "skills", "plugin", "manufacturing", "robotics"]
platforms: ["claude-code", "codex", "cursor", "gemini-cli", "claude-desktop"]
install_kind: "cli"
date_added: "2026-10-15"
rank: 11
rising_score: 55
stars: 20566
star_velocity: 116.5
velocity_basis: "since creation"
created_at: "2026-04-22T01:09:45Z"
pushed_at: "2026-10-15T12:32:40Z"
signals_status: "ok"
signals_fetched_at: "2026-10-15T12:37:55.967Z"
page: "https://agenttooldrop.com/tools/text-to-cad"
---

# text-to-cad

Gives an agent skills to generate 3D models as STEP, STL, 3MF or GLB and run manufacturing checks

Category: Devtools. Tier: new and rising, rank 11 by new and rising score (55 of 100). Pricing: Open source. License: MIT.

Platforms: claude-code, codex, cursor, gemini-cli, claude-desktop.

## Why you would want it

text-to-cad is a plugin and skill set that gives an agent local workflows for generating 3D models as STEP, GLB, STL or 3MF files. Its skills also cover design for manufacturing checks, engineering drawings, 2D DXF files, URDF, SRDF and SDF robot and simulator files, and slicing to G-code with OrcaSlicer. Models open in a CAD Viewer, shown as a card in the conversation where the app supports it or as a browser link otherwise. The README says it works with agents that support plugins or the skills framework, including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini and Grok.

## Best for

- Prompting an agent to model printable parts
- DFM and printability checks before fabrication
- Robot description files for URDF and SDF

## Use it when

You want a coding agent to produce and edit CAD files from plain-language or image requests, then check them for 3D printing, sheet metal or CNC before sending them out.

## Skip it if

You do not want telemetry: usage stats and crash reports are on by default with a random install ID, and you turn them off with `uvx cadgen telemetry off`. It needs uv installed, downloads its CAD runtime on first start, and runs a local server and a browser viewer. Its skills can send prints to Bambu Lab printers, so review what an agent may do there. Releases are still 0.x (v0.7.21), and on Windows 11 with Smart App Control on, the README says CAD commands fail unless you turn it off or use WSL.

## Editor note

Other agents get the skills alone with `npx skills add earthtojake/text-to-cad#latest`; Codex, Cursor, Gemini and Grok routes are in the README.

## Install

Install the Claude Code plugin:

```sh
claude plugin marketplace add earthtojake/text-to-cad#latest
claude plugin install text-to-cad@earthtojake
```

Source: https://github.com/earthtojake/text-to-cad#claude-code

## Live signals

Fetched 2026-10-15T12:37:55.967Z (status: ok).

- Repository: earthtojake/text-to-cad
- Repository created: 2026-04-22
- Stars: 20,566 (GitHub's count; it cannot be authenticated)
- Stars per day, since repo creation: 116.5 (an average over the repo's life, not a growth rate)
- Forks: 2,032
- Open issues and PRs: 44
- License (GitHub): MIT
- Last push: 2026-10-15
- Latest release: v0.7.21 (2026-10-11)

## Links

- Website: https://www.texttocad.dev
- GitHub: https://github.com/earthtojake/text-to-cad
- Install instructions verified at: https://github.com/earthtojake/text-to-cad#claude-code
- Source for this entry: https://github.com/earthtojake/text-to-cad#readme
- AgentToolDrop page: https://agenttooldrop.com/tools/text-to-cad
- Full catalog (JSON): https://agenttooldrop.com/tools.json