assets-shader-get-data

Assets / Shader / Get Data

Get detailed data about a shader asset in the Unity project. Returns shader properties, subshaders, passes, compilation errors, and supported status. Use 'assets-find' tool with filter 't:Shader' to find shaders, or 'assets-shader-list-all' tool to list all shader names.

Toggles (most default off to keep responses small)

• includeMessages (default true) — shader compilation messages.
• includeProperties (default false) — uniforms list.
• includeSubshaders (default false) — subshader and pass structure.
• includeSourceCode (default false) — pass source code. Implies includeSubshaders and can produce very large responses.

Path-scoped reads (token-saving)

Supply paths (a list of paths) to read only the listed fields/elements via Reflector.TryReadAt, or viewQuery (a ViewQuery) to navigate to a subtree and/or filter by name regex / max depth / type via Reflector.View. The result populates View on the returned ShaderData. These two parameters are mutually exclusive.

Path syntax

fieldName, nested/field, arrayField/[i], dictField/[key]. Leading #/ is stripped.

How to Call

unity-mcp-cli run-tool assets-shader-get-data --input '{
  "assetRef": "string_value",
  "includeMessages": "string_value",
  "includeProperties": "string_value",
  "includeSubshaders": "string_value",
  "includeSourceCode": "string_value",
  "paths": "string_value",
  "viewQuery": "string_value"
}'

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

unity-mcp-cli run-tool assets-shader-get-data --input-file args.json

Or pipe via stdin (recommended):

unity-mcp-cli run-tool assets-shader-get-data --input-file - <<'EOF'
{"param": "value"}
EOF

Troubleshooting

If 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.