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Getting Started

Welcome to Paracore! This guide will help you get up and running in minutes, from initial installation to running your first high-performance Revit automation.

The Path to Success​

  1. Installation & Setup: Set up the Add-in, activate the server, and connect the Desktop app.
  2. Your First Script: Execute a sample automation to verify your setup.
  3. Downloads: Get the latest installers.

Prerequisites​

Before you begin, ensure you have a compatible environment:

  • Autodesk Revit: Version 2025 or later.
  • Windows 10/11: 64-bit version.
  • Visual Studio Code: Required for Authoring. Paracore integrates directly with VS Code to provide a professional editing environment.

What's New in v4.6 (June 2026)​

Paracore v4.6 delivers Agent intelligence, security, and a major UX overhaul:

  • AI Agent Sessions: Create, switch, and delete named chat sessions — each with persistent history and per-session token tracking. The Agent now shows thinking steps as it explores your model, searches parameters, and reads documentation before producing code.
  • Agent Security: A TaskDialog gate appears the first time an AI agent tries to execute code in a new Revit session. All AI-generated code is scanned before execution — system-level operations are blocked unconditionally, network access is blocked for AI code.
  • Persistent Output Panel: Execution output lives in a fixed side panel with History and Analytics tabs — visible across REPL, Gallery, Agent, and Playlists.
  • Gallery UX Overhaul: Unified toolbar with logical button groups (Execute & Inspect, Modify, Dev Tools, Delete). Open Project Folder opens the script workspace directly in Explorer. Selecting a script no longer auto-opens parameters — click Configure to edit inputs in-place.
  • Pipeline Diagnostics: GetElements<T>() now reports element counts at every stage of a LINQ chain — see exactly how many elements survive each .Where(), .GroupBy(), or .Select().
  • MCP Server: The REPL engine is now available as an MCP server, letting Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, and other AI tools interact with Revit directly.

Full Details: Read the Release Notes for a comprehensive list of changes.

New to Revit API? Don't worry. Paracore streamlines the complexity of the API, allowing you to focus strictly on your automation logic.