The one I'm most excited to show my kids is the Agent. There are a ton of tutorials here, including Chicken Rain. It was maybe 10 mins end to end, which is WAY easier than the Java add-ins I learned about just a few years ago. I was really surprised how easy this was. Now, I'll setup a chat command in Make Code that makes it rain chickens when I type the chat command "chicken." It runs a loop and spawns 100 chickens 10 blocks above my character's head. This is the same base open source Make Code editor I used when I was coding for an Adafruit Circuit Playground Express earlier this year.
I can automate with MakeCode, Scratch, or other editors.
Now the two apps are talking to each other. Then from the Code Connection app, I get a URL for the automation server, then go back to Minecraft, hit "t" and paste it in the URL. Here I'm turning on cheats in a new Miencraft world: Basically you turn on cheats in Minecraft and use a local websockets connection between the Code Connection app and Minecraft - you're automating Minecraft from an external application! The architecture here is very clean and clever. I already have Minecraft installed, so I just had to install the Minecraft Code Connection app. I headed over to and followed the instructions. Today, it couldn't be easier to make a Minecraft Mod, so I know what my kids and I are doing tonight! I wanted to revisit things now that Minecraft is easily installed from the Windows Store. It was possible, but it wasn't fun and it surely wasn't easy. It was a series of JAR files and Java hacks and deep folder structures. Back in the day, making a Minecraft mod was.challenging.