diff --git a/beet/contrib/mcbuild.py b/beet/contrib/mcbuild.py
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+"""Plugin that builds a MCBuild project."""
+
+__all__ = ["beet_default", "MCBuildOptions"]
+
+
+from typing import Optional
+from beet import Context, configurable
+from pydantic.v1 import BaseModel
+from beet.core.utils import FileSystemPath
+import subprocess, shutil, json, requests, colorama, hashlib
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+DEFAULT_CONFIG_URL = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mc-build/mcb/refs/heads/main/template/mcb.config.js"
+CONFIG_FILE = "mcb.config.js"
+
+
+def log(message: str) -> None:
+    """Print with a custom prefix."""
+    print(
+        f"{colorama.Fore.LIGHTBLACK_EX}[{colorama.Fore.GREEN}MCB{colorama.Fore.WHITE}-{colorama.Fore.LIGHTRED_EX}BEET{colorama.Fore.LIGHTBLACK_EX}]{colorama.Fore.RESET}",
+        message,
+    )
+
+
+def create_default_config(ctx: Context):
+    res = requests.get(DEFAULT_CONFIG_URL)
+    res.raise_for_status()
+
+    with open(ctx.directory / CONFIG_FILE, "wb") as f:
+        f.write(res.content)
+
+
+def create_source_hash(source: Path, config: Path) -> str:
+    hasher = hashlib.sha256()
+
+    def update_from_file(path: Path):
+        assert path.is_file()
+        hasher.update(path.as_posix().encode())
+        hasher.update(path.read_bytes())
+        with open(path, "rb") as f:
+            hasher.update(f.read())
+
+    def update_from_directory(path: Path):
+        assert path.is_dir()
+        hasher.update(path.as_posix().encode())
+        for path in sorted(path.iterdir()):
+            if path.is_file():
+                update_from_file(path)
+            elif path.is_dir():
+                update_from_directory(path)
+
+    update_from_file(config)
+
+    if source.is_file():
+        update_from_file(source)
+    elif source.is_dir():
+        update_from_directory(source)
+
+    return hasher.hexdigest()
+
+
+def filter_stdout_for_soft_errors(stdout: str) -> Optional[str]:
+    lines = stdout.split("\n")
+
+    def capture_error(errorTitle: str, index: int):
+        error = colorama.Fore.RED + errorTitle
+        for i in range(index + 1, len(lines)):
+            if not lines[i][0] in ["\t", " "]:
+                return error
+            if len(error) == 0:
+                error = lines[i].strip()
+            else:
+                error += "\n" + lines[i]
+        return error + colorama.Fore.RESET
+
+    for line in lines:
+        if line.startswith("[MCB] Parser Error:"):
+            return capture_error("Parser Error:", lines.index(line))
+        elif line.startswith("[MCB] Compiler Error:"):
+            return capture_error("Compiler Error:", lines.index(line))
+
+
+class MCBuildOptions(BaseModel):
+    force_rebuild: bool = False
+    source: FileSystemPath = "./mcbuild"
+
+
+def beet_default(ctx: Context):
+    ctx.require(mcbuild)
+
+
+@configurable(validator=MCBuildOptions)
+def mcbuild(ctx: Context, opts: MCBuildOptions):
+    config = ctx.directory / CONFIG_FILE
+    source = ctx.directory / opts.source
+    build_dir = ctx.cache["mcbuild"].directory / "datapack"
+    previous_source_hash = ctx.cache["mcbuild"].json.get("source_hash", None)
+
+    # Create default config if it doesn't exist
+    if not config.exists():
+        log("Default config not found, creating one...")
+        create_default_config(ctx)
+
+    source_hash = create_source_hash(source, config)
+
+    # Check if source has changed
+    if not opts.force_rebuild and source_hash == previous_source_hash:
+        # If the build directory doesn't exist, then somehow the cache was lost. We need to rebuild.
+        if (build_dir / "data").exists():
+            # Load the cached datapack
+            ctx.data.load(build_dir)
+            return
+
+    # Clear previous build
+    shutil.rmtree(build_dir, ignore_errors=True)
+    # Copy source
+    shutil.copytree(source, build_dir / "src", dirs_exist_ok=True)
+    # Copy config
+    shutil.copy(config, build_dir / CONFIG_FILE)
+    # Create dummy pack.mcmeta
+    with open(build_dir / "pack.mcmeta", "w") as f:
+        meta = {"pack": {"pack_format": ctx.data.pack_format}}
+        json.dump(meta, f)
+    # Run mcb
+    command = ["mcb", "build"]
+    try:
+        app = subprocess.run(
+            command,
+            cwd=build_dir,
+            check=True,
+            shell=True,
+            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+            stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+            universal_newlines=True,
+        )
+        errors = filter_stdout_for_soft_errors(app.stdout)
+        if errors:
+            log(errors)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        log(f"Error while running MCB: {e.stderr.decode()}")
+
+    # Load the built datapack
+    ctx.data.load(build_dir)
+
+    # Update source hash
+    ctx.cache["mcbuild"].json["source_hash"] = source_hash