Hardware for MCP

This repository shows examples of how you can use a language model to perform tool calls for:

• building a CAD part

• running heat transfer simulations

This repository uses the Model Context Protocol (MCP)

Install Dependencies

First, clone the current GitHub repository with the following command.

git clone https://github.com/TheFloatingString/mcp-for-hardware.git
cd mcp-for-hardware

Now, install all the Python dependencies using the uv package manager:

pip install uv
uv sync

Install ngrok or any similar tunelling services. ngrok can be installed from https://ngrok.com/downloads

Next, if you use ngrok, run:

ngrok http 8000

This will expose port 8000 (which we will be using soon for the MCP server) to a specific URL.

You should see a publicly visible URL after running the ngrok command. Keep note of this, you will need to add this in the .env file's environment variables.

Configure Environment Variables

Create a .env file and add the following environment variables

SERVER_BASE_URL=""
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=""

Quickstart

In one terminal, run the MCP server with the following:

uv run server.py

In a second terminal, run the client with the following:

uv run client.py