# 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.

```bash
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:

```bash
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:

```bash
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

```bash
SERVER_BASE_URL=""
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=""
```

### Quickstart

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

```bash
uv run server.py
```

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

```bash
uv run client.py
```