Materials Project MCP

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Name	Required	Description	Default
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Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

Name Description

Name	Description
get_materials_with_elements	`Find materials containing specific elements. Args: elements: List of elements that must be present in the material (e.g., ["Fe", "O"]). exclude_elements: Optional list of elements that must not be present. max_records: Maximum number of records to return (default: 10). Returns: List of materials containing the specified elements.`
get_material_details	`Get detailed information about a specific material by its Materials Project ID. Args: material_id: The Materials Project ID (e.g., "mp-149"). Returns: Dictionary containing detailed information about the material.`
find_materials_by_formula	`Find materials with a specific chemical formula. Args: formula: Chemical formula to search for (e.g., "Fe2O3"). max_records: Maximum number of records to return (default: 10). Returns: List of materials matching the specified formula.`

get_materials_with_elements

Find materials containing specific elements.

Args:
    elements: List of elements that must be present in the material (e.g., ["Fe", "O"]).
    exclude_elements: Optional list of elements that must not be present.
    max_records: Maximum number of records to return (default: 10).

Returns:
    List of materials containing the specified elements.

get_material_details

Get detailed information about a specific material by its Materials Project ID.

Args:
    material_id: The Materials Project ID (e.g., "mp-149").

Returns:
    Dictionary containing detailed information about the material.

find_materials_by_formula

Find materials with a specific chemical formula.

Args:
    formula: Chemical formula to search for (e.g., "Fe2O3").
    max_records: Maximum number of records to return (default: 10).

Returns:
    List of materials matching the specified formula.

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

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Resources

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