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Security review
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- ✓ Prompt-injection patterns
- ✓ Secret / credential exfiltration
- ✓ Dangerous shell & filesystem operations
- ✓ Untrusted network calls
- ✓ Known-malicious package signatures
What it can access
- ✓ Network access No
- ✓ Filesystem access No
- ✓ Shell / process execution No
- ✓ Environment & secrets No
- ✓ Dynamic code execution No
From automated source analysis of v0.1.0. “Used” means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it’s unsafe.
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Reliability & compatibility
Declared compatibility
Compatibility is declared by the source manifest. End-to-end runtime verification is coming, see below.
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PyMAPDL MCP Server
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PyMAPDL MCP Server provides a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI assistants to interact with Ansys MAPDL (Mechanical APDL) through PyMAPDL. This server enables natural language interaction with MAPDL for finite element analysis tasks.
Overview
Key features:
- Dynamic connection management: Launch new MAPDL instances, connect to existing ones, or disconnect on demand
- Execute MAPDL commands: Run single commands or batch multiple commands for efficiency
- Custom Python execution: Run arbitrary Python and PyMAPDL code in a persistent session
- Advanced visualization: Create custom `
matplotlibandpyvista` plots, or capture MAPDL native plots - Workflow guidance: Access comprehensive context and best practices for all phases of MAPDL simulations
- Flexible deployment: Works with MAPDL running locally, remotely, or in Docker containers
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Video 1: PyMAPDL MCP Demo
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Installation
For users
Install the latest release with:
pip install ansys-mapdl-mcp
Or run directly without installing using uvx:
uvx --from git+https://github.com/ansys/pymapdl-mcp ansys-mapdl-mcp
For developers
git clone https://github.com/ansys/pymapdl-mcp.git
cd pymapdl-mcp
pip install -e .[tests]
Usage
For step-by-step setup instructions for VS Code, Claude Code, Claude Desktop, and other MCP-compatible clients, see the IDE and Client Configuration page in the documentation.
License
This project is licensed under the Apache 2.0 license agreement. See the [LICENSE](./LICENSE) file for details.
Resources
- PyMAPDL-MCP documentation
- PyMAPDL Documentation
- Model Context Protocol
- FastMCP Documentation
- Ansys MAPDL
- Repository's Issues page
- Repository's Discussions page
For general PyAnsys questions, email [pyansys.core@ansys.com](mailto:pyansys.core@ansys.com).
Source & license
This open-source MCP server is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.
- Author: ansys
- Source: ansys/pymapdl-mcp
- License: Apache-2.0
- Homepage: http://mapdl-mcp.docs.pyansys.com/
Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.
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Versions
- v0.1.0 Imported from the upstream source.