MCPserver

MCP server for AI chat

This guide will show you how to implement a local MCP server for Anthropic Claude AI. MCP server is a simple interface that allows you to connect your local NextFEM Designer installation to Claude AI.

Installation

Install Claude Desktop.

NextFEM Designer is supposed to be already installed on your system. Be sure to activate the REST server at startup of the program, by activating the option depicted below.

Configuration of MCP Server

MCP server consists in a Python script exposing the tools to be connected with AI. This is supplied by your public repository MCPserver.

1. Clone the repo with: git pull https://github.com/NextFEM/MCPserver.git
2. From the command shell, navigate to the newly created folder. To install required packages: pip install -r requirements.txt
3. Configure Claude Desktop to load MCP server at startup. Change it to:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "NextFEM": {
            "command": "python",
            "args": [
                "C:\\myPath\\mcpServer.py"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Remember to change myPath with the MCP server path.

That’s all. Restart NextFEM Designer and Claude Desktop. You’ll see a hammer with the number of NextFEM Designer tools avaialble in Claude.