Matlab MCP Server

🚀 MATLAB MCP Server

A powerful MCP server that combines MATLAB with artificial intelligence, allowing you to execute MATLAB code, generate MATLAB scripts from natural language descriptions, and directly access MATLAB documentation through your AI assistant.

🚀 Quick Start

The MATLAB MCP Server is a robust tool that integrates MATLAB with AI. It enables users to perform various MATLAB - related tasks efficiently, such as code execution and script generation from natural language.

✨ Features

Resources

• Access MATLAB documentation via the matlab://documentation/getting-started URI.
• Provide a getting - started guide with examples and usage instructions.

Tools

• execute_matlab_code - Execute MATLAB code and get results:

  • Run any MATLAB command or script.
  • Optionally save the script for future reference.
  • View the output directly in the conversation.

• generate_matlab_code - Generate MATLAB code from natural language:

  • Describe the task you want to accomplish using plain language.
  • Get executable MATLAB code in the response.
  • Optionally save the generated script.

📦 Installation

Prerequisites

• MATLAB installed on the system.
• Node.js (v14 or higher).

Installation Steps

1. Install the Package

npm install -g matlab-mcp-server

Or clone the repository and build it yourself:

git clone https://github.com/username/matlab-mcp-server.git
cd matlab-mcp-server
npm install
npm run build

2. Configure the Client to Use the Server

To use with the client, add the server configuration:

• On MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "matlab-server": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/matlab-server/build/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "MATLAB_PATH": "/path/to/matlab/executable"
      },
      "disabled": false,
      "autoApprove": []
    }
  }
}

Replace /path/to/matlab/executable with the path to your MATLAB executable:

• Windows: Usually C:\\Program Files\\MATLAB\\R2023b\\bin\\matlab.exe
• macOS: Usually /Applications/MATLAB_R2023b.app/bin/matlab
• Linux: Usually /usr/local/MATLAB/R2023b/bin/matlab

Debugging

Since the MCP server communicates via stdio, debugging can be challenging. We recommend using MCP Inspector, which is available as a package script:

npm run inspector

The Inspector will provide a URL to access the debugging tools in the browser.

🔧 Technical Details

Development

• Install dependencies:

npm install

• Build the server:

npm run build

• Develop with auto - rebuild:

npm run watch