IvoryOS MCP server

Serve as a robot control interface using IvoryOS and Model Context Protocol (MCP) to design, manage workflows, and interact with the current hardware/software execution layer.

🚀 Quickstart with Claude Desktop

Install uv.

Open up the configuration file, and add IvoryOS MCP config.

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "IvoryOS MCP": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ivoryos-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "IVORYOS_URL": "http://127.0.0.1:8000/ivoryos",
        "IVORYOS_USERNAME": "",
        "IVORYOS_PASSWORD": ""
      }
    }
  }
}

📦 Installation

Install uv.

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://gitlab.com/heingroup/ivoryos-mpc
cd ivoryos-mcp

2. Install dependencies

When using IDE (e.g. PyCharm), the `uv` environment might be configured, you can skip this section.

python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate
uv pip install -r uv.lock

⚙️ Configuration

Option 1: in `.env`, change ivoryOS url and login credentials.

IVORYOS_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8000/ivoryos
IVORYOS_USERNAME=admin
IVORYOS_PASSWORD=admin

Option 2: In `ivoryos_mcp/server.py`, change ivoryOS url and login credentials.

url = "http://127.0.0.1:8000/ivoryos"
login_data = {
    "username": "admin",
    "password": "admin",
}

🚀 Install the server (in Claude Desktop)

mcp install ivoryos_mcp/server.py

✨ Features

> ⚠️ ℹ️ are resources, but decorated as tool due to the current issue with MCP Python SDK and Claude Desktop integration.

> It's recommended to only use `allow always` for ℹ️ tasks

> and use `allow once` for 🤖 tasks.

> These tasks will trigger actual actions on your hosted Python code.

🧪 Examples

The example prompt uses the abstract SDL example.

Platform info

Load prebuilt workflow script