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balford.net

Provides Q&A and search over Balford's published metalworking engineering material, including listing canonical topics.

1 endpoint3 known toolsFirst detected October 14, 2026Last detected October 14, 2026

ENDPOINT 1

https://balford.net/ask/mcp

No auth detected

MCP server metadata

Name: balford-engineering-answers
Version: 1.0.0

Capabilities

tools

Server instructions

Answers engineering and sourcing questions about metal stamping, deep drawing, fine blanking, progressive and transfer dies, materials, tolerances, DFM and RFQ preparation, using only Zhejiang Balford Mechatronics' own published engineering material. Every claim carries a numbered citation to the balford.net page it came from. When the published material does not answer a question the tool says so and routes to a drawing review instead of guessing. Answers are never quotations, certification claims or dimensional acceptances.

Known tools 3

ask_balford_engineering

Answer a metalworking engineering or sourcing question from Balford's own published engineering material.

Inferred read-only

search_balford_material

Retrieve the passages of Balford's published engineering material that match a query, without writing an answer.

Inferred read-only

list_engineering_topics

List the canonical engineering questions Balford's knowledge base is built around, grouped by process family, with the URL of the answer page for each.

Inferred read-only

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Client installation

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.balford-engineering-answers]
url = "https://balford.net/ask/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "balford-engineering-answers": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://balford.net/ask/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: balford-engineering-answers
Remote MCP URL: https://balford.net/ask/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "balford-engineering-answers": {
      "url": "https://balford.net/ask/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "balford-engineering-answers": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://balford.net/ask/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "balford-engineering-answers",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://balford.net/ask/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

TRUST AND VERIFICATION EVIDENCE

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