INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

list_datasets

The CSV files behind every chart Open Factory publishes, grouped by article, with direct download URLs.

open-factory.comnone authenticationAvailability not checked

LIVE ENDPOINT

https://open-factory.com/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for list_datasets and invoke it with your own arguments.

Indexed input schema

{}

Risk classification

Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

A tool name or description suggests retrieving external content.

Parent server

open-factory.com

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.open-factory]
url = "https://open-factory.com/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "open-factory": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://open-factory.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: open-factory
Remote MCP URL: https://open-factory.com/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": {
    "open-factory": {
      "url": "https://open-factory.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "open-factory": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://open-factory.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "open-factory",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://open-factory.com/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

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

Related tools

search_articles — Search Open Factory articles by topic, equipment class, company, tag or series ID.
get_article — Full metadata and the free text (markdown) of one Open Factory article by slug, with its cited sources and CSV files.
get_index_readings — The current public headline number of every Open Factory model (lead time, build cost per MW, book-to-bill, OEM disclosure, energization year), each with its source document and date.
get_lead_times — Current published lead time, in weeks, for factory and datacenter electrical equipment classes (transformers, switchgear, switchboards, MCC, busway, gensets, ATS, drives), each with the OEM or publisher and its date.
get_price_bands — Transaction price bands from public procurement awards: pad-mount and power transformers ($/kVA), MV switchgear, gensets ($/kW) and chillers ($/ton), with p25, median, p75, n, buyers and award-date range.
get_tariff_rates — US import tariff for factory and datacenter equipment: 22 HTS lines (transformers, switchgear, gensets, chillers, machine tools, robots and parts) by origin country, with MFN, Section 232, Section 301 and total ad valorem rates and the instrument behind each.
get_large_load_terms — What a 50 MW or larger load pays to connect in fifteen US utilities and markets: study fee, security or collateral per MW, minimum bill, contract term, ramp, exit fee and realistic energization year, each cell linked to the tariff or docket.
get_book_to_bill — Latest quarter orders, revenue, backlog, book-to-bill and backlog growth for the electrical, power and cooling OEMs (Eaton, GE Vernova, Siemens Energy, ABB, Schneider, Vertiv, Powell, Caterpillar, Cummins, Trane and others), from filings and releases.