INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

search_sections

Search the steel section library by standard (AS4100 | AISC | EN10365 | BS4 | JIS | IS808), section type (UB, W, IPE, ISMC, …), and/or a substring of the designation.

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LIVE ENDPOINT

https://api.structurecalcs.com/mcp

No auth detected

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

Indexed input schema

{}

Risk classification

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

No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.

Parent server

structurecalcs.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.structurecalcs]
url = "https://api.structurecalcs.com/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "structurecalcs": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.structurecalcs.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: structurecalcs
Remote MCP URL: https://api.structurecalcs.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": {
    "structurecalcs": {
      "url": "https://api.structurecalcs.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "structurecalcs": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.structurecalcs.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

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

MCP Inspector

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

Related tools

solve_beam — SIGN CONVENTION FIRST — loads are NEGATIVE for downward/gravity (a gravity UDL is start: -10); support settlement is NEGATIVE for downward; applied moments are clockwise-positive.
solve_truss — SIGN CONVENTION FIRST — node loads are fx/fy with NEGATIVE fy = downward/gravity (a gravity load is fy: -20); settlements NEGATIVE = down; member forces come back TENSION-POSITIVE / compression-negative.
get_section — Look up one steel section’s properties by its exact designation.
render_beam_diagram — SIGN CONVENTION FIRST — loads NEGATIVE = downward (as in solve_beam).
render_truss_diagram — SIGN CONVENTION FIRST — node loads NEGATIVE fy = downward (as in solve_truss).