# Mfgcalcs MCP server

Source: https://glimind.com/server/mcp-registry%2Fcom.mfgcalcs%2Fmfgcalcs
Registry id: `mcp-registry/com.mfgcalcs/mfgcalcs`
Status: live (checked 2026-10-26T19:51:10.062Z)

## Measurements (30 days)

- Uptime: 99.82%
- Checks: 4579
- Outages (90 days): 5

## Install

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mfgcalcs-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.mfgcalcs.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

Claude Code:

```sh
claude mcp add --transport http mfgcalcs-mcp-server https://www.mfgcalcs.com/api/mcp
```

## Tools (17)

- `ask`: Answer manufacturing questions from committed data; deterministic, no LLM. Missing subjects and product ties ask for clarification. Calculators collect required
- `brief`: Describe a SITUATION rather than a question and get every fact bearing on it, each answered and cited. `ask` for one figure, `brief` for a decision. Names what 
- `get_calculator`: Get a calculator's inputs (labels, units, defaults, min/max) and formula before running it. requiresPositive marks a field whose documented minimum of 0 is real
- `get_change_events`: Get every published or revised observation in order with a cursor. Poll by offset instead of re-pulling series. Same engine as /api/events and the vintage archi
- `get_citation`: Get a ready-to-paste citation for an MFG Calcs dataset — including, for vintage-tracked datasets, the ?asOf= URL that returns the numbers exactly as they read o
- `get_freshness`: Get the freshness contract for MFG Calcs' live data: every series with its measured publishing cadence, latest period, age in days, and an honest state (current
- `get_index`: Fetch a published MFG Calcs index, board, ledger, forecast, vintage, revision record, seasonal series, or HS-NAICS map. Tariff targets distinguish the tracked m
- `get_provenance`: Get the MFG Calcs Provenance Manifest: the verifiable record for every branded index and ledger on the site. For each one it returns a SHA-256 of the committed 
- `get_receipts`: Get the append-only archive of Ed25519-signed data receipts: every value signed for a series within the rolling window (current + previous signing year), revisi
- `get_revisions`: Get every restatement of a published figure with its old value, new value, and first-known date. Filter by series, artifact, since, or limit; omit filters for t
- `get_vintages`: Get the MFG Calcs Vintage Archive: reproduce what a series said on a past date, before later revisions. Use series + asOf (YYYY-MM-DD) for the historical snapsh
- `get_whats_new`: Get the daily what-changed digest for the newest data day, in one call with links deeper: every agency series that published a new reading, every agency value r
- `lookup_tariff`: Look up U.S. manufacturing import tariffs: HTS General/Special fields, informational Chapter 99 references, observed effective calculated-duty rate, eligible fa
- `optimize_sourcing`: Solve the cheapest legal supplier mix as a real linear program: given candidate suppliers with unit costs, tariff rates, freight and capacities, return the exac
- `run_calculator`: Run a manufacturing calculation. Provide inputs by field key or slugified label (see get_calculator); missing inputs use the calculator's documented defaults. R
- `search_calculators`: Search MFG Calcs' library of 5,000+ manufacturing calculators (machining, molding, welding, OEE, cost estimating, energy, quality, maintenance, and more). Retur
- `search_site`: Search everything on mfgcalcs.com beyond calculators: 64 live economic data series (imports, prices, wages, energy), 57 tariff families, state cost data, calcul

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