ETABS MCP
PYPI · ETABS-MCP
Agentic MCP server for CSI ETABS v22+: model, load, analyse, design and inspect structures.
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How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Supply Chain Security50
- Malware scan not yet available for this package.Unverified
- No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
- Runs hatchling.build at install time, a recognised build step with no custom scripting around it. View diagnostics → Pass
- 0 of 35 dependencies flagged as unhealthy. View diagnostics → Pass
Provenance & Transparency71
- Repository check failed: the declared repository URL returned HTTP 404. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to Moha2005269/etabs-mcp). View diagnostics → Pass
- Clear OSI-approved license (Apache-2.0).Pass
- Actively maintained (last published 18 days ago).Pass
- Security-disclosure policy not yet verified: we couldn't inspect the source repository.Unverified
Schema Quality & AI Usability77
- 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).Pass
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 7975 tokens (~109/item across 73 items; 71 tools + 2 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management0
- Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).Unverified
Tool Coverage87
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 55% of tool parameters carry a description.Partial
- Structured output schemas are declared (97% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.Pass
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- All 1 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 73 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Unverified: 1 category
A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 5 Nov 26 −20
- Malware scan: pass → unverified ▼ security
- Source repository: pass → fail ▼ security
- Security disclosure: fail → unverified ▼ functional
- 29 Oct 26 +15
- Malware scan: unverified → pass ▲ security
- 18 Oct 26 65
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Captured 5 Nov 2026 · Analysed pypi/etabs-mcp@0.3.2
Provenance Verified
A signed build attestation was found and verified, binding this exact artifact to the source repository it claims to come from.
| Result | Verified |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | pypi |
| Reason | Verified |
| Discovered via | Registry attestation endpoint |
| Source repo | Moha2005269/etabs-mcp |
| Certificate issuer | https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com |
| Certificate SAN | https://github.com/Moha2005269/etabs-mcp/.github/workflows/release.yml@refs/tags/v0.3.2 |
| Rekor log index | 3303297018 |
| Predicate type | PyPI publish attestation https://docs.pypi.org/attestations/publish/v1 |
| Subject digest | sha256:a830ed841625938b56c718e58bb44e273db1d62b59381487486779087aff9bd1 |
Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →
Install scripts 1 script
| Hook | Tier | Command |
|---|---|---|
| build_backend | allowlisted | hatchling.build |
Background: Why install scripts are a supply-chain risk →
Dependencies 35 packages
| Packages resolved | 35 |
|---|---|
| Tree resolution | Complete |
Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
etabs_open_model ~85
Open an existing ETABS model file (.EDB, or an importable .e2k text file). Replaces the open model.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| confirm | boolean | – | Required when the current model has objects: it is closed without saving. |
| path | string | yes | Full path of an .EDB (or importable .e2k/.$et) file. |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
etabs_refresh_view ~41
Redraw the ETABS model views (and optionally zoom to fit) after model changes made through the API.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| zoom_to_fit | boolean | – | – |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
etabs_render_view ~230
Render the model offscreen from its data: any angle, deformed shape of any case, members coloured by design ratio, displacement, section or storey. Works with ETABS hidden and never takes focus. Use it to look at what you built and at results the ETABS window cannot be switched to through the API.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| azimuth | – | – | Override the camera azimuth in degrees. |
| color_by | string | – | design_ratio needs a design run; displacement needs deformed_case. |
| deformed_case | – | – | Load case or combination whose deflected shape to draw. |
| deformed_scale | – | – | Displacement multiplier; omit for automatic (largest deflection ≈ 4% of the model height). |
| elevation | – | – | Override the camera elevation in degrees. |
| height | integer | – | – |
| highlight | – | – | Frame names to emphasise (e.g. from etabs_find_objects). |
| show_slabs | boolean | – | – |
| stories | – | – | Only draw these stories. |
| theme | string | – | – |
| view | string | – | – |
| width | integer | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
etabs_restore_checkpoint ~64
Roll the model back to a checkpoint. The model keeps its original file name.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| checkpoint | string | yes | Checkpoint file name or label from etabs_list_checkpoints. |
| confirm | boolean | – | Restoring replaces the current model state. Ask the user first. |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
etabs_run_analysis ~129
Run the analysis (Analyze > Run Analysis). ETABS needs a saved model, saves it again before running, and locks the model afterwards. Large models can take minutes: use background=true to avoid client timeouts.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| background | boolean | – | Return a job id at once and run in the background (for big models or clients with short tool timeouts). Follow with etabs_job_wait / etabs_job_status. |
| cases | – | – | Load cases to run (default: all). |
| save_as | – | – | Save to this .EDB path first. Required for a never-saved model. |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
etabs_run_design ~110
Run design (Design > ... > Start Design/Check) with the model's current design codes and preferences. Needs analysis results. Steel and concrete return a member summary, worst first.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| background | boolean | – | Run as a background job (see etabs_job_wait). |
| kind | string | yes | Shear wall design cannot be started through the ETABS API; read its results with etabs_get_table. |
| summary_limit | integer | – | Members to return in the summary, worst first. |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
etabs_run_shear_wall_design ~100
Run shear wall design (Design > Shear Wall Design > Start Design/Check) and return pier and spandrel results. The ETABS API has no call for this, so the server invokes the menu command through Windows UI Automation; ETABS must be visible. Walls must carry pier/spandrel labels (etabs_assign_label).
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | Pier/spandrel rows to return, worst first. |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
etabs_save_model ~53
Save the model. A new (untitled) model needs a path. Analysis also requires a saved model.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| path | – | – | Save as this .EDB path. Omit to save to the current file. |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
etabs_scale_response_spectrum ~142
Scale a response-spectrum case so its base shear reaches the ELF base shear (ASCE 7-16 12.9.1.4), then optionally re-run and verify.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| confirm | boolean | – | Scaling unlocks the model and deletes results. Ask the user first. |
| direction | string | – | – |
| elf_case | string | yes | – |
| rerun | boolean | – | Re-run the analysis after scaling (the model is unlocked to edit the case). |
| rs_case | string | yes | – |
| target | number | – | Fraction of the ELF base shear to reach (ASCE 7-16: 1.0). |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
etabs_screenshot ~141
Take a screenshot of the ETABS window: the model views, selection and any open dialog, exactly what an engineer sees. Use it to check geometry, deformed shapes or design colours after other tools ran.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| capture | string | – | screen = what is on the monitor (brings ETABS forward for a moment, then restores focus); offscreen = never changes focus, but ETABS's GPU model views come out blank. |
| max_width | integer | – | – |
| refresh | boolean | – | Refresh the model views first so recent API edits are drawn. |
| zoom_to_fit | boolean | – | Zoom all views to the full model. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
etabs_search_api ~109
Search all ~1,300 ETABS API methods. Use this to find a method when no curated tool covers the task, then etabs_describe_api for its parameters and etabs_call_api to run it.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| interface | – | – | Restrict to one interface, e.g. 'cFrameObj'. |
| limit | integer | – | – |
| query | string | yes | Words to match against method names, interface paths and parameter names, e.g. 'frame release' or 'story drift'. |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
etabs_select ~90
Change or read the selection, like clicking in the ETABS window. Many tools accept selected=true to act on it. Returns the selected objects grouped by type.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| action | string | – | 'get' only reports the selection; 'objects' selects 'names' of 'kind'. |
| deselect | boolean | – | – |
| group | – | – | – |
| kind | – | – | – |
| names | – | – | – |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
etabs_set_mass_source ~81
Set the default mass source (Define > Mass Source): element self mass, added mass and load patterns.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| include_added_mass | boolean | – | – |
| include_self_weight | boolean | – | – |
| loads | – | – | Load patterns that contribute mass, e.g. [{'pattern':'SDL'}, {'pattern':'LL','multiplier':0.25}]. |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
etabs_set_modal_case ~52
Set how many modes the eigen modal case computes (raise it until mass participation is enough).
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| case | string | – | – |
| max_modes | integer | – | – |
| min_modes | integer | – | – |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
etabs_set_restraints ~143
Assign supports (Assign > Joint > Restraints): fixed, pinned, roller or custom DOFs, to joints chosen by name, by elevation, by group, or the current selection.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| at_elevation | – | – | Apply to every joint at this Z, e.g. 0 or '0 m'. |
| dofs | – | – | [UX, UY, UZ, RX, RY, RZ] for 'custom'. |
| group | – | – | – |
| points | – | – | Joint names. |
| restraint | string | – | Support type; 'custom' uses 'dofs'. |
| selected | boolean | – | – |
| tolerance | number | – | – |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
etabs_set_stories ~56
Redefine the story table. ETABS only accepts this on a model without objects on the affected stories.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| base_elevation | – | – | – |
| stories_bottom_up | array | yes | Stories from the lowest to the highest. |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
etabs_set_units ~32
Set the present units. All tool inputs and outputs use the present units.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| units | string | yes | – |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
etabs_show_window ~35
Show or hide the ETABS application window. Hidden ETABS runs faster for batch work.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| visible | boolean | – | – |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
etabs_status ~45
Connection and model status without connecting: whether ETABS is attached, its version, the open model file, present units, and whether the model is locked (has analysis results).
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
etabs_unlock_model ~50
Unlock the model so it can be edited after analysis (the padlock button). Deletes analysis results.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| confirm | boolean | – | Unlocking deletes all analysis and design results. Ask the user first. |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
etabs_what_changed ~103
What changed in the model since the last call (or since the baseline): objects added, removed or modified, sections/loads/combos/groups/stories added or removed, units, lock and file. Picks up edits the engineer made by hand in the ETABS window, so the agent can stay in sync. The first call records the baseline.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | – |
| reset | boolean | – | Only record a new baseline. |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
How do I install the ETABS MCP server?
ETABS MCP runs locally as a PyPI package, launched with uvx etabs-mcp. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
pypi · etabs-mcp
claude mcp add moha2005269-etabs-mcp -- uvx etabs-mcp
What is the ETABS MCP server?
ETABS MCP is listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.Moha2005269/etabs-mcp. Agentic MCP server for CSI ETABS v22+: model, load, analyse, design and inspect structures. This page covers its PyPI package (etabs-mcp).
Is the ETABS MCP server safe to use?
ETABS MCP scores 60 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 5 November 2026. Its build provenance is signed and verified. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the ETABS MCP server expose?
ETABS MCP exposes 71 tools: etabs_list_installations, etabs_connect, etabs_instances, etabs_status, etabs_disconnect, and 66 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 7,484 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the ETABS MCP server still maintained?
ETABS MCP is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.
What licence is the ETABS MCP server under?
ETABS MCP declares the Apache-2.0 licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.