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MATLAB MCP Server (matlab-mcp-python)

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A Python MATLAB server with an engine pool for several users, async long jobs, and figures returned as interactive Plotly charts. By HanSur94.

4 starsUpdated 4 months agoGitHub data from 5 Nov 2026

At a glance

Type
MCP server
Works with
MATLAB
How it connects
Drives a running copy of the tool
Access
Can modify models
Tool versions
MATLAB R2022b or later with the MATLAB Engine API for Python
Operating systems
Windows, macOS, Linux
Needs a MATLAB licence
Yes
Transport
Local (stdio), Remote (HTTP)
AI clients documented
Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor
Licence
MIT
Language
Python

What it can do

  • Runs MATLAB code synchronously for short commands and switches long jobs to async with progress reporting.
  • Scales a pool of MATLAB engines and isolates per-user workspaces when served over HTTP.
  • Browses installed toolboxes, functions and help text, and runs checkcode before execution.
  • Converts MATLAB figures to Plotly JSON with a static PNG fallback, and exposes your own .m functions as tools through a YAML file.
  • Has a configurable blocklist of MATLAB functions the agent may not call.

Limitations

  • The README lists Windows and macOS as supported platforms; Linux is covered only by the install commands.
  • The matlabengine package isn't a dependency; you install the version that matches your MATLAB release yourself (the Pixi route has a task for this).

Install

pip install matlab-mcp-python

Source: github.com/HanSur94/matlab-mcp-server-python#install-the-server

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AI-generated models, drawings and results must be checked by a qualified engineer before use.