Tekla API MCP Server

MCP serverCommunity

A documentation server that lets the assistant search the Tekla Open API reference and Trimble's example projects while writing code. By pawellisowski.

3 starsUpdated 1 year agoGitHub data from 5 Nov 2026

At a glance

Type: MCP server
Works with: Tekla Structures
How it connects: Documentation only; doesn't operate the tool
Access: Read-only
Tool versions: Not stated in its documentation
Operating systems: Windows
Needs a Tekla Structures licence: No
Transport: Local (stdio)
AI clients documented: Claude Desktop, Claude Code
Licence: MIT
Language: TypeScript

What it can do

Searches Open API classes, methods and properties with fuzzy matching and returns details for a class or method.
Serves 50+ examples from Trimble's TSOpenAPIExamples repository, browsable by category such as applications, plugins and drawings.
Helps the assistant write Open API code that uses real names instead of remembered ones.

Limitations

Doesn't connect to Tekla Structures; it only answers documentation questions.
The README lists Windows and Node.js 18 or later as requirements.
The Tekla version of the bundled reference isn't stated, and the repository was last pushed in September 2025.

Install

npx tekla-api-mcp setup

Source: github.com/pawellisowski/tekla-api-mcp#-quick-start

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tekla-api-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["tekla-api-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Source: github.com/pawellisowski/tekla-api-mcp#-claude-desktop-configuration

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