Claude Connector

OpenSTAAD MCP Server

MCP server for Bentley STAAD.Pro via the OpenSTAAD API

Brand: Bentley Systems

Category: Developer Tools
Primary Subcategory: CAD & 3D Design Tool Control

Integration details

Description

The OpenSTAAD MCP server enables Claude to interact with your STAAD.Pro models and perform various time-consuming tasks like load cases definition, data extraction, repetitive property setting and more. ## Key Features - **Fast and flexible**: Enjoy minimal latency, interact with every STAAD.Pro features covered by the OpenSTAAD API. - **AI-friendly**: Provides documentation, guidance and feedback via dedicated tools to help your AI agent ramp up quickly on the STAAD.Pro API. - **Multi-instance support**: Connects to multiple running STAAD.Pro instances simultaneously to parallelize tasks across models. - **Privacy-first**: All processing happens locally on your machine. No data is sent to the cloud. No telemetry. This server requires having STAAD.Pro installed locally and running. If you don't already have it, download [STAAD.Pro (www.bentley.com)](https://www.bentley.com/software/staad) to get started. Terms: Your use of this connector is subject to the [Bentley Systems Terms of Use (www.bentley.com)](https://www.bentley.com/legal/web-properties-terms-of-use).

Integration type: Connector
Verification status: Verified connector
Platform: Claude
Category: Developer Tools
Primary Subcategory: CAD & 3D Design Tool Control
Secondary Subcategories: None listed
Brand: Bentley Systems
Access: Unknown
First tracked: 2026-08-03
Tool count: 5
Market: US

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Tools

5 tools agents can invoke

Discover available API guidance and skills. Call this before using other openstaad-mcp tools to understand the API surface and see what skills are available. Then use ``read_skills`` with one or more specific skill names to load full guidance.
Execute Python code against the OpenSTAAD API in a sandboxed environment.
Check the connection to STAAD.Pro. Returns connection state, STAAD version, model path, and analysis status.
List currently active STAAD instances.
Read one or more skills by name. Use ``discover_api`` first to list available skills. Each skill provides domain-specific guidance (e.g. analysis, geometry, loads). Pass skill names like ``['staad-analysis']`` or sub-paths like ``['staad-steel-design/assets/DESIGN_CODES']`` to read reference files within a skill.

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What are OpenSTAAD MCP Server alternatives on Claude?

As of 2026-11-02, OpenSTAAD MCP Server competes with 3DOptix optical design and simulations, Avontus Viewer, BoardRepo, Cadwork.ai, CELUS Design Studio, CheapCAD Tools, Diatech Make, EasyGerber and 18 more in Claude CAD & 3D Design Tool Control, ranked by public Discoverability Score.

Where is this profile measured?

This profile uses the geography attached to the latest public registry snapshot: US. Locale tags are intentionally omitted.