able-mcp-notable

MCP server for the ABLE Labs Notable 8-channel liquid-handling robot. Exposes device control tools (liquid handling, module control, device configuration) and protocol authoring tools (create / save / load / simulate) to Claude and any other MCP-compatible client.

v0.1.0 — simulation only

This release runs in simulation mode only. You can author protocols in natural language with Claude, save them as JSON, and step-simulate them — all without any physical device. Real-device mode (which spawns a bundled App Server binary) is implemented in code (SPEC-DIST-001) but the App Server binaries are scheduled for v0.2.0. Enabling simulate: false in this release will fail with BinaryDownloadError.

Install

# One-shot run (recommended for Claude Desktop)
uvx able-mcp-notable

# Or install into a Python environment
pip install able-mcp-notable

able-mcp-core is pulled in automatically as a dependency.

Claude Desktop configuration

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "notable": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["able-mcp-notable"]
    }
  }
}

No additional configuration is required for v0.1.0 — the server starts in simulation mode by default.

What you can do

• Ask Claude to create a protocol step-by-step ("물 50uL를 A1에서 빨아서 B1에 분주하는 프로토콜 만들어줘")
• Save the resulting protocol JSON to ~/.able-mcp/protocols/
• Re-load and simulate any saved protocol
• Validate protocols against device-specific step rules

Links

• Repository: https://github.com/ABLE-Labs/mcp
• Issues: https://github.com/ABLE-Labs/mcp/issues

License

Apache-2.0. See the LICENSE file shipped with the distribution.