paraview-mcp-server 0.2.0

ParaView integration through the Model Context Protocol

ParaView MCP Server

This package is the external FastMCP server that talks to the ParaView MCP client plugin over TCP.

It expects the ParaView-side C++ plugin to be loaded and listening first.

Requirements

• Python >=3.13
• mcp[cli]>=1.26.0,<2

Install

Run without installing (recommended):

uvx paraview-mcp-server

Or install from PyPI:

pip install paraview-mcp-server

For development, install in editable mode from the repository:

cd Wrapping/Python/MCPServer
uv sync

Environment Optional Configurations

• PARAVIEW_HOST defaults to 127.0.0.1 -> set this for remote connections
• PARAVIEW_PORT defaults to 9877
• PARAVIEW_AUTH_TOKEN is required for non-loopback targets

Bridge Protocol

The server speaks protocol version 2 to the ParaView plugin and sends:

• hello
• ping
• execute_python
• inspect_pipeline
• capture_screenshot

The public MCP tools remain:

• execute_paraview_code
• get_pipeline_info
• get_screenshot

Run

paraview-mcp-server