OpenStudio MCP

Create, query, and run OpenStudio energy models: 150+ tools from a US national lab

Runs as a server Claude Code connects to. It needs its own configuration, and some servers need an API key.

Install just this one

Paste into the Claude or ChatGPT desktop app

Set up the OpenStudio MCP for me in this desktop app. The setup steps are at https://archaiflow.com/f/mcps/openstudio-mcp.json, and the project's own page is https://github.com/NatLabRockies/openstudio-mcp. If the two disagree, follow the project's page.

It needs Docker (docker.com). If it is missing, install it from its official site. If this app then cannot find it, put its full path in the settings.

Check what is already on this computer, add the server to this app's MCP settings, then tell me what is left to do and when to restart the app.

Paste it into a new chat in the Claude or ChatGPT desktop app and send it. It adds the server and tells you what is left to do.

What this mcp server does

shell

 1{
 2  "name": "OpenStudio MCP",
 3  "summary": "Create, query, and run OpenStudio energy models: 150+ tools, from the National Laboratory of the Rockies",
 4  "repo": "https://github.com/NatLabRockies/openstudio-mcp",
 5  "preInstall": [
 6    { "shell": "docker pull nrel/openstudio-mcp:v1.2.1" }
 7  ],
 8  "mcpServers": {
 9    "openstudio-mcp": {
10      "command": "docker",
11      "args": [
12        "run", "--rm", "-i",
13        "-v", "${HOME}/openstudio-mcp/models:/inputs:ro",
14        "-v", "${HOME}/openstudio-mcp/runs:/runs",
15        "-v", "${HOME}/openstudio-mcp/measures:/measures",
16        "-e", "OPENSTUDIO_MCP_MODE=prod",
17        "nrel/openstudio-mcp:v1.2.1", "openstudio-mcp"
18      ]
19    }
20  },
21  "postInstallNotes": "Official implementation from the National Laboratory of the Rockies (formerly NREL), BSD-style license (GitHub labels it 'Other'). Needs Docker Desktop running.\nPut your .osm models in ~/openstudio-mcp/models. Results land in ~/openstudio-mcp/runs. Attaching a model to the chat does not work: the tools only see files in those folders.\nOn Windows, use forward slashes in the folder paths."
22}
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Install just this one

Paste into the Claude or ChatGPT desktop app

Set up the OpenStudio MCP for me in this desktop app. The setup steps are at https://archaiflow.com/f/mcps/openstudio-mcp.json, and the project's own page is https://github.com/NatLabRockies/openstudio-mcp. If the two disagree, follow the project's page.

It needs Docker (docker.com). If it is missing, install it from its official site. If this app then cannot find it, put its full path in the settings.

Check what is already on this computer, add the server to this app's MCP settings, then tell me what is left to do and when to restart the app.

Paste it into a new chat in the Claude or ChatGPT desktop app and send it. It adds the server and tells you what is left to do.

What this mcp server does

shell

 1{
 2  "name": "OpenStudio MCP",
 3  "summary": "Create, query, and run OpenStudio energy models: 150+ tools, from the National Laboratory of the Rockies",
 4  "repo": "https://github.com/NatLabRockies/openstudio-mcp",
 5  "preInstall": [
 6    { "shell": "docker pull nrel/openstudio-mcp:v1.2.1" }
 7  ],
 8  "mcpServers": {
 9    "openstudio-mcp": {
10      "command": "docker",
11      "args": [
12        "run", "--rm", "-i",
13        "-v", "${HOME}/openstudio-mcp/models:/inputs:ro",
14        "-v", "${HOME}/openstudio-mcp/runs:/runs",
15        "-v", "${HOME}/openstudio-mcp/measures:/measures",
16        "-e", "OPENSTUDIO_MCP_MODE=prod",
17        "nrel/openstudio-mcp:v1.2.1", "openstudio-mcp"
18      ]
19    }
20  },
21  "postInstallNotes": "Official implementation from the National Laboratory of the Rockies (formerly NREL), BSD-style license (GitHub labels it 'Other'). Needs Docker Desktop running.\nPut your .osm models in ~/openstudio-mcp/models. Results land in ~/openstudio-mcp/runs. Attaching a model to the chat does not work: the tools only see files in those folders.\nOn Windows, use forward slashes in the folder paths."
22}
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