AnkusDrive MCP Server
Drive FreeCAD from an agent: CAD modeling, drawings, FEM, CFD, EM, and multiphysics simulation.
Publisher claimed. No tool list reported, and Pod has not connected to this server.
At a glance
Source code: Open repository
GitHub popularity: 5 stars on gchen19/ankusdrive, recorded 2026-09-14.
Status
Pod has not dialled AnkusDrive yet, so everything on this page is what its publisher reported rather than what we observed. Registries describe servers; they do not connect to them. Until a check runs, treat the tool list below as a claim.
Connect
Published as ankusdrive on pypi. Runs locally.
Reviewed GitHub reports
20 GitHub reports passed Pod's relevance review. This can include external user reports, maintainer-confirmed bugs, and concrete feature gaps. It is evidence to inspect, not a count of distinct defects. Showing 2.
Most discussed
Agent loses airtight-shell invariant across iterative geometry edits
Context
While using the DriftPin MCP server to model a Makita router → Dewalt shop-vac adapter through an LLM agent (Claude Code, Opus 4.7), I observed a repeated failure mode that I don't think is solely the agent's fault — it's a class of problem where DriftPin's tool surface does not push the agent toward verifiable geometric invariants.
Full transcript: https://gist.github.com/mpetne/16dc4d2119ce41a24faf3d2c449ee79d
Failure pattern across three iterations
Each iteration "fixed the…
Read the thread · 2026-06-04 · closed · external user · 5 comments
Most recent
setup_status / doctor install hints are wrong inside the MCPB bundle
Found while verifying the MCPB bundle (#346) in Claude Desktop, 2026-09-12.
The defect
setup_status and ankusdrive doctor recommend commands like:
pip install 'ankusdrive[mbd]' # mujoco
pip install 'ankusdrive[topology]' # topopt/solidspy
pip install 'ankusdrive[optics]' # rayoptics + optiland
When AnkusDrive runs from the .mcpb bundle, none of these can work:
- The server's interpreter is a uv-managed
.venvinside Claude's extension directory…
Read the thread · 2026-09-12 · closed · 0 comments
See all 17 reviewed GitHub reports — of 20 qualified upstream.
Firsthand observations
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Call find_mcp to find AnkusDrive, alternatives, or the right server for a task. It accepts a task, capability, name, claimed or observed tool, plus optional client, transport, auth, and deployment filters:
{
"query": "AnkusDrive",
"limit": 5
}
Use the returned canonical ID with inspect_mcp to read deployments, source claims, live measurements, and decision-useful GitHub reports.
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curl --get 'https://api.askpod.ai/v1/mcps' \
--data-urlencode 'query=AnkusDrive' \
--data-urlencode 'limit=5'
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