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ACCESS-CI Software Discovery Service MCP server

MCP server for discovering software packages across ACCESS-CI compute resources. Features global software search across all resources, resource-specific browsing, and detailed package information using the Software Discovery Service (SDS) API.

Usage Examples

"Is TensorFlow available on ACCESS-CI resources?"
"Find Python across all ACCESS systems"
"What versions of GROMACS are available?"
"Search for MATLAB on ACCESS-CI"

Browse by Resource

"What software is available on Expanse?"
"List all bioinformatics tools on Bridges-2"
"Show me GPU-optimized software on Delta"
"What modules are available on Anvil?"

Category-Based Discovery

"Find all chemistry software packages"
"What machine learning frameworks are available?"
"Show me computational fluid dynamics tools"
"List physics simulation software"

Software Details

"Tell me about the PyTorch installation on Delta"
"What modules do I need to load for VASP on Expanse?"
"How do I use MATLAB on Anvil?"
"Show me installation details for GROMACS on Bridges-2"

Installation

bash
npm install -g @access-mcp/software-discovery

Add to your Claude Desktop configuration:

json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "software-discovery": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@access-mcp/software-discovery"]
    }
  }
}

Package: @access-mcp/software-discovery
Version: v0.3.0
Main: dist/index.js