originlab-mcp

# OriginLab-MCP An MCP server for OriginLab Origin. It reads and writes worksheets, builds and styles multi-panel graphs, and exports figures — and it is careful about the difference between what Origin accepted and what Origin did. > **1.0.0.** Every tool here has been run against a real Origin 2024, the Origin > App installs and starts the bridge, and > [`examples/five_panel_figure.py`](examples/five_panel_figure.py) builds a > five-panel figure end to end. > > Known gaps, so they are not a surprise: a legend placed in a corner is > checked for being inside its panel, not for sitting on top of the data; a log > axis gets no minor ticks unless you ask; and the 213-entry option table > records what Origin documents, not what each option was measured to do — > sixteen of them have been watched change a picture. ## Requirements - Origin or OriginPro 2021b or newer (embedded Python 3.9+) - Python 3.10+ for the server - Windows, either natively or in a VM ## Install ``` pip install originlab-mcp originlab-mcp --build-app . ``` That prints the three steps Origin needs, which are worth stating here because the obvious one does nothing: dragging the folder onto the Apps gallery is accepted in silence and adds no button. Copy the generated `OriginLab MCP Bridge` folder into `%LOCALAPPDATA%\OriginLab\Apps`, pack it from Origin's Command Window with ```labtalk mkOPX app:="OriginLab MCP Bridge" opx:="C:\path\to\OriginLab MCP Bridge.opx"; ``` — backslashes, because forward slashes hang `mkOPX` — and drag the resulting `.opx` into Origin. A button appears; clicking it brings the Script Window forward, where the bridge reports `starting`, `loaded`, `serving`. Point your MCP client at `originlab-mcp`. `originlab-mcp --status` says whether a bridge is listening, and exits non-zero when one is not. `originlab-mcp --stop` ends it. Stopping is a command rather than a second button because a button must not do the work itself: while the bridge serves it holds Origin's UI t…