flac-mcp: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

flac-mcp CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from yusong652/flac-mcp. It costs 1,514 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A project instruction file for flac-mcp, an MCP server that lets coding tools access ITASCA FLAC engineering software. It describes the server, the separate bridge running inside the FLAC desktop application, and how short and long simulations are handled.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when changing the MCP server, the FLAC desktop bridge, WebSocket communication, documentation tools, code execution, simulation tasks, or diagnostics.
Why use it?
It explains the two runtime environments and their different deployment needs, helping agents avoid mixing code that runs in different Python environments.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md. Also seen: mentions CLAUDE.md.

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CLAUDE.md · 143 lines

How it starts

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CLAUDE.md

Guidance for coding agents working in the flac-mcp repository.

Project Overview

flac-mcp provides an MCP server for ITASCA FLAC workflows plus a bridge runtime that runs inside FLAC GUI.

This project spans two runtime contexts:

  • src/flac_mcp/ (Python >= 3.10): MCP server package used by clients/tooling
  • itasca-mcp-bridge/ (FLAC embedded Python, often 3.6): WebSocket bridge running inside FLAC GUI — a separate repository (yusong652/itasca-mcp-bridge) vendored here as a git submodule

Treat these as separate deployment targets with independent release cycles.

Core Architecture

MCP side (src/flac_mcp)

  • Exposes documentation tools and execution tools through FastMCP
  • Communicates with bridge via WebSocket client (flac_mcp.bridge.client)
  • Returns a unified tool envelope: ok, data, error
  • Dual execution model: synchronous REPL (flac_execute_code) for quick queries, script-first async (flac_execute_task + flac_check_task_status) for long-running simulations

Bridge side (itasca-mcp-bridge)

  • Runs in FLAC GUI process
  • Owns thread-safe interaction with ITASCA SDK
  • Handles long-running tasks and diagnostics
  • Must be started from FLAC GUI (for example with %run .../itasca-mcp-bridge/start_bridge.py)

Repository Layout

flac-mcp/
├── src/flac_mcp/
│   ├── bridge/          # MCP-side bridge client/task manager
│   ├── knowledge/       # command/API/reference search system
│   ├── tools/           # MCP tool implementations
│   ├── formatting.py    # shared response formatting
│   └── server.py        # MCP server entrypoint
├── itasca-mcp-bridge/      # git submodule → separate repo; runtime executed inside FLAC GUI
└── tests/               # MCP/tool contract tests

Development Commands

Run from repository root.

uv sync
uv sync --group dev
uv run flac-mcp
uv run pytest tests/test_phase2_tools.py
uv run pytest tests/test_tool_contracts.py

Engineering Rules

  1. Keep MCP and bridge concerns separate.
    • Do not couple MCP logic to FLAC GUI internals.
    • Do not introduce application/session policy into bridge runtime.

Read the full file on GitHub · 143 lines

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flac-mcp CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository yusong652/flac-mcp (39 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,514 tokens to every session, about $0.0076 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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