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Open Factory

MCP serverVerified domain · open-factory.comRemote● LiveFree to try

Lead times, prices, tariffs and grid interconnection terms for factory and datacenter equipment.

Install

Remote server: your requests and data go to open-factory.com. Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http open-factory https://open-factory.com/mcp · Claude app: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.

What it can do

The tools this server listed when we connected to it, in its own words.

  • search_articles — Search Open Factory articles by topic, equipment class, company, tag or series ID. Returns the best matches with slug, URL, date, pillar, su
  • get_article — Full metadata and the free text (markdown) of one Open Factory article by slug, with its cited sources and CSV files. Articles with a paywal
  • get_index_readings — The current public headline number of every Open Factory model (lead time, build cost per MW, book-to-bill, OEM disclosure, energization yea
  • get_lead_times — Current published lead time, in weeks, for factory and datacenter electrical equipment classes (transformers, switchgear, switchboards, MCC,
  • get_price_bands — Transaction price bands from public procurement awards: pad-mount and power transformers ($/kVA), MV switchgear, gensets ($/kW) and chillers
  • get_tariff_rates — US import tariff for factory and datacenter equipment: 22 HTS lines (transformers, switchgear, gensets, chillers, machine tools, robots and
  • get_large_load_terms — What a 50 MW or larger load pays to connect in fifteen US utilities and markets: study fee, security or collateral per MW, minimum bill, con
  • get_book_to_bill — Latest quarter orders, revenue, backlog, book-to-bill and backlog growth for the electrical, power and cooling OEMs (Eaton, GE Vernova, Siem
  • get_disclosure_scorecard — Whether each equipment OEM publishes a dated lead-time schedule, list prices, backlog in dollars, capacity in units and delivery performance
  • get_record — Every dated, checkable forecast Open Factory has made (lead times, prices, tariffs, power), the public series it is scored against, the date
  • list_datasets — The CSV files behind every chart Open Factory publishes, grouped by article, with direct download URLs. Each file keeps a source column nami
  • get_tool_data — The source table one Open Factory calculator runs on, with every input's provenance: copper-wire-price-sheet, genset-tco, interconnection-co

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