Gives your AI agent direct access to HDF5 scientific data files through 27 specialized tools. Built on h5py, it handles dataset inspection, attribute reading, chunking metadata, and dimension queries without you writing boilerplate exploration scripts. Part of the larger CLIO Kit from IoWarp, designed for HPC research workflows where you're dealing with terabytes of simulation output or experimental data. Includes caching and streaming optimizations for large files. Reach for this when you want Claude to analyze temperature arrays, inspect data structure, or navigate complex hierarchical scientific datasets instead of manually scripting h5dump commands or writing Python notebooks for every file you need to peek into.
claude mcp add --transport stdio io.github.iowarp-hdf5-mcp uvx hdf5-mcp