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  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "homepage",
   "note": "Ansys presents Mechanical as a finite-element solver with structural, thermal, acoustics, transient, and nonlinear capabilities, and states users can customize and automate solutions and parameterize design scenarios.",
   "source": "https://www.ansys.com/products/structures/ansys-mechanical",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "name",
   "note": "The product page brands the software Ansys Mechanical and describes 2026 R1 features including Sherlock access, GPU resource prediction, and mesh morphing.",
   "source": "https://www.ansys.com/products/structures/ansys-mechanical",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "vendor",
   "note": "The page is published on ansys.com and presents Mechanical as Ansys software. The site header also states Synopsys and Ansys.",
   "source": "https://www.ansys.com/products/structures/ansys-mechanical",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "deployment",
   "note": "Mechanical is a licensed desktop FEA application with a customizable user interface. Ansys Cloud Burst Compute is optional HPC from inside the application, not a SaaS edition of Mechanical.",
   "source": "https://www.ansys.com/products/structures/ansys-mechanical",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "platforms",
   "note": "The Ansys Developer Portal states the Mechanical scripting interface and PyMechanical are available for Windows and Linux in IronPython and CPython.",
   "source": "https://developer.ansys.com/docs/mechanical",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "license",
   "note": "Ansys sells Mechanical Pro, Mechanical Premium, and Mechanical Enterprise as paid editions with different analysis capabilities. This is commercial licensed software.",
   "source": "https://www.ansys.com/products/structures/ansys-mechanical",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "status",
   "note": "Ansys publishes current Mechanical 2026 R1 product documentation and What's New content (March 2026).",
   "source": "https://www.ansys.com/products/structures/ansys-mechanical",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "modalities.api.exists",
   "note": "Ansys documents the Mechanical scripting interface for creating, modifying, and running simulations programmatically, accessing results, integrating with other software, and running parameter sweeps.",
   "source": "https://developer.ansys.com/docs/mechanical",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds[0]",
   "note": "The Mechanical API is the in-product scripting object model (ExtAPI, DataModel, Model, Tree, Graphics). PyMechanical uses the same APIs from outside Mechanical.",
   "source": "https://mechanical.docs.pyansys.com/version/dev/user_guide/scripting/overview.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds[1]",
   "note": "PyMechanical remote session mode launches Mechanical as a separate server and communicates over gRPC. Embedding mode uses the App class in-process.",
   "source": "https://mechanical.docs.pyansys.com/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "modalities.api.coverage",
   "note": "The scripting interface and PyMechanical cover create, modify, and run of the current Mechanical datamodel, plus result access. Coverage is the Mechanical object model, not a fixed HTTP resource subset.",
   "source": "https://developer.ansys.com/docs/mechanical",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "modalities.api.docs",
   "note": "This developer-portal page is Ansys's current Mechanical-for-developers landing page and points to the 2026 R1 scripting interface and PyMechanical docs.",
   "source": "https://developer.ansys.com/docs/mechanical",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "modalities.api.docs",
   "note": "Ansys publishes the Mechanical 2026 R1 scripting API reference (objects, methods, properties) on the developer portal, last update 09.03.2026.",
   "source": "https://developer.ansys.com/docs/mechanical-scripting-interface/api/index.md",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.exists",
   "note": "PyMechanical is part of the PyAnsys initiative and is the official Python library for Mechanical 2024 R2 and later.",
   "source": "https://mechanical.docs.pyansys.com/version/stable/getting_started/index.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.official",
   "note": "Ansys presents PyMechanical as the open-source library that offers the same functionality as the Mechanical scripting interface.",
   "source": "https://developer.ansys.com/docs/mechanical",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages[0]",
   "note": "Supported languages on the developer portal are IronPython and CPython. PyMechanical is the CPython package.",
   "source": "https://developer.ansys.com/docs/mechanical",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.first_party",
   "note": "PyPI lists ansys-mechanical-mcp 0.2.0 (uploaded 2026-08-13) with author email ANSYS, Inc. <pyansys.core@ansys.com>, homepage https://github.com/ansys/pymechanical-mcp, and documentation at mechanical-mcp.docs.pyansys.com.",
   "source": "https://pypi.org/project/ansys-mechanical-mcp/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.verdict",
   "note": "Ansys publishes official PyMechanical-MCP documentation describing an MCP server that integrates AI assistants with Mechanical through PyMechanical.",
   "source": "https://mechanical-mcp.docs.pyansys.com/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.verdict",
   "note": "Official quick start documents ansys-mechanical-mcp over STDIO or HTTP, launch_mechanical and connect_to_mechanical, and a first workflow of status check, launch or connect, upload, run_python_script, solve_analysis, and export_results. A licensed Mechanical session is required.",
   "source": "https://mechanical-mcp.docs.pyansys.com/version/stable/getting_started/quick_start.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.third_party[0].repo",
   "note": "Independent ansys-mcp-server wraps PyAnsys into tools for Fluent, Mechanical, MAPDL, DPF, and Prime. The FAQ states it is not affiliated with Ansys or Synopsys.",
   "source": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vorobjewsen30-max/ansys-mcp-server/main/README.md",
   "tier": "community"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.third_party[0].maintained",
   "note": "GitHub API showed pushed_at 2026-07-09 and updated_at 2026-09-03. The repository is not archived.",
   "source": "https://api.github.com/repos/vorobjewsen30-max/ansys-mcp-server",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "modalities.cli.exists",
   "note": "PyMechanical ships ansys-mechanical to launch a revision-specific Mechanical session, open a .mechdb, run an input script, start server mode on a port, and --exit after a script (2024 R1 or later).",
   "source": "https://mechanical.docs.pyansys.com/version/stable/user_guide/cli/ansys-mechanical.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "modalities.extensibility.scripting[0]",
   "note": "Mechanical records UI actions into the Scripting View and exposes ExtAPI, DataModel, Model, Tree, and Graphics. Journaling and scripting are also named on the product page.",
   "source": "https://mechanical.docs.pyansys.com/version/dev/user_guide/scripting/overview.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "modalities.extensibility.scripting[1]",
   "note": "ACT is Ansys's official toolkit for extensions that customize Mechanical and other Ansys products, including posting apps to the Ansys Store.",
   "source": "https://ansyshelp.ansys.com/public/Views/Secured/corp/v261/en/act_dev/act_dev_Overview.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.export[0]",
   "note": "ansys-mechanical -p opens a Mechanical project file (.mechdb). save_project / open_project are also official MCP tools.",
   "source": "https://mechanical.docs.pyansys.com/version/stable/user_guide/cli/ansys-mechanical.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.export[1]",
   "note": "The official MCP first-workflow checklist includes export_results after solve_analysis.",
   "source": "https://mechanical-mcp.docs.pyansys.com/version/stable/getting_started/quick_start.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.import[0]",
   "note": "The CLI opens an existing .mechdb project with -p.",
   "source": "https://mechanical.docs.pyansys.com/version/stable/user_guide/cli/ansys-mechanical.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.import[1]",
   "note": "Official MCP workflow uploads geometry or script files into the Mechanical session before run_python_script.",
   "source": "https://mechanical-mcp.docs.pyansys.com/version/stable/getting_started/quick_start.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "modalities.rpa.ui_stack[0]",
   "note": "Mechanical is a desktop application with an intuitive and customizable user interface. No UI probe was run.",
   "source": "https://www.ansys.com/products/structures/ansys-mechanical",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "modalities.agent_docs.llms_txt",
   "note": "https://www.ansys.com/llms.txt opened as a genuine Ansys index and names Ansys Mechanical | Structural FEA Analysis Software.",
   "source": "https://www.ansys.com/llms.txt",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "modalities.agent_docs.llms_txt",
   "note": "https://developer.ansys.com/llms.txt opened as a genuine Ansys Developer Portal LLM index covering APIs, SDKs, and GitHub/PyAnsys projects.",
   "source": "https://developer.ansys.com/llms.txt",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.api",
   "note": "Official scripting plus PyMechanical covers the Mechanical datamodel in-process and over gRPC, with current 2026 R1 API docs. A licensed local or remote Mechanical install is required, which keeps the score in the broad-documented tier rather than 9-10.",
   "source": "https://developer.ansys.com/docs/mechanical",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.mcp",
   "note": "The official server is maintained (0.2.0 on 2026-08-13; GitHub pushed_at 2026-09-09) and useful for session, script, solve, and export tools, but it requires a licensed Mechanical session and is not a multi-tenant hosted MCP.",
   "source": "https://pypi.org/project/ansys-mechanical-mcp/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.cli",
   "note": "ansys-mechanical is official and can run scripts non-interactively with --exit, but it launches Mechanical rather than exposing a structured resource CLI.",
   "source": "https://mechanical.docs.pyansys.com/version/stable/user_guide/cli/ansys-mechanical.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[0].url",
   "note": "Opened Ansys's current Mechanical-for-developers page, including scripting, PyMechanical, and Windows/Linux language support.",
   "source": "https://developer.ansys.com/docs/mechanical",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[1].url",
   "note": "Opened the official PyMechanical-MCP documentation home.",
   "source": "https://mechanical-mcp.docs.pyansys.com/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[2].url",
   "note": "Opened PyPI ansys-mechanical-mcp 0.2.0, ANSYS, Inc. publisher, uploaded 2026-08-13.",
   "source": "https://pypi.org/project/ansys-mechanical-mcp/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[3].url",
   "note": "Opened current PyMechanical documentation for embedding and gRPC remote session modes.",
   "source": "https://mechanical.docs.pyansys.com/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-09",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[4].url",
   "note": "Opened the third-party Ansys MCP README, including the not-affiliated FAQ.",
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   "tier": "community"
  }
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    "type": "docs",
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    "type": "mcp",
    "url": "https://mechanical-mcp.docs.pyansys.com/"
   },
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    "type": "changelog",
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   {
    "type": "docs",
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    "type": "mcp",
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   }
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 "id": "ansys-mechanical",
 "license": "commercial",
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  },
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   "auth": [],
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   "exists": true,
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    "grpc"
   ]
  },
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  },
  "computer_use": {
   "issues": [],
   "viability": "unknown"
  },
  "data_access": {
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    "mechdb",
    "solver-results"
   ],
   "import": [
    "mechdb",
    "geometry"
   ]
  },
  "extensibility": {
   "scripting": [
    "mechanical-scripting",
    "act"
   ],
   "webhooks": "unknown"
  },
  "integrations": {
   "make": "unknown",
   "n8n": "unknown",
   "power_automate": "unknown",
   "zapier": "unknown"
  },
  "mcp": {
   "first_party": true,
   "third_party": [
    {
     "maintained": true,
     "registries": [],
     "repo": "https://github.com/vorobjewsen30-max/ansys-mcp-server"
    }
   ],
   "verdict": "official"
  },
  "rpa": {
   "drivability": "unknown",
   "notes": "No repeatable UI probe was run. The Mechanical scripting interface, PyMechanical (embedding or gRPC), ansys-mechanical CLI, and the official PyMechanical-MCP server drive the object model and solver without visually controlling the desktop GUI. Computer-use viability is unassessed.\n",
   "ui_stack": [
    "desktop-native"
   ],
   "vendor_support": []
  },
  "sdk": {
   "exists": true,
   "languages": [
    "python"
   ],
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  }
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 "name": "Ansys Mechanical",
 "platforms": [
  "windows",
  "linux"
 ],
 "related": {
  "alternatives": [
   "matlab",
   "siemens-nx"
  ],
  "our_products": []
 },
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 "score_version": 1,
 "status": "active",
 "vendor": "Ansys",
 "verdict": {
  "best_path": "api",
  "scores": {
   "api": 8,
   "cli": 6,
   "computer_use": null,
   "integrations": null,
   "mcp": 7,
   "overall": 8,
   "rpa": null
  },
  "summary": "Ansys Mechanical is automatable today through the official Mechanical scripting API and PyMechanical, with a maintained first-party MCP server as a second path. This record is the structural finite-element desktop solver (structural, thermal, acoustics, transient, nonlinear). It is not Ansys Fluent as a standalone CFD identity, not MATLAB, and not Siemens NX. Ansys documents an IronPython and CPython scripting interface that creates, modifies, and runs simulations and reads results. PyMechanical is the official open-source Python library for the same object model from 2024 R2 onward, in embedding mode or as a remote gRPC session. The official PyMechanical-MCP package (ansys-mechanical-mcp, published by ANSYS, Inc.) exposes session launch and connect, script execution, solve, file transfer, result export, and workflow guidance over STDIO or HTTP. It needs a licensed Mechanical install. A separate community MCP (vorobjewsen30-max/ansys-mcp-server) wraps PyAnsys for Mechanical, Fluent, MAPDL, DPF, and meshing; its README states it is not affiliated with Ansys or Synopsys. ACT remains the official extension toolkit. The ansys-mechanical CLI launches revision-specific sessions and can run an input script and exit. Named iPaaS connectors were not opened. Computer-use viability is unassessed. API scores 8 and is the best path. MCP scores 7. CLI scores 6.\n"
 }
}