Draw chemistry from chat: names or SMILES → publication-ready 2D structures, reaction schemes and curved-arrow mechanisms. PNG/SVG rendered offline with RDKit. MCP server for Claude Desktop (unofficial; CDXML export optional).
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add chemdraw-unofficial -- uvx chemdraw-mcp~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.chemdraw-unofficial]
command = "uvx"
args = ["chemdraw-mcp"]
# codex mcp add chemdraw-unofficial -- uvx chemdraw-mcp~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"chemdraw-unofficial": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"chemdraw-mcp"
]
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"chemdraw-unofficial": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"chemdraw-mcp"
]
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"chemdraw-unofficial": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"chemdraw-mcp"
]
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"chemdraw-unofficial": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"chemdraw-mcp"
]
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"chemdraw-unofficial": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"chemdraw-mcp"
]
}
}
}