How to use Athanor in Claude Code

One command adds Athanor's chemistry tools to Claude Code, per project or for every project, or add them in .mcp.json. Free, no account.

Athanor's MCP server is free and needs no account. Claude Code connects to it at:

https://mcp-athanor.arbastro.com/mcp

Steps

  1. In a terminal, run:

    claude mcp add --transport http athanor https://mcp-athanor.arbastro.com/mcp

    This adds it to the current project. Add --scope user to use it in every project.

  2. Start Claude Code again in the project. Run /mcp to see athanor in the list.

  3. Ask: Use Athanor to name CCO. It should call the name tool and answer ethanol.

Or edit the configuration file

Add this to .mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "athanor": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp-athanor.arbastro.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The tools it gets are listed in MCP tools. If they do not show up, see MCP troubleshooting.

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Last updated Nov 12, 2026