clearml-mcp
Get comprehensive ML experiment context and analysis directly from in your AI conversations.
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prassanna-ravishankar
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ClearML MCP Server

A lightweight Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI assistants to interact with ClearML experiments, models, and projects. Get comprehensive ML experiment context and analysis directly in your AI conversations.
✨ Features
- 🔍 Experiment Discovery: Find and analyze ML experiments across projects
- 📊 Performance Analysis: Compare model metrics and training progress
- 📈 Real-time Metrics: Access training scalars, validation curves, and convergence analysis
- 🏷️ Smart Search: Filter tasks by name, tags, status, and custom queries
- 📦 Artifact Management: Retrieve model files, datasets, and experiment outputs
- 🌐 Cross-platform: Works with all major AI assistants and code editors
📋 Requirements
- uv (installation guide) for
uvxcommand - ClearML account with valid API credentials in
~/.clearml/clearml.conf
🚀 Quick Start
Prerequisites
You need a configured ClearML environment with your credentials in ~/.clearml/clearml.conf:
[api]
api_server = https://api.clear.ml
web_server = https://app.clear.ml
files_server = https://files.clear.ml
credentials {
"access_key": "your-access-key",
"secret_key": "your-secret-key"
}
Get your credentials from ClearML Settings.
Installation
# Install from PyPI
pip install clearml-mcp
# Or run directly with uvx (no installation needed)
uvx clearml-mcp
🔌 Integrations
🤖 Claude Desktop
Add to your Claude Desktop configuration: **macOS**: `~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json` **Windows**: `%APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`{
"mcpServers": {
"clearml": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["clearml-mcp"]
}
}
}
Alternative with pip installation:
{
"mcpServers": {
"clearml": {
"command": "python",
"args": ["-m", "clearml_mcp.clearml_mcp"]
}
}
}
⚡ Cursor
Add to your Cursor settings (`Ctrl/Cmd + ,` → Search "MCP"):{
"mcp.servers": {
"clearml": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["clearml-mcp"]
}
}
}
Or add to `.cursorrules` in your project:
When analyzing ML experiments or asking about model performance, use the clearml MCP server to access experiment data, metrics, and artifacts.
🔥 Continue
Add to your Continue configuration (`~/.continue/config.json`):{
"mcpServers": {
"clearml": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["clearml-mcp"]
}
}
}
🦾 Cody
Add to your Cody settings:{
"cody.experimental.mcp": {
"servers": {
"clearml": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["clearml-mcp"]
}
}
}
}
🧠 Other AI Assistants
For any MCP-compatible AI assistant, use this configuration:{
"mcpServers": {
"clearml": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["clearml-mcp"]
}
}
}
**Compatible with:**
- Zed Editor
- OpenHands
- Roo-Cline
- Any MCP-enabled application
🛠️ Available Tools
The ClearML MCP server provides 14 comprehensive tools for ML experiment analysis:
📊 Task Operations
get_task_info- Get detailed task information, parameters, and statuslist_tasks- List tasks with advanced filtering (project, status, tags, user)get_task_parameters- Retrieve hyperparameters and configurationget_task_metrics- Access training metrics, scalars, and plotsget_task_artifacts- Get artifacts, model files, and outputs
🤖 Model Operations
get_model_info- Get model metadata and configuration detailslist_models- Browse available models with filteringget_model_artifacts- Access model files and download URLs
📁 Project Operations
list_projects- Discover available ClearML projectsget_project_stats- Get project statistics and task summariesfind_project_by_pattern- Find projects matching name patternsfind_experiment_in_project- Find specific experiments within projects
🔍 Analysis Tools
compare_tasks- Compare multiple tasks by specific metricssearch_tasks- Advanced search by name, tags, comments, and more
💡 Usage Examples
Demo
Once configured, you can ask your AI assistant questions like:
- "Show me the latest experiments in the 'computer-vision' project"
- "Compare the accuracy metrics between tasks task-123 and task-456"
- "What are the hyperparameters for the best performing model?"
- "Find all failed experiments from last week"
- "Get the training curves for my latest BERT fine-tuning"
🏗️ Development
Setup
# Clone and setup with UV
git clone https://github.com/prassanna-ravishankar/clearml-mcp.git
cd clearml-mcp
uv sync
# Run locally
uv run python -m clearml_mcp.clearml_mcp
Available Commands
# Run tests with coverage
uv run task coverage
# Lint and format
uv run task lint
uv run task format
# Type checking
uv run task type
# Run examples
uv run task consolidated-debug # Full ML debugging demo
uv run task example-simple # Basic integration
uv run task find-experiments # Discover real experiments
Testing with MCP Inspector
# Test the MCP server directly
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uvx clearml-mcp
🚨 Troubleshooting
Connection Issues
**"No ClearML projects accessible"** - Verify your `~/.clearml/clearml.conf` credentials - Test with: `python -c "from clearml import Task; print(Task.get_projects())"` - Check network access to your ClearML server **Module not found errors** - Try `bunx clearml-mcp` instead of `uvx clearml-mcp` - Or use direct Python: `python -m clearml_mcp.clearml_mcp`Performance Issues
**Large dataset queries** - Use filters in `list_tasks` to limit results - Specify `project_name` to narrow scope - Use `task_status` filters (`completed`, `running`, `failed`) **Slow metric retrieval** - Request specific metrics instead of all metrics - Use `compare_tasks` with metric names for focused analysis🤝 Contributing
Contributions welcome! This project uses:
- UV for dependency management
- Ruff for linting and formatting
- Pytest for testing with 69% coverage
- GitHub Actions for CI/CD
See our testing philosophy and linting approach for development guidelines.
📄 License
MIT License - see LICENSE for details.
🔗 Links
- PyPI: clearml-mcp
- ClearML: clear.ml
- Model Context Protocol: MCP Specification
Created by Prass, The Nomadic Coder
