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ply 3D Printing MCP Server

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ply 3D Printing is listed as active in the registry but did not answer our last check. It exposes 7 tools.

Custom 3D-printed parts: describe a part, upload a 3D file or pick a model, see a live price, order.

Uptime history 13 days of history · worst day 0%
13 days agonow
0.0%
Uptime 24h
0 of 91 checks
7
Tools
read from the server
81 ms
Response time
average over 24h
open, no key
Access
streamable-http

ply 3D Printing does not always answer

Over the last week it answered 0.0% of our checks. We check every 15 minutes, so you hear about the next outage within the hour — not from your users.

Three servers free · no card

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 12 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add ply --transport http https://www.plyparts.com/mcp
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address
https://www.plyparts.com/mcp
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.ply]
url = "https://www.plyparts.com/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ply": {
      "url": "https://www.plyparts.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "ply": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.plyparts.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 7

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

price
price_file
Price the customer's 3D file (STL, 3MF, STEP or OBJ) and show it in ply's card. Without a file, shows the card with an upload button (with sourceUrl: the model page to download it from). In ChatGPT, pass a file the customer attached. Pass `path` (from an earlier result) to change options for a file already priced.
price_model_link
Price a 3D model from its page link and show it in ply's card. Printables: ply fetches the file itself if the license allows printing it for sale (CC0, CC BY, CC BY-SA, GPL, Commercial Use…) and credits the designer; other licenses are declined with the reason. Poly Haven (CC0 decor and props made at real-world size): ply fetches it scaled to fit (150 mm on its longest side, or sizeMm). Other sites (Thingiverse, MakerWorld, MyMiniFactory, Thangs, Cults3D…): the card links to the page and the customer drops the downloaded file in. If a Printables model has several files, ply lists them: pass the one wanted as `file`.
make
make_part
Build, check and price a custom 3D-printed part from exact sizes (mm): plate with holes, L-bracket, spacer/standoff, washer, or box with lid. Shows the part in 3D with its price and an Order button. Sizes left out use sensible defaults. Use again with new sizes or options when the customer asks for changes.
materials
list_materials
The materials, colors and strength levels ply prints custom parts in, with what each material is good for.
models
find_models
Search for ready-made 3D models ply may print and sell: Printables (open or commercial-use licenses only; non-commercial models are left out) and Poly Haven (CC0 decor, props and figures, scaled to fit). Returns titles, designers, licenses and page links.
order
order_part
Put a part into a ply cart and get the link to finish the order on plyparts.com (shipping, payment, engineer review). Nothing is charged here. For a built part pass the same template, sizes and options; for a file pass its path and options.
recommend
recommend_material
Run ply's material advisor ("Help me choose" on plyparts.com) for a part: it may ask up to 2 questions about how the part is used, then recommends a process, material, color and strength. Give either the part's ply `path` (a file) or its template and sizes (a built part).

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://www.plyparts.com/mcp streamable-http answering 81 ms 12 min ago

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ply 3D Printing — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can ply 3D Printing do?
It exposes 7 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: find_models, list_materials, make_part, order_part, price_file, price_model_link and 1 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
Is ply 3D Printing working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 0 of 91 checks got a reply (0.0%), average response time 81 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
The registry lists ply 3D Printing as active — why does it not respond?
The official MCP registry stores what the author submitted; it does not verify that the server still runs. We check the endpoint ourselves, and this one does not answer. Catalogues that copy the registry without checking will show it as working.
How do I connect ply 3D Printing?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does ply 3D Printing need an API key?
No. ply 3D Printing completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 7 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.