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Vivado MCP Server (coreyhahn)

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Keeps a single Vivado Tcl process alive so the agent can run synthesis, timing and XSim without restarts. By coreyhahn.

69 starsUpdated 9 months agoGitHub data from 5 Nov 2026

At a glance

Type
MCP server
Works with
Vivado
How it connects
Drives a running copy of the tool
Access
Can modify models
Tool versions
Tested with Vivado 2023.2 and later
Operating systems
Not stated in its documentation
Needs a Vivado licence
Not stated in its documentation
Transport
Local (stdio)
AI clients documented
Claude Code
Licence
MIT
Language
Python

What it can do

  • Holds one persistent Vivado session to avoid the start-up delay on every command.
  • Opens projects and runs synthesis, implementation and bitstream generation.
  • Returns timing summaries, failing paths, utilisation, clocks and messages as structured JSON.
  • Drives XSim (launch, run, step, breakpoints, signal values) and runs raw Tcl.

Limitations

  • Drives Vivado through pexpect and waits for the Vivado prompt; the README doesn't say which operating systems are supported.
  • Only one Vivado process runs at a time.
  • Install from a git clone only; there is no package release.

Install

git clone https://github.com/coreyhahn/vivado_mcp.git
cd vivado_mcp
pip install -e .

Source: github.com/coreyhahn/vivado_mcp

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