Quartus L MCP Server

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An 89-tool Quartus MCP server that finds every installed Quartus version and lets the agent switch between them. By L-YvY-L.

1 starsUpdated 3 months agoGitHub data from 5 Nov 2026

At a glance

Type: MCP server
Works with: Quartus
How it connects: Drives a running copy of the tool
Access: Can modify models
Tool versions: Quartus II 13.1 to Quartus Prime Lite 24.x
Operating systems: Windows
Needs a Quartus licence: Not stated in its documentation
Transport: Local (stdio)
AI clients documented: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Continue, WorkBuddy
Licence: MIT
Language: Python

What it can do

Scans local drives and WSL mounts for Quartus installs and switches the active version at run time.
Covers compilation, incremental compilation, timing analysis, SDC generation, pin assignment and JTAG programming.
Creates SignalTap II files, PLL, RAM and FIFO IP, and Qsys/Platform Designer systems, with IP version numbers matched to the active Quartus release.
Runs ModelSim batch simulation and Nios II BSP and file-conversion steps.

Limitations

Windows 10 or 11 only.
Switching versions applies to every later command in the session.
Install from a git clone; there is no package release.

Install

git clone https://github.com/L-YvY-L/quartus-Lmcp-server.git
cd quartus-Lmcp-server
pip install -r requirements.txt

Source: github.com/L-YvY-L/quartus-Lmcp-server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "quartus": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["path/to/quartus_Lmcp_server.py"],
      "env": {
        "QUARTUS_ROOTDIR": "D:/intelFPGA_lite/24.1std/quartus",
        "QUARTUS_MCP_MODELSIM_BIN": "D:/intelFPGA_lite/24.1std/questa_fse/win64",
        "QUARTUS_MCP_PROJECT_DIR": "C:/Users/yourname/Documents/QuartusProjects"
      }
    }
  }
}

Source: github.com/L-YvY-L/quartus-Lmcp-server

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