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A KiCad 10 server for schematic, PCB, ERC/DRC, DFM and fab-release review, starting in a bounded read-only profile. By oaslananka.

180 starsUpdated 1 day agoGitHub data from 5 Nov 2026

At a glance

Type: MCP server
Works with: KiCad
How it connects: Drives a running copy of the tool
Access: Read-only or read-write (configurable)
Tool versions: KiCad 10.0.x (primary, 10.0.7 latest tested); KiCad 8.x file-level read only; KiCad 9 support dropped; KiCad 11 preview
Operating systems: Not stated in its documentation
Needs a KiCad licence: No
Transport: Local (stdio), Remote (HTTP)
AI clients documented: Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code (GitHub Copilot), Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode
Licence: MIT
Language: Python

What it can do

Starts with a 24-tool read-only review profile; build, release and expert profiles add editing and manufacturing export when you choose them.
Drives ERC, DRC and exports through KiCad's own engines via kicad-cli, and live board work through the KiCad 10 IPC API; the SWIG bindings are not used.
Adds first-order signal-integrity, power-integrity, EMC and thermal estimates for early review.
Ships five KiCad skills (design review, PCB design, DRC, fabrication output, schematic review) and a Claude Code plugin manifest.
Also runs over Streamable HTTP, with a desktop app and web dashboard.

Limitations

The author states the SI/PI/EMC/thermal tools are closed-form estimates of roughly 5–10% accuracy, not a substitute for a field solver or sign-off.
Live GUI operations need KiCad 10 with the IPC API server enabled; without it the server works in file-backed and headless modes only.
The macOS desktop build isn't Apple-codesigned, so Gatekeeper may block it.

Install

uvx kicad-mcp-pro --transport stdio

Source: github.com/oaslananka/kicad-mcp-pro

claude mcp add kicad \
  --scope project \
  --env KICAD_MCP_PROJECT_DIR=/absolute/path/to/your/kicad-project \
  --env KICAD_MCP_PROFILE=pcb_only \
  --env KICAD_MCP_OPERATING_MODE=readonly \
  -- uvx kicad-mcp-pro

Source: github.com/oaslananka/kicad-mcp-pro/blob/main/docs/client-configuration.md

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