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Konnect-EDA

MCP serverCommercial · Paid

Successor to KiCAD-MCP-Server: a closed-source Rust plugin for KiCad 10 that edits boards over the IPC API, free during beta. By Orchis.ai LLC.

119 starsUpdated 12 days 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
Can modify models
Tool versions
KiCad 10
Operating systems
Windows, macOS, Linux
Needs a KiCad licence
No
Transport
Local (stdio), Remote (HTTP)
AI clients documented
Claude Code, Codex
Licence
proprietary
Language
Rust
Release status
beta

What it can do

  • Ships as one Rust binary installed through KiCad's Plugin and Content Manager, with about 226 tools grouped into 21 toolsets that load on demand.
  • Edits the PCB through KiCad 10's IPC API, so changes appear live and sit in KiCad's undo history; schematics are edited directly as .kicad_sch files with atomic writes.
  • Runs ERC, DRC and manufacturing exports through kicad-cli, and adds design-review audits such as decoupling and power-rail checks.
  • Includes a Specctra DSN/SES loop with Freerouting and installs bundled KiCad skills and agents with "konnect init".

Limitations

  • Closed source and in beta. Free for everyone until 1.0; after that, businesses need a paid licence and personal, hobby and open-hardware users need a free key.
  • KiCad 10 only; it doesn't use the SWIG bindings that KiCad 9 projects relied on.
  • No release was listed on the Konnect-EDA GitHub releases page at this check. The earlier AGPL-3.0 Konnect repository is archived and read-only.

Install

Download konnect-pcm-v<version>-windows.zip, -macos.zip or -linux.zip from the Releases page, open KiCad 10 > Plugin and Content Manager > Install from File, select the zip and restart KiCad. Konnect then appears under Tools > External Plugins in the PCB Editor.

Source: github.com/Orchis-ai-LLC/Konnect-EDA

MCP servers and skills run code on your computer. Review the source before installing.

AI-generated models, drawings and results must be checked by a qualified engineer before use.