# kicad-eda-mcp

> MCP server for controlling KiCad EDA software — IPC API + CLI + SWIG, with auto-launch.

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/kicad-eda-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: KiCad-EDA-MCP Contributors
- homepage: https://github.com/Akhil-Chaturvedi/KiCad-EDA-MCP/blob/main/README.md
- repository: https://github.com/Akhil-Chaturvedi/KiCad-EDA-MCP/blob/main/README.md
- version: 0.1.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: kicad, mcp, eda, pcb, schematic, model-context-protocol, ai, llm
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:kicad-eda-mcp

### Description (declared)

# KiCad MCP Server 
 
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for controlling KiCad EDA software — 
schematics, PCBs, manufacturing outputs, design checks, and library management — 
through any MCP-compatible AI assistant. 
 
The server exposes 22 routers containing ~280-306 operations (the spread is 
because the routing router exposes 8-30 operations depending on the installed 
Java version). All operations return structured `{ok, message, error, data}` 
dicts. 
 
## How It Works 
 
The server controls KiCad through three layers: 
 
- **IPC API** (`kicad-python` / kipy): live board and project control. 
  Requires a running KiCad GUI instance with IPC enabled (KiCad 9+). 
  Handles reads, mutations, and interactive operations. 
- **kicad-cli**: headless export, DRC, ERC, import, and file upgrades. 
  No GUI needed. Handles all manufacturing output formats. 
- **SWIG pcbnew** (legacy): direct board manipulation via KiCad's bundled 
  Python bindings. Deprecated since KiCad 9, removed in KiCad 11. Only 
  loads when KiCad's bundled Python is the interpreter. 
 
A fourth layer — `kicad-sch-api` — provides pure-Python schematic editing 
with no KiCad instance required. 
 
On Windows, the server can auto-launch KiCad as a detached background process. 
 
## Installation 
 
**From PyPI:** 
 
```bash 
pip install kicad-eda-mcp 
# Optional: HTTP/SSE transport (remote/multi-client) 
pip install uvicorn starlette 
``` 
 
**From source (development):** 
 
```bash 
pip install -e ".[dev]" 
``` 
 
## Quick Start 
 
### Any MCP client (stdio) 
 
Add to your MCP client configuration: 
 
```json 
{ 
  "mcpServers": { 
    "kicad": { 
      "type": "stdio", 
      "command": "kicad-eda-mcp" 
    } 
  } 
} 
``` 
 
### With mutations enabled 
 
```bash 
python -m kicad_mcp --enable-mutations 
``` 
 
### HTTP/SSE mode (multi-client) 
 
```bash 
python -m kicad_mcp --http --port 8765 
``` 
 
Requires `uvicorn` and `starlette` (install separately — not in the default 
dependencies). 
 
##…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.package-management (0.825, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/kicad-eda-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T22:23:24.010Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/kicad-eda-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/kicad-eda-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:kicad-eda-mcp