KiCad MCP Server (Akhil-Chaturvedi/KiCad-EDA-MCP) is an MCP server listed on the M8ven Trust Index. It scores 67 out of 100, grade C. It declares 7 tools. No publisher has claimed this listing.

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KiCad MCP Server

An MCP server for controlling KiCad EDA software, enabling schematics, PCB design, manufacturing outputs, design checks, and library management through any MCP-compatible AI assistant.

→ Akhil-Chaturvedi/KiCad-EDA-MCP· listed on glama

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Akhil-Chaturvedi

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// key findings
✅
No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation
Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.
🔐
You'll be asked for 1 credential: KICAD_API_TOKEN
These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.
// environment variables
To run this server yourself, you supply these values. They go in your own MCP client configuration and stay on your machine. The secret label means the value is sensitive, not that the server mishandles it.
configKICAD_MCP_ENABLE_MUTATIONS0 Enable write operations (0=read-only, 1=writes allowed)
configKICAD_MCP_AUTO_LAUNCH1 Auto-launch KiCad if not running
configKICAD_MCP_LOG_LEVELINFO Logging level: DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR
configKICAD_STOCK_DATA_HOME
configKICAD_MCP_ACTIVITY_LOG
configKICAD_MCP_DRY_RUN_DEFAULT1 Default dry_run for mutations unless explicitly overridden
configKICAD_API_SOCKETauto Override IPC socket path
🔐 secretKICAD_API_TOKENauto Override IPC authentication token
configKICAD_MCP_CLIENT_NAMEkicad-eda-mcp Client name reported to KiCad
configKICAD_MCP_IPC_TIMEOUT_MS60000 Timeout for IPC API requests (milliseconds)
configKICAD_MCP_IPC_CONNECT_RETRIES10 Max retries when connecting to the IPC socket
configKICAD_MCP_IPC_CONNECT_DELAY0.5 Delay between IPC connect retries (seconds)
configKICAD_MCP_IDLE_TTL1800 Auto-shutdown KiCad after N seconds idle (0=never)
configKICAD_MCP_SUPERVISOR_INTERVAL60 Health-check interval for the supervisor (seconds)
configKICAD_BIN_PATHauto Override KiCad executable path
configKICAD_CLI_PATHauto Override kicad-cli path
configKICAD_PYTHON_PATHauto Override KiCad bundled Python path (for SWIG)
configKICAD_MCP_LOG_FILEnone Log file path (default: stderr only)
configKICAD_MCP_HTTP_HOST127.0.0.1 HTTP bind host
configKICAD_MCP_HTTP_PORT8765 HTTP port
configKICAD_MCP_COMMIT_PREFIXKiCad MCP Commit message prefix for mutation operations
configKICAD_DOCUMENTS_HOME
configXDG_CONFIG_HOME
configKICAD_CONFIG_HOME
configKICAD_MCP_LIB_UPDATE_INTERVAL86400 Seconds between library repo updates (0=pull every call)
configFREEROUTING_JAR
configKICAD_MCP_FREEROUTING_JAR
configJAVA_HOME
// quality suggestions

Tool annotations

No tools have read-only/destructive annotations

Add readOnlyHint or destructiveHint annotations to every tool so hosts can warn users before invoking.

All four hints declared on every tool

7/7 tools missing one or more hints — handle_call_tool (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); kicad_discover (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); kicad_load_toolset (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint), +4 more. OpenAI's directory rejects tools where any of the four hints are missing or non-boolean.

For every tool, set all four hints (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint) to explicit true/false values that match the handler’s actual behaviour.

Tool inputs are validated

5/7 tool handlers declare input schemas (71%)

Declare an inputSchema with zod/joi/yup on every tool definition.

Tool handlers catch errors

Only 0/7 tool handlers wrap calls in try/catch (0%)

Wrap each tool handler body in try/catch and return a structured error response.

License file

No license file

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Tests exist

No test files found

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