Enables AI assistants to interact with KiCAD for PCB design automation, including schematic editing, component placement, routing, DRC/ERC, and export.
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KICAD_PYTHON/Applications/KiCad/KiCad.app/Contents/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin/python3 \PARTREEL_API_BASEPARTS_REGISTRY_ASSET_HOSTSPYTHONPATHresolving the correct macOSANTHROPIC_API_KEYKICAD_MCP_LOG_LEVELLOG_LEVEL / info Log verbosity (error/warn/info/debug, or off). KICAD_MCP_LOG_LEVEL wins.LOG_LEVEL"": "info"KICAD_AUTO_LAUNCH"": "false",KICAD_BACKEND"": "auto",KICAD_MCP_DEVSet =1 in your Claude Desktop MCP environment to automatically saveJLCPCB_APP_IDexport ="your_app_id_here"JLCPCB_API_KEYexport ="your_access_key_here"JLCPCB_API_SECRETexport ="your_secret_key_here"KICAD10_FOOTPRINT_DIRKICAD9_FOOTPRINT_DIRKICAD8_FOOTPRINT_DIRKICAD_SKIP_SYMBOL_WARMUPKICAD10_SYMBOL_DIRKICAD9_SYMBOL_DIRKICAD8_SYMBOL_DIRKICAD10_3RD_PARTYKICAD9_3RD_PARTYKICAD8_3RD_PARTYKICAD_3RD_PARTYKICAD_IPC_CONNECT_TIMEOUTKICAD_INTERACTIVE_SCHEMATICOpt-in =1 auto-confirms KiCad's reload dialogXDG_CONFIG_HOMEXDG_CACHE_HOMEXDG_DATA_HOMENo access to sensitive paths
Reads sensitive paths: ~/.config/Claude/logs, ~/.config/Claude/logs
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Shell command execution
8 child_process/subprocess calls in production code — runs shell commands (src/server.ts:228, src/server.ts:353, src/server.ts:543)
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Secrets not logged
1 secret value sent to console.log
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Domain consistency
npm scope @theavi doesn't match GitHub owner avinash1286
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