KiCad MCP Server
Enables LLMs to inspect, edit, analyze, and render PCB layouts in real-time using the KiCad IPC API, providing tools for board configuration, footprints, tracks, zones, nets, text, shapes, dimensions, exports, screenshots, and CLI automation.
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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
141/141 tools missing one or more hints — get_editor_appearance (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); set_board_flip (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); set_inactive_layer_display (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint), +138 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.
Destructive tools are labelled
3 tools perform destructive updates without destructiveHint — get_board_screenshot deletes at line 61 (os.unlink(tmp_svg)); get_board_screenshot_svg deletes at line 95 (os.unlink(tmp_svg)); get_selection_screenshot deletes at line 190 (os.unlink(tmp_svg))
Add destructiveHint:true to any tool whose handler calls .delete(), .upsert(), .update(), unlink, rm, DELETE, DROP, REPLACE INTO, or any operation that overwrites existing data.
Descriptions match behaviour
1 tool describes read intent but its handler mutates — get_board_screenshot_svg (line 95: os.unlink(tmp_svg))
Rename the tool, rewrite the description, or move the side-effect into a separate clearly-named tool.
Tool inputs are validated
122/141 tool handlers declare input schemas (87%)
Declare an inputSchema with zod/joi/yup on every tool definition.
Tool handlers catch errors
Only 11/141 tool handlers wrap calls in try/catch (8%)
Wrap each tool handler body in try/catch and return a structured error response.
Tests exist
No test files found
Add tests that exercise each declared tool.
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