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KiCAD MCP Server

Enables AI assistants like Claude to interact with KiCAD for PCB design automation, providing comprehensive tool schemas and real-time project state access.

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// key findings
⚠️
Known vulnerabilities in dependencies: 3 high
Affects packages this MCP installs at runtime. Upgrade or remove the affected dependency.
✅
No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation
Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.
✅
Open source with a license and README
Anyone can audit the code, the license is declared, and the publisher documents what it does.
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You'll be asked for 2 credentials: JLCPCB_API_KEY, JLCPCB_API_SECRET
These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.
// known CVEs in dependencies3 high

Disclosed vulnerabilities in this server's declared npm dependencies (via OSV). Whether each is reachable depends on the installed versions.

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.21.0GHSA-345p-7cg4-v4c7

@modelcontextprotocol/sdk has cross-client data leak via shared server/transport instance reuse

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.21.0GHSA-8r9q-7v3j-jr4g

Anthropic's MCP TypeScript SDK has a ReDoS vulnerability

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.21.0GHSA-w48q-cv73-mx4w

Model Context Protocol (MCP) TypeScript SDK does not enable DNS rebinding protection by default

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// required environment variables
This server reads these from process.env. You'll be asked to provide them before it can run.
configKICAD_MCP_LOG_DIR
configKICAD_PYTHON— 2. env var - User override for non-standard installations
configLOG_LEVEL— "": "info",
configPYTHONPATH— "": "/path/to/kicad/python",
configJLCPCB_APP_ID— export ="your_app_id_here"
🔐 secretJLCPCB_API_KEY— export ="your_app_key_here"
🔐 secretJLCPCB_API_SECRET— export ="your_app_secret_here"
configKICAD_MCP_JLCPCB_DB_PATH
configKICAD9_FOOTPRINT_DIR
configKICAD8_FOOTPRINT_DIR
configKICAD9_3RD_PARTY
configKICAD9_SYMBOL_DIR
configKICAD8_SYMBOL_DIR
configKICAD8_3RD_PARTY
configKICAD_BACKEND
configKICAD_MCP_PY_LOG_LEVEL— "": "info"
configKICAD_AUTO_LAUNCH
configKICAD_ALLOW_UNSAFE_SWIG_ZONE_FILL— One SWIG-specific safeguard is enabled by default: refill_zones no longer calls the legacy KiCad zone filler unless you explicitly set =true.
configKICAD_MCP_MODE
configXDG_CONFIG_HOME
configXDG_CACHE_HOME
// full audit trail
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// improvement guidance — verified publishers only
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commit: e9b52221f860d13d09df463a11df08095e079555
code hash: 568fa00b2269f59d06b9bfc868437f4678fd486ec24fdf872e4cfd735b20e10c
verified: 6/24/2026, 10:10:12 AM
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