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KiCad MCP Pro

KiCad MCP Pro is an MCP server that adds tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Production-grade MCP server for KiCad EDA—PCB design, DRC, simulation, BOM, DFM, and manufacturing. It has 153 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y kicad-mcp-pro.

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Install KiCad MCP Pro

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kicad-mcp-pro": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "kicad-mcp-pro"
      ],
      "env": {
        "KICAD_MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env KICAD_MCP_LOG_LEVEL=your-value --transport stdio kicad-mcp-pro -- npx -y kicad-mcp-pro

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kicad-mcp-pro": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "kicad-mcp-pro"
      ],
      "env": {
        "KICAD_MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "kicad-mcp-pro": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "kicad-mcp-pro"
      ],
      "env": {
        "KICAD_MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

Environment variables

Variables the server reads at startup.

NameRequiredDescription
KICAD_MCP_LOG_LEVELNoLogging level (DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR)

About KiCad MCP Pro

Drive KiCad schematic, PCB, DRC/ERC, DFM, and manufacturing review from any MCP-capable AI agent. Documentation · Installation · Quick Start · Tool Reference · AI Agent Setup · AI discovery

  • ai-agent
  • bom
  • dfm
  • drc
  • eda
  • eda-automation
  • electronics
  • erc
  • kicad
  • manufacturing

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How do I install the KiCad MCP Pro MCP server?

Add the command npx -y kicad-mcp-pro to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is KiCad MCP Pro free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is KiCad MCP Pro actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 26, 2026. The latest release is kicad-mcp-gui-v4.4.0, published Oct 24, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.