KiCAD MCP Server
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOG_LEVEL | No | Logging level for the server, for example "info". | |
| PYTHONPATH | Yes | Path to KiCAD's Python packages (platform-specific) so the server can import pcbnew. | |
| KICAD_PYTHON | No | Optional path to the Python executable to use if automatic Python detection fails. | |
| KICAD_MCP_DEV | No | Set to "1" to enable developer mode and save the MCP session log into the project's logs/ folder on export_gerber and snapshot_project calls. | |
| JLCPCB_API_KEY | No | JLCPCB enterprise API app key for the optional official JLCPCB API integration. | |
| JLCPCB_API_SECRET | No | JLCPCB enterprise API app secret for the optional official JLCPCB API integration. |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Server capabilities have not been inspected yet.
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
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|---|---|
No tools | |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
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No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
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No resources | |
This server cannot be deployed
Maintenance
ActivityMaintained
ResponsivenessNo issues