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Mcp Kicad Pcb Inspector

Mcp Kicad Pcb Inspector

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About Mcp Kicad Pcb Inspector

MCP KiCad PCB Inspector is a read-only server for analyzing KiCad PCB files without opening the KiCad GUI. It supports agents and design reviewers with board structure and DRC information for review and pre-fabrication checks.

Key features

  1. 01Parse board metadata
  2. 02Inspect layer stackup
  3. 03List nets and pad counts
  4. 04Inventory placed footprints
  5. 05Surface embedded DRC violations
  6. 06Read board outline geometry

Use cases

  1. 01Review PCB changes in a pull request
  2. 02Check board files before fabrication
  3. 03Inspect nets, footprints, or DRC findings

MCP support

It exposes read-only KiCad PCB parsing and inspection tools to MCP clients, including board metadata, layers, nets, footprints, DRC violations, and outline geometry.

#mcp#kicad#pcb#eda#hardware#design-review#mcp-server

Configuration

Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.

No install method listed yet

We haven’t collected a package or remote endpoint for this server. Follow the instructions in the project README.

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Tools

No tool list yet

Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.

Details

From the project README

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MCP KiCad PCB Inspector

Parse and analyze KiCad PCB files from AI agents. Surface layer stackup, net counts, footprint inventory, DRC violations, board outline geometry — without launching the KiCad GUI.

Tools

  • parse_pcb — header info: title, board version, last save, KiCad version
  • layer_stackup — copper + dielectric layers with thickness, material, dielectric constant
  • net_listing — all nets with pad count and routing-completeness flag
  • footprint_inventory — placed footprints with reference designator, value, layer, BOM-relevant attributes
  • drc_violations — Design Rule Check violations from the embedded report (if available)
  • board_outline — board outline polygon coordinates + dimensions

What this is for

Design review automation. Pre-fab sanity checks. An agent reviewing a PR that touches PCB files can answer: "what changed in net VDD_3V3?", "are there any DRC violations?", "what's the new footprint count?", without you opening pcbnew.

What this is not

Not a router. Not a placer. Not a synthesis engine. Read-only parse of the saved file. For interactive PCB editing, use KiCad directly.

Quick start

pip install mcp-kicad-pcb-inspector
mcp-kicad-pcb-inspector serve

Typical agent workflow

Agent: "Review the PR diff against board.kicad_pcb"
↓
1. parse_pcb(file="board.kicad_pcb") → identifies KiCad 10.0.1, last saved 2026-05-15
2. layer_stackup(file=...) → confirms 4-layer is unchanged
3. drc_violations(file=...) → 2 new clearance violations on net DATA_BUS
4. Agent flags the violations inline in PR review

License

MIT.

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