KiCad MCP Pro

local MCP server

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add kicad-mcp-pro -e KICAD_MCP_LOG_LEVEL=... -- uvx kicad-mcp-pro

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kicad-mcp-pro": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "kicad-mcp-pro"
      ],
      "env": {
        "KICAD_MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

Summary

Production-grade MCP server for KiCad EDA—PCB design, DRC, simulation, BOM, DFM, and manufacturing.

Questions

KiCad MCP Pro is a local MCP server distributed as the pypi package kicad-mcp-pro.

Run: claude mcp add kicad-mcp-pro -e KICAD_MCP_LOG_LEVEL=... -- uvx kicad-mcp-pro

Run: codex mcp add kicad-mcp-pro --env KICAD_MCP_LOG_LEVEL=... -- uvx kicad-mcp-pro

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