# io.github.bunnyf/kicad-mcp-server (pypi · kicad-mcp-server)

MCP server for AI-assisted PCB design with KiCad 9.x

- Trust score: 46/100 (low)
- Change this week: +2
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- pypi · `kicad-mcp-server`: 46/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/bunnyf-kicad-mcp-server/kicad-mcp-server.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/bunnyf-kicad-mcp-server/kicad-mcp-server)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `pypi`
- Package: `kicad-mcp-server`
- Version: `3.5.0`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-08-03.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 50/100
  - Malware scan not yet available for this package.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - Runs setuptools.build_meta at install time, a recognised native-build step with no shell scripting around it.
  - No production dependencies, so there is no dependency health to assess.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 32/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - License check failed: the license (GNU General Public License v3 or later (GPLv3+)) isn't a recognized OSI-approved license.
  - Actively maintained (last published 197 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 70/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 656 tokens (~28/item across 23 items; 23 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Capabilities**: 20/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2024-11-05; the latest is 2026-07-28.

**Unverified: 1 category.** A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add bunnyf-kicad-mcp-server -- uvx kicad-mcp-server
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add bunnyf-kicad-mcp-server -- uvx kicad-mcp-server
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "bunnyf-kicad-mcp-server": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "uvx",
        "kicad-mcp-server"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add bunnyf-kicad-mcp-server --command uvx --arg kicad-mcp-server
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  bunnyf-kicad-mcp-server:
    command: "uvx"
    args: ["kicad-mcp-server"]
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bunnyf-kicad-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "kicad-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-08-03 (score 46, +10)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified
- [security] Stability: Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- [functional regression] MCP protocol: unverified → fail
- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: unverified → 100
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: fail
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: pass
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: good
- [functional] First check of Tool coverage: 100

### 2026-07-31 (score 36, −8)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified
- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-28 (score 44, 0)

- [functional] Schema quality: Schema quality not yet verified: our sandbox run of this package did not complete, so we have no schema to assess.
- [functional] Tool coverage: Tool coverage not yet verified: our sandbox run of this package did not complete, so we have no tool definitions to assess.

### 2026-07-26 (score 44)

First indexed and scored.

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

## MCP tools (23)

### `list_projects` (~12 tokens)

List all projects

### `run_drc` (~29 tokens)

Run Design Rule Check (DRC) on PCB

Input parameters:

- `project` (string, required): Project name

### `run_erc` (~28 tokens)

Run Electrical Rule Check (ERC) on schematic

Input parameters:

- `project` (string, required): Project name

### `fill_zones` (~25 tokens)

Fill all copper zones in PCB

Input parameters:

- `project` (string, required): Project name

### `auto_route` (~55 tokens)

Auto-route PCB using FreeRouting (async by default, creates backup)

Input parameters:

- `async_mode` (boolean): Run asynchronously (recommended)
- `max_passes` (integer): Maximum routing passes
- `project` (string, required): Project name

### `get_task_status` (~26 tokens)

Get status of an async task

Input parameters:

- `task_id` (string, required): Task ID

### `list_tasks` (~13 tokens)

List all async tasks

### `cleanup_tasks` (~33 tokens)

Clean up old completed/failed tasks

Input parameters:

- `max_age_days` (integer): Maximum age in days for tasks to keep

### `get_board_info` (~29 tokens)

Get PCB board information (dimensions, layers, components)

Input parameters:

- `project` (string, required): Project name

### `export_gerber` (~26 tokens)

Export Gerber and drill files

Input parameters:

- `project` (string, required): Project name

### `export_bom` (~25 tokens)

Export Bill of Materials (CSV)

Input parameters:

- `project` (string, required): Project name

### `export_netlist` (~46 tokens)

Export netlist (kicadxml, spice, cadstar, orcadpcb2)

Input parameters:

- `format` (string): Output format
- `project` (string, required): Project name

### `export_3d` (~43 tokens)

Export 3D rendered images (top, bottom, iso, all)

Input parameters:

- `project` (string, required): Project name
- `view` (string): View angle

### `export_svg` (~36 tokens)

Export PCB as SVG images

Input parameters:

- `project` (string, required): Project name
- `view` (string): View (top/bottom/all)

### `export_pdf` (~41 tokens)

Export PCB as PDF

Input parameters:

- `layers` (string): Layer set (top, bottom, all) or custom layers
- `project` (string, required): Project name

### `export_sch_pdf` (~24 tokens)

Export schematic as PDF

Input parameters:

- `project` (string, required): Project name

### `export_sch_svg` (~24 tokens)

Export schematic as SVG

Input parameters:

- `project` (string, required): Project name

### `export_step` (~26 tokens)

Export PCB as STEP 3D model

Input parameters:

- `project` (string, required): Project name

### `export_jlcpcb` (~30 tokens)

Export complete JLCPCB/PCBWay manufacturing package

Input parameters:

- `project` (string, required): Project name

### `export_all` (~23 tokens)

Export all available file types

Input parameters:

- `project` (string, required): Project name

### `get_output_files` (~23 tokens)

List project output files

Input parameters:

- `project` (string, required): Project name

### `read_file` (~27 tokens)

Read file content (restricted to project/task directories)

Input parameters:

- `filepath` (string, required): File path

### `get_version` (~12 tokens)

Get version information

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Install scripts, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/bunnyf-kicad-mcp-server/kicad-mcp-server#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 46
- 2026-08-02: 36
- 2026-08-01: 36
- 2026-07-31: 36
- 2026-07-29: 44
- 2026-07-28: 44
- 2026-07-27: 44
- 2026-07-26: 44

## Links

- PyPI project: https://pypi.org/project/kicad-mcp-server/
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/pypi/package/kicad-mcp-server
- Repository: https://github.com/bunnyf/pcb-mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/bunnyf-kicad-mcp-server/kicad-mcp-server/changelog.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/bunnyf-kicad-mcp-server/kicad-mcp-server/changelog.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/bunnyf-kicad-mcp-server/kicad-mcp-server