Repos, MCP servers, CLIs and libraries that connect an AI agent to boards and bench gear.
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5 mo ago
Clawdmeter shows Claude Code session and weekly usage limits on an ESP32 display board, where a Clawd character reacts to prompts. Through Claude Code hooks it flags sessions waiting for input. It pairs over Bluetooth, and its buttons send key presses. The README lists 8 supported boards and 15 community ports. A photo shows two devices running.
6 mo ago
m5-paper-buddy pairs firmware for an M5Paper V1.1 e-ink board with a Python daemon that mirrors running Claude Code sessions. The screen shows each session's project, branch and context use. Pending tool calls appear full screen, and the board's buttons approve or deny them. It connects over USB serial or BLE. A README photo shows the dashboard on the board.
5 mo ago
stackchan-mcp puts xiaozhi-esp32-based firmware on M5Stack's StackChan kit, a CoreS3 with two neck servos and a camera, and adds a Python gateway for MCP clients. Claude Code or Claude Desktop can move the head, take photos, read the touch sensor and switch the avatar's expression over WebSocket. The README shows no photos of the robot.
5 mo ago
AI Desk Card, a skill for Claude Code and similar agents, sets up an M5Paper V1.1 e-ink panel as a desk display. The agent installs PlatformIO, flashes the font and firmware, starts a local daemon and sets up Wi-Fi. Widgets range from weather to a pull-request queue. The README has a photo of the panel on a desk.
5 mo ago
Matt Webb's company Inanimate released Resident, an open-source library that adds a Lua sandbox with hardware drivers to ESP32 devices. Apps arrive over Wi-Fi and hot-load without reflashing. Bundled Claude skills create, validate and push apps to a device such as the M5StickS3. Webb writes that sandboxed apps get buttons and screens but not the network stack.
3 mo ago
In Silico, coding agents write and maintain a device's firmware from a spec kept in a GitHub repo. The agent scaffolds firmware, a simulator with its own HAL, an install tool and CI that runs on the simulator and on hardware. MicroPython is the default, with C on ESP-IDF as an option. Three demo specs target an M5Stack M5GO kit.
4 mo ago
cardputer-claude-mcp runs a MicroPython app on an M5Stack Cardputer-Adv, linked over BLE to an MCP bridge on a Mac. Claude Code pushes notices, questions and a usage dashboard. A hook routes shell commands and file edits to the device; routine ones pass, ordinary ones need Enter, and destructive ones such as git push need Y. Photos show both prompts.
4 mo ago
vibe-hardware installs skills into Claude Code or Codex that take an idea to ESP32 firmware, a KiCad board, a build123d enclosure and a JLCPCB order. Its example is a desk pager on an M5StickC S3 that buzzes when a Claude Code session needs input. The README says the firmware works; the PCB and shell are still stubs.
25 d ago
AgentFace32 shows what coding agents such as Claude Code and Codex are doing on an ESP32 board with a small screen. Agent hooks send JSON events over the local network, and the device draws a face, a status line, a task timer and alerts. The README's video shows it following a live Codex session on an M5Stack Basic.
46 d ago
cardputer-adv-skill gives Claude Code or Codex the build and flash procedure for M5Stack Cardputer-Adv firmware with PlatformIO and M5Unified. Its README lists four traps: qio flash mode never boots, Serial.begin blocks without a host, opening the port resets the chip, and esptool 4.5.1 cannot sync. The author says every claim was measured on hardware.
