Repos, MCP servers, CLIs and libraries that connect an AI agent to boards and bench gear.
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3 mo ago
Konnect plugs into KiCad 10 as a single Rust binary and exposes PCB design tools to Claude and other MCP clients. Its 228 tools in 21 on-demand toolsets cover schematic capture, placement, routing, ERC and DRC, JLCPCB part search and manufacturing export. It succeeds the author's KiCAD-MCP-Server and is marked beta, with Windows the most tested platform.
4 mo ago
easyeda-agent drives EasyEDA Pro from an AI agent through an extension that calls the editor's official eda API. The agent builds parts from datasheets, draws schematics, places and routes boards and runs DRC, and each write is read back because the API has no undo. README GIFs show schematic and layout edits; no fabricated board is shown.
2 mo ago
quackd registers robots by name and has an LLM work toward a typed goal by calling one named skill per turn. Goals come from a terminal or from Claude over MCP, within step and time budgets, confirm gates and dry runs. The README lists eight robot bodies. Only a LeRobot SO-101 arm has run on hardware.
6 mo ago
eda-agent connects Claude Code or another MCP client to the design open in Altium Designer, with KiCad and EasyEDA Pro as optional backends. On Altium it exposes about 450 tools for schematic, PCB and library work, including batch edits and a 31-check lint sweep. The README marks it experimental: some tools can crash Altium's scripting engine.
24 d ago
TraceMaker routes and places KiCad 9 and 10 boards and judges the result with KiCad's own design-rule check. Two agent skills prepare a board and sign off a route, and an experimental session mode exposes the router over MCP. The README reports 72.5% of PCBench tier B boards routed with no added KiCad errors, against 50% for Freerouting.
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.
51 d ago
pcb-skill takes Claude Code or Codex desktop from a hardware idea through schematic, sourcing and EasyEDA Pro layout to a staged PCB order. Each phase ends at a gate, and the agent stops at the pre-payment page. The README's case-study board, an ESP32-P4 music player, was staged for order but not fabricated or powered.
4 mo ago
KiCad MCP Pro connects an MCP agent to KiCad projects for ERC and DRC, DFM checks, BOMs and manufacturing exports. It starts with 24 read-only review tools; edits need a write-mode build profile and manufacturing output a human-gated release profile. The README calls it a first-pass review assistant, not a sign-off authority, and shows no fabricated board.
5 mo ago
DCP defines a compact protocol and reference firmware through which LLM agents call intent-level actions on small microcontrollers. A host-side bridge exposes each intent as an MCP tool and checks capability tokens, units and ranges before anything reaches the board. The README lists 13 of 13 round-trip tests passing on an ESP32-WROOM-32 and an ESP32-S3.
11 mo ago
awesome-mcp-hardware lists MCP servers and clients for hardware and the physical world on GitHub. About 22 entries cover debug servers for probe-rs, TI XDS110 and STM32, serial and TCP bridges, a Saleae Logic 2 server, a ROS server and Modbus and OPC UA servers. New entries arrive through pull requests.
37 d ago
rttsh is a Windows command-line terminal over SEGGER J-Link RTT for checking firmware on the board. Firmware exposes a command console through RTT, and Lua scripts on the host send commands and assert on replies and timing. It shares the flashing probe, leaves the UART free and includes an 8-tool MCP server. The README's 23 example scripts target an STM32H743.
2 mo ago
STM32 AutoDebug Universal Kit compiles STM32 firmware with Keil MDK, flashes it over SWD and waits for a pass token on the serial port. On a HardFault it reads the fault registers and maps the PC to a source line. Every result is an exit code. It is Windows-only; the README shows example output from an STM32F103C8T6.
4 mo ago
ESPHome-MCP connects an agent to the ESPHome Device Builder through the WebSocket protocol it adopted in 2026.6. Its 16 tools edit and validate YAML, stream logs, decode crash backtraces and compile and OTA-flash firmware. Flash tools are marked destructive, and an offline device reports a deferred flash. The author expects to archive it once ESPHome ships its own MCP server.
5 mo ago
wirestudio generates pin assignments, ESPHome YAML, a KiCad schematic and PCB, a JLCPCB fab bundle and an OpenSCAD enclosure from one design file. It covers ESP32-family boards and the ESP8266. A built-in Claude agent or any MCP client can call its 53 tools, 22 of which reach hardware. The README says those were exercised on a live bench during bring-up.
6 mo ago
kicad-jlcpcb, a Claude Code plugin and MCP server, produces a wired .kicad_pcb file from a one-line board description or a BOM. It sources LCSC parts with a preference for JLCPCB basic-library stock, fetches pin maps from EasyEDA and wires nets by pin name. Routing and ordering are left to EasyEDA and JLCPCB. The README shows no fabricated board.
34 d ago
K-Dense's LabMCP connects Claude and other assistants to lab instruments through 32 MCP servers. They cover balances, hotplate stirrers, syringe pumps, spectrometers, potentiostats and other instruments. Each server checks commands against user-set safety limits and logs them, and each has a practice mode. The README marks all 32 as tested only in simulation, from the makers' manuals.
57 d ago
Jizai's Palmimo DevKit exposes Palmimo, a six-legged tabletop robot with 21 serial-bus servos, to Claude Code and other MCP clients. A Python SDK maps LLM tool calls to walking, waving, looking, face changes and speech. Every motion can run as a compute-only dry run first. README GIFs show the physical robot bowing and waving.
2 mo ago
AURIX AI Agent connects GitHub Copilot's agent mode in VS Code to Infineon AURIX iLLD drivers, code examples and documentation through MCP. Copilot then builds with GCC and flashes the board with AURIX Flasher. The author's linked videos show a one-sentence prompt blinking every LED on a TC387 and a pose-detection game on a TC375. The extension is Windows-only.
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.
5 mo ago
serial-mcp exposes UART and USB serial ports to coding agents such as Claude Code and Codex through 25 MCP tools, written in Rust. An always-on receive buffer answers reads with pattern matching instead of blocking. A boot-capture tool pulses DTR or RTS for Arduino auto-reset, and port allowlists limit what the agent can open. The README shows no board logs.
