192 integrated tools covering the full PCB lifecycle — design review, signal integrity, supply chain, manufacturing prep, and a live KiCad copilot — exposed to your AI assistant through the Model Context Protocol.
Without MCP, an AI can only talk about PCB design. With PCB Studio, the AI actually does it — generates schematics, runs simulations, validates manufacturing constraints, and prepares fab-ready bundles in a single conversation.
Describe what you need in plain language. The AI coordinates the tools. You approve each step. The output is a professional, manufacturing-ready design package.
For beginners, this eliminates the years of learning it normally takes to design a PCB. For professionals, it collapses hours of manual work — design review, BOM verification, supply-chain checks, CAM export — into a single flow.
Every capability is exposed as a tool the AI can invoke. They compose naturally — a single user request can chain 8 or 10 tools across multiple domains.
Detect installations, list projects, read metadata, render schematics + PCB layers + 3D views, run electrical & design rule checks, export Gerbers and BOMs.
12 toolsThe AI drives KiCad 9 in real time through the IPC API — places components, moves them, removes and re-routes traces — with human-in-the-loop confirmation on destructive actions.
5 toolsLive stock + pricing + lifecycle status for every component in the BOM. Obsolescence scans, regulatory compliance packs (RoHS, REACH, Conflict Minerals), price-break optimization.
4 toolsIPC-2141A impedance solvers (microstrip, stripline, differential), diff-pair length matching, power rail droop, return-path continuity, ngspice simulation.
9 toolsIPC-7351 compliant footprints generated from datasheet dimensions (SOIC, QFP, QFN, BGA). Schematic symbols from pin specs. Footprint validator. Approved Vendor List governance.
10 toolsPick-and-place export, 3D STEP for MCAD, IPC-D356 netlist for ICT, panelization, test point coverage analysis. Every bundle ships with an ed25519-signed manifest.
7 toolsFour-role RBAC (viewer / reviewer / designer / admin), tamper-evident hash-chain audit log, semantic diffs of design revisions, ECN redline PDFs, git-LFS setup.
9 toolsCopper trace temperature estimation (IPC-2152), component derating checks, multi-board connector cross-referencing, firmware pin-mux export (Zephyr, CubeMX, Arduino).
4 toolsDockerfile + Helm chart generators for on-premises hosting, air-gapped mode for ITAR / CUI environments, data-residency controls (US / EU / on-prem).
4 toolsNatural-language schematic + layout generation, auto-routing, DRC error fixing, 62 verified templates, instant fab quoting, and order placement — 124 additional tools proxied from the hosted backend.
124 toolsWorks natively with every major AI desktop app. Pick your platform — the configuration is copy-paste.
.mcpb bundleClaude Desktop handles the rest — extracts the package, registers the server, reloads automatically.
Run the login command in a terminal. A browser opens for OAuth 2.1 PKCE; tokens are saved in your OS keychain.
pcb-studio loginStart a conversation. Ask the AI to design, review, or order a PCB — it will invoke the right tools automatically.
Manual config path (for power users): edit ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows, and add an entry under mcpServers pointing to node dist/cli.js.
ChatGPT Desktop spawns MCP servers as local Node processes.
Fill in the server command + arguments. No JSON editing required.
Name: PCB Studio
Command: node
Arguments: /path/to/pcb-studio/dist/cli.jsThe MCP protocol is AI-platform-agnostic. A single server works across every compatible client with zero code changes.
.vscode/mcp.json in your projectAdd an entry for PCB Studio:
{
"servers": {
"pcb-studio": {
"command": "node",
"args": ["/path/to/pcb-studio/dist/cli.js"]
}
}
}Tools become available in the AI chat panel (Copilot Chat, Claude Code, or any other MCP-compatible VS Code extension).
Cross-platform by design. No new toolchain to learn — PCB Studio sits between tools you already use.
PCB Studio is built by an independent engineer. Manufacturers and PCB platforms interested in exposing their API to a global AI-assisted design audience are welcome to reach out for integration or affiliate terms.
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