io.github.turbyho/kicad-workbench
KiCad Workbench
Is the KiCad Workbench MCP server down? No. It answered initialize and tools/list in the probe of 2026-11-09.
Gives KiCad 8, 9 and 10 projects to LLM agents: schematics, boards, ERC, DRC, BOM, edits
alive probed 2026-11-15 · unchanged since 2026-11-09
- Run it
- uvx kicad-workbench@0.1.0 (stdio, probed in a container with the network off)
- Host
- pypi.org
- Reports itself as
- kicad-workbench 3.4.11
- Capabilities
- experimental, extensions, logging, prompts, resources, tools
- Instructions
- 910 characters
- Of a 1M window
- 1.9 % of a 1M context window
- Count
- 19k tokens in Claude Opus 5.5, exact, measured 2026-11-09. With the Claude Code prefix mcp__…__ on each tool name: 20k. The o200k_base estimate is 12k. Counted again when the tool definitions change. Method.
- Repository
- https://github.com/turbyho/kicad-workbench
- Website
- https://github.com/turbyho/kicad-workbench
- Registry
- active, updated 2026-11-08 · registry entry
Most expensive tools
The Claude column scales the o200k estimate of each tool by this server's ratio of exact to estimate, 1.62×.
| Tool | ≈ Claude tokens | o200k estimate | Share of this server |
|---|---|---|---|
| render_library_item | 1 232 | 763 | 6 % |
| export_bom | 1 127 | 698 | 6 % |
| add_component_from_library | 1 029 | 637 | 5 % |
| set_symbol_fields | 987 | 611 | 5 % |
| create_kicad_project | 859 | 532 | 4 % |
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Badge for the README
The result of the latest probe, the tool count and the token cost. The feed has an entry for every probe that changed them.
A mail when this server changes
Stops answering, comes back, tool set or cost changes. One confirmation mail first, a stop link in every mail.
For the publisher
- This server is in the heaviest 10 % of the registry. Shorter descriptions, fewer optional parameters and fewer tools cut the cost. The command npx mcpcost --url <endpoint> --tools 50 lists every tool with its cost.