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Konnect gives AI assistants 228 KiCad tools for PCB design

github.com 11 min read Editor score 7/10

The KiCad MCP plugin exposes 228 tools across 21 toolsets for schematic capture, PCB routing, design checks and manufacturing exports. It is a concrete example of connecting AI assistants to a specialized engineering workflow.

What: Konnect is a native KiCad plugin that lets AI assistants design schematics and PCBs through the Model Context Protocol.
How: It uses a single Rust binary and KiCad 10’s IPC API; its 228 tools load on demand through toolsets.
Why it matters: A shorter, single-process call path and a static binary reduce integration and dependency complexity for AI-assisted design.

AI assistant tool calls pass through Konnect to KiCad 10’s IPC API. Sketched from the article's own text.

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