kicad-jlcpcb

v0.11.0

Generate JLCPCB-ready KiCad PCB projects from descriptions, BOMs, or existing projects. Sources LCSC parts (basic-tier preferred), generates schematics, and packages routed boards into Gerber/drill/CPL/BOM zips ready to upload to JLCPCB.

Claude Code1 Skill1 MCP serverstdio

By BeckhamLabsLicense: MIT24 GitHub starsUpdated last week

Directory evidence

Runtimes: Claude Code
Parsed components: 2 skill or MCP entries
Source updated: Sep 16, 2026
Manifest status: Canonical path parsed

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Install kicad-jlcpcb for Claude Code

Installs for the current user

claude plugin marketplace add IchenDEV/agent-plugin-mkt
claude plugin marketplace update agent-plugin-marketplace
claude plugin install kicad-jlcpcb@agent-plugin-marketplace

Paste and run these commands in a terminal with Claude Code. They add and refresh the PluginsMP catalog, then install this plugin.

The installer fetches third-party code from the source repository shown on this page. This directory validates manifest structure and source location, but does not perform a security audit; review the manifest, components, and source before installing.

Get the source manually

$ git clone https://github.com/BeckhamLabsLLC/kicad-jlcpcb

Clone the source repository, then follow its setup instructions to add the plugin to a compatible client. The repository root is the plugin root.

Plugin files

kicad-jlcpcb/

├── .claude-plugin/plugin.json
├── skills/kicad-jlcpcb-workflow/SKILL.md
└── .mcp.json

Included Skills1

kicad-jlcpcb-workflowskills/kicad-jlcpcb-workflow/SKILL.md

Use this skill when the user asks to "design a PCB", "make a board", "build a PCB project", "order from JLCPCB", "create a schematic", "source LCSC parts", "wire up a board", "generate a PCB from a BOM", or any KiCad + JLCPCB workflow. Also use when working with `.kicad_pro` or `.kicad_pcb` files. Phase 1.6 handles project setup, LCSC part sourcing, EasyEDA pin-map fetching, fully-wired `.kicad_pcb` generation via pcbnew, and hand-off to EasyEDA for routing + JLCPCB ordering.

MCP servers1

kicad-jlcpcbstdio

command: python3
args: -m kicad_jlcpcb_mcp
env.PYTHONPATH: ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/src

MCP configuration uses runtime-provided plugin path placeholders such as ${PLUGIN_ROOT} or ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}. Review the manifest for the runtime-specific expansion rules.

Plugin manifests1

.claude-plugin/plugin.json

{
  "name": "kicad-jlcpcb",
  "version": "0.11.0",
  "description": "Generate JLCPCB-ready KiCad PCB projects from descriptions, BOMs, or existing projects. Sources LCSC parts (basic-tier preferred), generates schematics, and packages routed boards into Gerber/drill/CPL/BOM zips ready to upload to JLCPCB.",
  "author": {
    "name": "BeckhamLabs",
    "url": "https://github.com/BeckhamLabsLLC"
  },
  "license": "MIT",
  "repository": "https://github.com/BeckhamLabsLLC/kicad-jlcpcb",
  "homepage": "https://github.com/BeckhamLabsLLC/kicad-jlcpcb",
  "keywords": [
    "mcp",
    "claude-code",
    "claude-code-plugin",
    "kicad",
    "jlcpcb",
    "lcsc",
    "pcb",
    "electronics",
    "hardware",
    "gerber",
    "schematic",
    "eda"
  ]
}