Altium Designer MCP server
io.github.embedded-society/altium-designer-mcp·v1.4.0·72 starsFile I/O and primitive-placement tools so AI assistants can create and manage Altium libraries.
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How Altium Designer compares
Against every graded MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.
- Safety score
- 85/100
- higher than 70% of 48,255 servers
- GitHub stars
- 72
- more than 95% of 28,688 servers
Release history: 8 versions in the registry since 2026-09-16, latest 2026-11-02, typically one every 6 days.
Install Altium Designer in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code
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What the publisher says
From the Altium Designer repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub
altium-designer-mcp
Let an AI build your Altium libraries — it does the engineering, this tool writes the files.
An MCP server that gives AI assistants (Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Antigravity, VS Code Copilot — any MCP client) file I/O and primitive-placement tools for Altium Designer .PcbLib (footprint) and .SchLib (symbol) libraries — so the AI can create and maintain any component, not just pre-programmed packages.
The Problem
Building Altium component libraries by hand is slow and repetitive — every footprint means looking up IPC-7351B pad sizes, courtyards, and silkscreen, then placing each primitive by hand. AI assistants are excellent at exactly that reasoning, but they cannot write Altium's binary .PcbLib/.SchLib files — an undocumented OLE compound format that is easy to corrupt, and Altium silently refuses to open a malformed file.
The Core Idea
The AI handles the intelligence. The tool handles file I/O.
This means the AI can create any footprint — not just pre-programmed package types. See docs/VISION.md for the full architectural rationale.
Who Is This For?
Anyone who builds or maintains Altium component libraries and uses an MCP-capable AI assistant. The AI does the engineering (datasheet → dimensions → style); this server lets it read and write the actual .PcbLib / .SchLib files.
Quick Start
Client Setup — verified configuration for Claude Code, Claude
Desktop, Google Antigravity, Cursor, VS Code, GitHub Copilot CLI, Windsurf, Cline, Roo Code,
Kiro, JetBrains, Zed, Gemini CLI, Codex CLI, Continue, Goose, OpenCode and any other stdio
MCP client, plus troubleshooting — on Windows, Linux, and macOS.
Using the server — what to ask for once it is connected: example
workflows, prompts and tips, identical for every client.
How It Works
Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.
Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.
Altium Designer: common questions
- Is Altium Designer MCP server safe?
- Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (85/100). Read the Altium Designer safety report
- Does Altium Designer need an API key?
- Not as far as the registry entry and our scan can tell: no credentials are declared or required.
- Is Altium Designer maintained?
- The last commit was 33 days ago (2026-10-02). The latest release is v1.4.0.
- How does Altium Designer compare with other MCP servers?
- safety score 85/100 (higher than 70% of 48,255 servers); github stars 72 (more than 95% of 28,688 servers). Full comparison.