fix: board outline position and rounded corners (3 bugs)
Bug 1 — Rounded corners missing (src/tools/board.ts schema)
Symptom: Claude sends shape='rectangle' + radius=2.5, but the Zod schema
only listed 'rectangle', 'circle', 'polygon' as valid shapes. The JS
handler never passed cornerRadius through the IPC path, and Python only
generated arcs for shape='rounded_rectangle'. Result: 4 straight lines,
no arcs.
Fix: Added 'rounded_rectangle' and 'cornerRadius' to the Zod schema in
src/tools/board.ts so Claude can send the correct shape directly.
Also added a Python-side auto-upgrade: if shape='rectangle' and
cornerRadius>0, silently promote to 'rounded_rectangle' so legacy
callers still work (python/commands/board/outline.py).
Bug 2 — Board outline placed at (-w/2, -h/2) instead of (0, 0)
Symptom: A 30x30 mm board outline was placed centred at the origin
(start -15 -15) ... (end 15 15) instead of the expected top-left at
(0,0) → (30,30).
Root cause: src/tools/board.ts extracted x/y from params and renamed
them to centerX/centerY before forwarding to Python:
const { x, y, ...otherParams } = params;
callKicadScript('add_board_outline', { centerX: x, centerY: y, ...otherParams })
Python received centerX=0, centerY=0 and used that as the board centre,
placing the outline at (-15,-15)→(+15,+15).
Fix: Pass x/y directly as top-left corner coordinates. Python already
contains the correct logic: center = x + width/2, y + height/2. Removed
the incorrect rename in board.ts:
callKicadScript('add_board_outline', { shape, ...params })
Bug 3 — print() on stdout corrupted JSON-RPC protocol → Timeout
Symptom: Claude Desktop reported 'Timeout' for add_board_outline even
though Python completed the command in <5 ms. KiCAD was falsely launched.
Root cause: Debug print() statements written to stdout (the same channel
used for JSON-RPC responses) injected non-JSON lines into the protocol.
Node.js could not parse the response → timeout → Claude Desktop invented
a 'KiCAD UI required' workaround.
Fix: Removed all print() calls from outline.py. Logger.info/debug writes
to the log file (~/.kicad-mcp/logs/kicad_interface.log) and is safe.
Files changed:
src/tools/board.ts — Zod schema + removed centerX/centerY rename
python/commands/board/outline.py — auto-upgrade rectangle+radius, remove print()
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@@ -145,11 +145,12 @@ export function registerBoardTools(server: McpServer, callKicadScript: CommandFu
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server.tool(
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"add_board_outline",
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{
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shape: z.enum(["rectangle", "circle", "polygon"]).describe("Shape of the outline"),
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shape: z.enum(["rectangle", "circle", "polygon", "rounded_rectangle"]).describe("Shape of the outline"),
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params: z.object({
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// For rectangle
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// For rectangle / rounded_rectangle
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width: z.number().optional().describe("Width of rectangle"),
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height: z.number().optional().describe("Height of rectangle"),
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cornerRadius: z.number().optional().describe("Corner radius for rounded_rectangle (mm)"),
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// For circle
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radius: z.number().optional().describe("Radius of circle"),
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// For polygon
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@@ -159,21 +160,19 @@ export function registerBoardTools(server: McpServer, callKicadScript: CommandFu
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y: z.number().describe("Y coordinate")
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})
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).optional().describe("Points of polygon"),
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// Common parameters
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x: z.number().describe("X coordinate of center/origin"),
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y: z.number().describe("Y coordinate of center/origin"),
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// Position: top-left corner for rectangles/rounded_rectangle, center for circle
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x: z.number().describe("X coordinate of top-left corner for rectangles (default: 0)"),
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y: z.number().describe("Y coordinate of top-left corner for rectangles (default: 0)"),
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unit: z.enum(["mm", "inch"]).describe("Unit of measurement")
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}).describe("Parameters for the outline shape")
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},
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async ({ shape, params }) => {
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logger.debug(`Adding ${shape} board outline`);
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// Flatten params and rename x/y to centerX/centerY for Python compatibility
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const { x, y, ...otherParams } = params;
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// Pass x/y as-is to Python; outline.py treats them as top-left corner
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// and computes the center internally (center = x + width/2, y + height/2).
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const result = await callKicadScript("add_board_outline", {
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shape,
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centerX: x,
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centerY: y,
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...otherParams
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...params
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});
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return {
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