Three-phase MCP server startup: wait for Python READY handshake, send
_warmup command (pcbnew.BOARD() triggers wxApp init on macOS), connect
to MCP transport only after warm-up completes.
Also pre-populate symbol library cache during SymbolLibraryManager
init so the first search_symbols call doesn't parse 241 .kicad_sym
files from disk (30-120s). Both warm-up and cache population happen
before tools are registered with the MCP client.
Fixes#195
The Import-LIB-KiCad-Plugin documentation registers third-party libraries
using `${KICAD_3RD_PARTY}` (without a KiCad-version prefix). KiCad accepts
both unprefixed and version-prefixed forms in lib-tables, and the analogous
`KICAD_SYMBOL_DIR` was already handled in `library_symbol.py`'s env-var
dictionary.
`KICAD_3RD_PARTY` was missing from both `_resolve_uri` env-var dictionaries
(in `python/commands/library.py` and `python/commands/library_symbol.py`),
so lib-table rows authored as `${KICAD_3RD_PARTY}/Foo.kicad_sym` or
`${KICAD_3RD_PARTY}/Foo.pretty` failed to substitute, were treated as
non-existent paths, and disappeared from `list_symbol_libraries` /
`list_libraries` results — even though KiCad's GUI showed them correctly.
Changes:
- Add `KICAD_3RD_PARTY` to both `_resolve_uri` env-var dictionaries.
- Add `KICAD_3RD_PARTY` fallback in
`SymbolLibraryManager._find_3rd_party_dir`.
- Refactor `LibraryManager._find_kicad_3rdparty_dir` to check all four
env-var forms (KICAD10/9/8_3RD_PARTY + KICAD_3RD_PARTY) consistently.
- Add regression tests in `tests/test_kicad_3rd_party_env_resolution.py`.
Reproduces with:
- Set `KICAD_3RD_PARTY` env var in the MCP server's environment.
- Register `(lib (name "Foo") (type "KiCad") (uri "\${KICAD_3RD_PARTY}/Foo.kicad_sym") ...)` in the global sym-lib-table.
- Place a real `Foo.kicad_sym` at the resolved path.
- Before: `list_symbol_libraries` does not return `Foo`.
- After: `Foo` is listed.
search_symbols, list_symbol_libraries, list_library_symbols, and
get_symbol_info previously only consulted the global sym-lib-table. A
library registered with project scope (an entry in
<project>/sym-lib-table) was therefore invisible — even right after
open_project succeeded — making add_schematic_component the only tool
that could see it.
Fix has two parts:
1. Wrap project_commands.open_project and project_commands.create_project
in handlers that rebuild SymbolLibraryCommands.library_manager against
the project directory. After open_project, project-scope libraries are
automatically visible to subsequent search/list/info calls.
2. Add an optional projectPath parameter to the four discovery tools
(accepts a project directory, .kicad_pro, .kicad_pcb, or .kicad_sch
path). Stateless callers can resolve project libraries without first
calling open_project. SymbolLibraryCommands._derive_project_path also
walks up from schematicPath/boardPath to find the directory that owns
the project, mirroring the logic in _handle_add_schematic_component.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Parser used a 5000-char heuristic slice per symbol; any symbol block
shorter than 5000 chars bled into the next one, and last-write-wins in
the properties dict ensured the neighbor's data clobbered the target.
Reported as Simulation_SPICE:OPAMP returning PJFET data.
Switch to parenthesis-depth tracking to find the true end of each
(symbol ...) block. Also surface Sim.Pins so agents can read opamp pin
numbering without inferring it from schematic placement.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add type annotations to all previously untyped functions and remove 9
suppressed error codes (call-arg, assignment, return-value, operator,
has-type, dict-item, misc, list-item, annotation-unchecked) by fixing
the underlying type issues.
Add [[tool.mypy.overrides]] with ignore_missing_imports for KiCAD-specific
modules (pcbnew, sexpdata, skip, cairosvg, kipy, PIL) so the pre-commit
mypy hook passes in its isolated venv. Add types-requests and pytest to
additional_dependencies in .pre-commit-config.yaml.
Also fixes several real bugs uncovered by stricter checks: incorrect static
calls to instance methods in swig_backend, wrong return type on get_size,
missing value param in BoardAPI.place_component, variable shadowing in
kicad_process.py, unqualified LibraryManager reference in kicad_interface,
and missing top-level Path import.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add isort configuration (profile=black, line_length=100) to pyproject.toml,
add isort pre-commit hook, and auto-sort imports across all Python source files.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add [tool.black] config to pyproject.toml and Black hook to
.pre-commit-config.yaml (rev 26.3.1), then auto-format all Python
source and test files with line-length=100, target-version=py310.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
**Root Cause:**
When a library wasn't registered in sym-lib-table, the tool returned:
- success: true
- symbols: []
- count: 0
This was confusing because it looked like the library existed but was empty.
**The Fix:**
Now explicitly checks if library exists in sym-lib-table before attempting
to list symbols. If not found, returns:
- success: false
- Clear error message: "Library 'X' not found in sym-lib-table"
- Helpful details about how to resolve (add to sym-lib-table or use available libs)
- Count of available libraries
- Suggestion to use 'list_symbol_libraries' tool
**Test Results:**
✓ Non-existent library (BQ25896RTWT): Returns error as expected
✓ Valid library (Device): Returns 533 symbols successfully
**User Impact:**
Users will now get clear feedback when they try to access libraries that
aren't registered in their KiCad configuration, instead of seeing "0 symbols"
which suggests the library exists but is empty.
Fixes#27
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Adds comprehensive local KiCad symbol library search functionality and fixes KICAD9_3RD_PARTY environment variable resolution.
Features:
- Symbol library search by name, LCSC ID, description, manufacturer, MPN
- Support for 3rd party libraries installed via Plugin and Content Manager
- New MCP tools: search_symbols, list_symbol_libraries, get_symbol_info
- Enhanced library path resolution for KiCad 8 and 9
This enables users with locally installed JLCPCB libraries to search and use components directly.
Co-authored-by: l3wi <l3wi@users.noreply.github.com>
