altium-designer-mcp

Name: altium-designer-mcp Review
Item: altium-designer-mcp
Rating: 2.5
Author: Aaron Matthews

Connector Development Poor

Works inClaude Code Claude Cowork Claude Chat

Poor Scanned — metadata only

Automates component library curation and validation in Altium Designer, reducing manual data entry errors and accelerating PCB design cycles while ensuring l…

MCP server for AI-assisted Altium Designer component libraries management

Ask Claude to help organize and catalog existing component library entries in Altium Designer
Generate accurate component specifications and footprint data for new library additions
Find and resolve duplicate or conflicting component definitions across your design libraries

29 starsGPL-3.0 (check with legal)Free

Below standard — Significant caveats apply. Not recommended without careful review of the security and evaluation sections.

Why it matters

Automates component library curation and validation in Altium Designer, reducing manual data entry errors and accelerating PCB design cycles while ensuring library consistency across teams.

Best for

Hardware engineering teams managing large component libraries and PCB design workflows requiring standardized part data governance.

Works in

Claude Code Claude Cowork Claude Chat

Source

https://github.com/embedded-society/altium-designer-mcp

By embedded-society

How to Get It

Option 1: Claude Desktop AppOpen the Customize panel in the sidebar → browse connectors → search and add. Works in Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and Claude Chat.

Option 2: Paste into Claude CodeCopy the command below and paste it into a Claude Code conversation. Claude will run it for you.

Command

claude mcp add altium-designer-mcp -- npx -y altium-designer-mcp

Tip: Paste this into a Claude Code conversation. Verify command matches your Claude Code version.

Auto-generated from the tool's public listing — not hands-on verified. Cross-check against the source repo's README before running.

First thing to try

Once it’s connected, paste this into Claude:

Help organize and catalog existing component library entries in Altium Designer

CostFree

Trust Signals Auto-scanned

Stars29Contributors5Last updated2026-07-25LicenseGPL-3.0 (check with legal)Known CVEsNone foundSources: GitHub Advisory Database + OSV.dev · Scanned 2026-07-25 · scanner v1

Data & Access

Data processingPrompts sent to Anthropic API. Enterprise/Team plans exclude training.

Community Pulse New

No community discussions found yet. This doesn't mean the tool isn't good — it may be new or serve a niche use case.

Reviewer notes

Auto-scanned review. These are observations, not a security certification.

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 29 GitHub stars; 5 contributors; last commit 0d ago; license GPL-3.0.

Things to check

Scanned, not hands-on tested — this entry was auto-scanned from public metadata (GitHub metrics, license, security flags). No reviewer has run it, and no tool-specific limitations have been documented yet.
License (GPL-3.0) may restrict commercial use. Check with your legal team.

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Evaluation Scores

Evaluation

Ease of Use

1/5

Versatility

2/5

Reliability

4/5

Security

4/5

Overall score2.45 / 5.00 PoorEvaluatedJul 2026

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 29 GitHub stars; 5 contributors; last commit 0d ago; license GPL-3.0.

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