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kernelCAD
Generate and verify CAD models
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- State
- Answered
- Protocol
- MCP 2025-06-18
- Tools listed
- 81
- Answered
- 3 of the last 3 calls
How to reach it
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https://mcp.kernelcad.com/mcp
What it can do
| Tool | What it says it does |
|---|---|
add_connector | Use this when you need to add a mate connector to a part. Durably insert `<partBinding>.connector(name, { type, origin, axis?, normal? })` before the final top-level return. Use the part binding returned by add_part. Returns modified source plus diagnostics from re-evaluation. Side-effect-free. |
add_constraint | Use this when you need to add a sketch constraint to a list. Append one validated sketch constraint to a constraint list. Side-effect-free: pass { constraints, constraint } and receive the updated list. |
add_curve | Use this when you need a freeform/organic 3D curve — a body feature line, brow, spine rail, or curve bridge between panel boundaries — authored as a Curve3D into the user's .kcad.ts immediately before the last top-level return. One authoring path, selected by `kind`: - 'nurbs' — insert a… |
add_feature | Use this when you need to insert a new feature line into a script. Insert a new feature line into a kernelCAD script before the last top-level return statement. Returns the modified code as text plus diagnostics from re-evaluating the result. Side-effect-free. Primitives that accept faceLabels… |
add_mate | Use this when you need to author a mate-graph relationship into the source, selected by `relation` (default 'mate'): - 'mate' — a typed mate between two connectors ({ name, a, b, type, pose?, limitsDeg?, limitsMm? }). - 'coupling' — couple a driven mate to a source mate by ratio ({ driven, source… |
add_part | Use this when you need to add a part to an assembly. Durably insert `const <binding> = <assembly>.part(partName, shapeExpression, opts?)` before the final top-level return in a kernelCAD source string. Returns modified source plus diagnostics from re-evaluating it. Side-effect-free: caller… |
add_path_segment | Use this when you need a freeform/organic 2D outline — an eyewear brow, ergonomic grip, sneaker midsole, or body silhouette — by appending a curved segment to an existing PathBuilder chain on the named `chain_anchor` variable. The call is injected at the END of the chain, immediately before any… |
add_pattern_feature | Use this when you need to repeat a feature in a pattern. Insert a Shape.patternLinear / .patternCircular / .patternGrid call into a kernelCAD script before the last top-level return. Pass structured args (kind + the matching spec object). Returns the modified code plus diagnostics from… |
add_surface | Use this when you need an organic, freeform, or swept shape — a body shell, panel, fairing, ergonomic curve, lens, or sculpted form — authored as a NURBS Surface into the user's .kcad.ts, OR when you need to finish surfaces into a watertight solid or taper faces for moldability. One… |
add_text | Use this when you need to author text into a kernelCAD script before the last top-level return. One authoring path, selected by `mode`: - 'sketch' — insert a sketch.text(...) call. The emitted sketch is chainable: pair with subsequent .extrude(...) / cut(...) edits to land an engraved or raised… |
add_variable_sweep | Use this when you need an organic swept solid whose cross-section changes along its length — a tapering body, horn, bottle, handle, ring band, fairing, or duct — authored as a variable-section sweep along a spine. Inserts `variableSweep(spine, sections, opts?)` into the .kcad.ts `code` immediately… |
add_workspace_target | Use this when you need to declare a reachability target for a connector. Durably insert `<assembly>.workspace(connectorRef, { reachable, toleranceMm? })` before the final top-level return. Workspace targets are checked by solvedModel validation/review pose-envelope gates. Returns modified source… |
apply_surface_blend | Use this when you need to author and evaluate a fillet or chamfer on a kernelCAD Shape. Inserts Shape.fillet(radius, selector, { continuity: G1 }) or Shape.chamfer(distance, selector) through the existing public API and returns the patched source plus evaluation diagnostics. Selectors accept… |
blockout_assembly | Use this when you have a list of parts with bounding boxes and positions (from a layout, spreadsheet, another tool or a sketch) and need an evaluable placeholder assembly script. Pass parts as { name, bboxMm:[x,y,z], positionMm:[x,y,z], rotationDeg?, anchors? } in mm; positionMm locates the bbox… |
capture_animation | Use this when you need to render a script's animation timeline to a video, or a 360° turntable of a model for sharing. Capture a kernelCAD script's animationView({...}) timeline to an MP4 (ffmpeg) or a PNG frame sequence, verifying the sampled poses for part interference. FILE ONLY: pass { file }… |
design_loop | Use this when the goal is complex / production / enclosure / gearbox / robot-arm / multi-body, or when you need evaluate→review/verify→revise until green. PREFERRED over one-shot evaluate_script+open_in_studio for Adam-level parts. Runs a CAD design loop over attempt scripts: review_cad each… |
dfm_review | Use this when you need a manufacturability (DFM) report before printing or machining a part: returns a pass/fail checklist, no dfmSpec(...) needed. Pass { file | code } and optional processes (default ['fdm', 'cnc']). FDM 3D printing checks: fdm.overhangs (unsupported overhang steeper than… |
diff_geometry | Use this when you need to know WHAT MATERIAL changed between two versions of a model, not just how much. The deeper sibling of diff_scripts: a volume delta alone is ambiguous (a boss that grew and a pocket that deepened report the same magnitude, and a part that only moved reports zero), so this… |
diff_scripts | Use this when you need to see exactly what changed between two script versions. Structured geometric delta between two versions of a kernelCAD script — a baseline ({ baseFile } or { baseCode }) and a revision ({ file } or { code }). Returns agent-readable JSON: per-part… |
drawing_to_cad | Use this when the reference for a part is a 2D engineering drawing PDF (orthographic views with dimensions), not a photo. Deterministic, no vision model: reads the vector linework (stroke width, dash) and positioned text; classifies visible / hidden / center / dimension / extension lines; reads… |
erc_run | Run an electrical rule check (ERC) on a schematic and return structured diagnostics — the KiCad ERC step, over MCP. CHECKS: duplicate reference designators; net endpoints naming an unknown component or pin; unconnected pins (ignoring hidden power pins and explicit no-connects); single-pin nets… |
estimate_assembly_manufacturing | Prepare an indicative estimate and durable manufacturing checklist for a whole CAD assembly, including mixed materials and processes. The server reads material and sheet thickness from CAD, multiplies BOM quantities by batchQuantity, selects supported processes, checks live supplier offers, and… |
evaluate_script | Run a script and check the built model against its declared requirements. A full result has buildOk for geometry availability and ok for overall acceptance: a failed or not-evaluated requirement makes ok:false while retaining built geometry for inspection. Full local builds return viewerUrl: a… |
evaluate_sdf | Use this when you need to sample a signed-distance field at a point. Sample the signed distance from an in-script sdf.* field at a 3D point. Returns { distance, inside, aabb, kind }. Distance is in mm; negative = inside the surface, 0 = exactly on the surface, positive = outside. Use this to… |
execute_cookbook | Use this when you need evaluate_script (and optionally open_in_studio) for an industry / cookbook demo in ONE step — after lookup_cookbook for industry demos, prefer execute_cookbook when you need evaluate+Studio together; empty lookup is not a stop (freehand-author instead). Resolves a cookbook… |
explode_view | Use this when you need an ordered exploded-view plan for an assembly. Supply parts as {name,center:[x,y,z],size:[x,y,z]} in mm. Optional assembly_order sets the sequence; missing order falls back to input part order, and unlisted/unknown order refs are reported. Choose mode axis (default) or… |
export | Use this when you need to export geometry to a file. One exporter, selected by `target`: - target:'model' — export the script geometry to one file. Pass { file | code }, a required { output_path }, and { format }. Supported formats: stl (binary STL mesh), step (BREP CAD interchange), dxf (2D cut… |
fab_pack | Use this when the user wants to get a part made: packages the fabrication files into one directory plus a zip, and returns links to public instant-quote pages. Pass { file | code } and output_dir; optional scope ('part', default — one script's files; 'bom' — the whole assembly's BOM: per-part… |
fea_summary | Use this when you need a structural check's context without paying for a solve. Read-only: returns the stored summary of a previous run_fea (pass the same `output_dir`), whether the CalculiX + gmsh toolchain is available on this machine (with the install command when it is not; run_fea then uses… |
fetch_part | Fetch one bundled catalog part. Prefer `await lib.standard.nema17()` and `await lib.standard.bearing608()` — they are offline and do not download remote STEP. A lookup that cannot finish fails within 45s with errorCode parts.lookup.timeout. Do not retry in parallel. |
find_part | Search the bundled parts catalog (offline). For a NEMA-17 motor write `await lib.standard.nema17()`; for a 608 bearing write `await lib.standard.bearing608()`. Do not fan out parallel lookups and do not pass partsBaseUrl unless you set source:"remote". Remote lookups fail within 45s with errorCode… |
fit_plane | Use this when you need to fit an orthogonal least-squares plane to XYZ point-cloud data. Returns centroid, deterministic unit normal, signed point residuals, RMS residual and maximum absolute residual. Accepts points already parsed by the caller from scan data or mesh vertices. Computes parameters… |
flatten_pattern | Use this when you need the unfolded flat pattern of a bent sheet-metal part. Return the unfolded 2D flat-pattern of a bent sheet-metal Shape as a Region (outer polyline + holes + bend lines + sketch plane). Any number of parallel bends; crossing bends need corner relief. Pass { file } or { code }… |
get_asset | Fetch one public catalogue asset by slug. Read-only. No sign-in and no API key. A built-in kit/id returns the free editable downloads.source (.kcad.ts), studio_url, thumbnail_url and license. Download the source with plain GET. Visual scene kits include usage.evaluate_script and… |
get_asset_pack | Return a short-lived signed URL for a catalogue asset zip (mesh, params, licence). Read-only. No sign-in. The URL is already signed. Fetch it with GET. Do not send an API key or an Authorization header. It expires quickly; read expires_at. Share download_url with the user. Units in the pack follow… |
get_latest_render | Render a project's current model server-side and return it as an inline image so you can SEE what you built. Prefer open_in_studio for the happy path — it already includes an iso PNG preview in the same publish result when previewDelivered is true. Use this tool for a different `view`, a contact… |
get_model_mesh | Return the raw per-feature triangle mesh (positions/indices/normals) of a project's current model, by slug. For the in-chat 3D viewer widget to render geometry; delivered over the MCP Apps bridge. The slug is the capability: public/unlisted need no OAuth; private requires the owner signed in. |
get_project | Use this when you need to reopen a saved project or browse what the user has saved — it fetches a kernelCAD Studio project, or lists the signed-in user's saved projects. Pass `slug` (from a /p/<slug> link or a prior listing) to fetch that project's full .kcad source and metadata — then edit and… |
get_project_revision | Fetch the exact immutable .kcad source and parameters captured at a prior `open_in_studio` version. Use this to read-after-write verify a release: pass the returned `slug` and `version`, then hash or inspect the returned source. Public/unlisted projects use the slug as capability; private projects… |
get_selection | Use this when you need to read the human/agent selection in a local Studio session. Returns one clicked face or edge (or null), with current-generation mesh-local shapeIndex/kind/id and creating featureId. During a rebuild selection is null with “selection pending rebuild” until Studio uniquely… |
hardware_pack | Plan one device across KernelCAD and LabWired. Read-only: returns companion tool names, project/revision links, the electronics-to-mechanics handoff, and a Buy device review link. Use for robots, enclosures, PCB mounts or any hardware with electronics and mechanical parts. Optional slug resolves… |
import_step | Use this when the user wants to start from their own STEP, IGES, native OCCT BREP, STL, OBJ, PLY, 3MF, glTF or GLB file (a part they designed elsewhere, a vendor model). Give exactly one source: url (a public https direct-download link), upload (a file the user attached in ChatGPT), or… |
inspect | Use this when you need to read facts about a model. One reader, selected by `of`: - 'assembly' — physical assembly inventory (parts, bboxes, connectors, mates, disconnected solids). - 'robot' — URDF/SDFormat export preview (links, joints, planning groups, end-effectors, issues). - 'step' — inspect… |
inspect_nurbs | Evaluate supplied kernelCAD code or a file to capture an authored NURBS curve (nurbsCurve/spline3d). Returns degree, distinct knots and multiplicities, poles, weights, rational and uniformWeights flags, hasNonUnitWeights, and parameter range. Defaults to the last captured curve in that script… |
lookup_api | Use this when you need to list the kernelCAD script-runtime surface: global functions (box, path, selectEdges, helix, etc), Shape methods (fillet, sweep, lower, etc), Sketch methods (extrude, revolve, sweep), PathBuilder methods, EdgeQuery/FaceQuery key sets, and featureKindFaceLabels (which… |
lookup_authoring_skill | Return the kernelcad-authoring skill — conventions for writing .kcad.ts scripts (API surface, parameters, evaluation contract, common pitfalls) — in sections. Call with NO arguments first: you get the quick-start (units, axes, the return rule, the rules that prevent most failures, the intent →… |
lookup_cookbook | Use this when you need a canonical pattern snippet for a CAD task. Search the kernelCAD cookbook for canonical pattern snippets. Returns top-k snippets matching the natural-language query, ranked by BM25 over title/tags/keywords/trigger. Use when you need a canonical pattern for… |
lookup_diagnostics | Use this when you need the kernelCAD 26-code diagnostic catalogue with hint templates. Tiny one-shot call; useful for an agent that wants to pre-populate retry strategies. Hints are also inline on every emitted diagnostic — this tool just gives you the canonical list up front. |
mesh_boolean | Use this when the user wants to union, subtract, or intersect two imported triangle mesh solids (STL, OBJ, or 3MF). Supports union, subtract (A minus B) and intersect. Pass each operand as { file } on the MCP server or { data } with base64 mesh bytes; formats are detected or may be specified… |
mesh_summary | Mesh a kernelCAD .kcad.ts source server-side and return a COMPACT geometry summary — overall bounds plus, per feature, its id, kind, triangle count, and bounding box. Use this to INSPECT a model's geometry without a viewer: confirm a part is the size/shape you expect, see how many triangles each… |
mesh_to_features | Use this when you are handed an STL, OBJ or 3MF of a mostly prismatic mechanical part (plate, bracket, spacer, flange, housing block) and need an EDITABLE kernelCAD model of it rather than a faceted lib.fromSTL import. Deterministic, measured, self-verifying: it welds and checks the mesh, segments… |
netlist_export | Build the electrical netlist from a schematic — the flat connectivity of every component pin and net, the way KiCad's netlist export works. Use this to turn a schematic description into machine-readable connectivity: which pins share a net, what each component connects to, and which pins are left… |
netlist_query | Ask a net-level question about a schematic: what connects to what. MODES (`query`): • "net" — the full membership of one net (`net` required). • "pin" — which net a component pin is on (`component` + `pin` required). • "component" — every net a component touches (`component`… |
open_in_studio | Save the model as a kernelCAD project AND show it: persists a project revision, returns the interactive Studio viewer (MCP Apps / ChatGPT outputTemplate), and includes a PNG preview in the SAME tool result (image content + previewUrl when available). For a device with electronics, use… |
order_part | Order the part made: creates the production request and returns a pay_url for the user. Propose the manufacturing method from the user's words and the part, pass it as method with a one-line reason. The price is the real maker price; never invent or send one. Tell the user the card is only held… |
price_part | Start or read the real price for making the part. Cheap. Returns status "ready" with estimate_cents and summary, or "pricing" while the makers are asked (call again in a few seconds). Creates nothing and charges nothing. |
project_curve | Use this when you need to wrap a 2D closed curve onto a 3D face. Insert a `<shape>.projectCurve({ source, face, scaleMode? })` chained call into a kernelCAD script. The `source` is the structured `{ kind: "sketchCommands", commands: [...] }` wire format the runtime API accepts. Wraps the curve… |
query | Use this when you need to resolve or inspect topology against a script's lowered geometry. Pass the script as `code` (inline; works on a hosted server) or `file`. Selected by `mode` (default 'evaluate'): - 'evaluate' — list the faces a Query matches ({ query }). Pass expect:'unique' to assert… |
ray_pick | Use this when you need the faces a ray hits in a local Studio model, nearest first, with points, distances, and normals. Inputs are model units (mm); direction is normalized. Requires the local Studio URL and session token for the same script, reads the current model generation, and returns a… |
remove_feature | Use this when you need to remove a feature line from a script. Remove a single line from a kernelCAD script identified by a substring match. Returns the modified code plus diagnostics from re-evaluating. Refuses to remove the line containing the return statement. Side-effect-free. |
And 21 more tools.
In its maker's words
CAD in ChatGPT and Claude: editable parts, STEP/STL/drawings, in-chat 3D, automatic checks.
- Website
- kernelcad.com
- Source
- github.com/w1ne/kernelCAD-web
- Publisher
- kernelcad.com
- Listed from
- the official MCP Registry as
com.kernelcad/kernelcad - Version
- 0.17.1, updated 27 Oct 2026
- Kinds of work
- AI models and agent tools, Code and developer tools
The domain it lives on
- kernelcad.com
- registered 25 Jan 2026 (9 months ago), at NameCheap, Inc., its home page is a working site
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