Analyze a KiCad project's Bill of Materials. This tool will look for BOM files related to a KiCad project and provide analysis including component counts, categories, and cost estimates if available. Args: project_path: Path to the KiCad project file (.kicad_pro) ctx: MCP context for progress rep...
AI agents call analyze_bom to retrieve information from KiCad MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs data retrieval and analysis of existing BOM files within a KiCad project. It reads project structure and existing BOM data, performs calculations/analysis on that data, and returns results. No data is created, modified, deleted, or executed. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent could only retrieve information about bill of materials already present in the project.
From the tool's definition Tool analyzes and provides analysis of a Bill of Materials (BOM) file including component counts, categories, and cost estimates. The description uses analysis verbs (look, provide, analyze) with no modification, creation, deletion, or execution capabilities.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access analyze_bom gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and KiCad MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for analyze_bom:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"analyze_bom": {}
}
}analyze_bom is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Analyze a KiCad project's Bill of Materials. This tool will look for BOM files related to a KiCad project and provide analysis including component counts, categories, and cost estimates if available. Args: project_path: Path to the KiCad project file (.kicad_pro) ctx: MCP context for progress reporting Returns: Dictionary with BOM analysis results. It is categorised as a Read tool in the KiCad MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the KiCad MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for analyze_bom: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches KiCad MCP Server. Nothing to install.
analyze_bom is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the analyze_bom rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for analyze_bom. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
analyze_bom is provided by the KiCad MCP Server MCP server (lamaalrajih/kicad-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from KiCad MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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