Identify circuit patterns in a KiCad project's schematic. Args: project_path: Path to the KiCad project file (.kicad_pro) ctx: MCP context for progress reporting Returns: Dictionary with identified circuit patterns
AI agents call analyze_project_circuit_patterns 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 static analysis of KiCad project schematics to identify and report circuit patterns. It reads project files and returns analysis results without modifying the project, executing shell commands, or affecting external systems. This is a classic Read operation: it retrieves and queries data from the schematic with no side effects.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Identify circuit patterns' and 'Returns: Dictionary with identified circuit patterns' — this is data analysis and retrieval with no modification, deletion, or execution of external code.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access analyze_project_circuit_patterns 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_project_circuit_patterns:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"analyze_project_circuit_patterns": {}
}
}analyze_project_circuit_patterns is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Identify circuit patterns in a KiCad project's schematic. Args: project_path: Path to the KiCad project file (.kicad_pro) ctx: MCP context for progress reporting Returns: Dictionary with identified circuit patterns. 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_project_circuit_patterns: 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_project_circuit_patterns 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_project_circuit_patterns 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_project_circuit_patterns. 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_project_circuit_patterns 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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