Imports an SVG file as filled graphic polygons onto a KiCAD PCB layer (default F.SilkS / front silkscreen). Curves are linearised automatically. Ideal for placing a company or project logo on the board.
AI agents use import_svg_logo to create or update resources in KiCAD-MCP-Server — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your KiCAD-MCP-Server environment.
This tool creates or adds new graphical elements (polygons) to a KiCAD PCB board design. It modifies the board by adding imported graphics to a specific layer. While it adds data to the design, this operation is reversible (the imported graphics can be deleted or edited after creation). This makes it a Write operation rather than Destructive.
From the tool's definition Imports an SVG file as filled graphic polygons onto a KiCAD PCB layer (default F.SilkS / front silkscreen). Curves are linearised automatically.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access import_svg_logo 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 import_svg_logo:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"import_svg_logo": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "import_svg_logo_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
} import_svg_logo stays usable, but capped — an agent stuck in a loop can't make hundreds of changes a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Imports an SVG file as filled graphic polygons onto a KiCAD PCB layer (default F.SilkS / front silkscreen). Curves are linearised automatically. Ideal for placing a company or project logo on the board. It is categorised as a Write tool in the KiCAD-MCP-Server MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the KiCAD-MCP-Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for import_svg_logo: 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.
import_svg_logo is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the import_svg_logo 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 import_svg_logo. 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.
import_svg_logo is provided by the KiCAD-MCP-Server MCP server (mixelpixx/kicad-mcp-server). 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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