KiCad Studio Extension

KiCad Studio is the VS Code extension in apps/vscode-extension. It provides project discovery, schematic and PCB viewers, KiCad CLI validation and export commands, component/library workflows, MCP integration, quality gates, AI-assisted fix queues, and release-oriented manufacturing flows.

Main User Paths

Workflow	Documentation
Open and inspect KiCad projects	Views
Run command palette actions	Commands
Configure CLI paths, viewers, exports, MCP, telemetry, and PCM	Settings
Resolve local setup and runtime issues	Troubleshooting
Understand privacy and telemetry behavior	Telemetry
Review accessibility target	Accessibility

Source Files

Extension manifest: apps/vscode-extension/package.json
Runtime entrypoint: apps/vscode-extension/src/extension.ts
MCP adapter: apps/vscode-extension/src/mcp/
Commands: apps/vscode-extension/src/commands/
Webviews and providers: apps/vscode-extension/src/providers/

Generated command, setting, and view reference pages are refreshed with:

bash

corepack pnpm run docs:generate