Arduino MCP Server

arduino-mcp-server

Arduino MCP server for CLI setup, board detection, compile/upload, serial monitoring, and pin refs.

22 80/wk 21 tools GitHub npm

No known CVEs

MIT license

Maintained

Last commit 61d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio

21 tools · ~855 tok

Grade B · 0.4% of 200K ctx

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Arduino MCP Server is an MCP server that arduino MCP server for CLI setup, board detection, compile/upload, serial monitoring, and pin refs. Its tool list has not been published yet over stdio, requires no API key, and scores 81/100 on MCPpedia's security, maintenance and efficiency rubric.

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients - only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "arduino": {
      "env": {
        "ARDUINO_CLI_PATH": "arduino-cli",
        "ARDUINO_SKETCH_ROOT": "/path/to/your/sketches"
      },
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "arduino-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

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What Arduino MCP Server does

Arduino MCP server for CLI setup, board detection, compile/upload, serial monitoring, and pin refs.

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OSV.dev

No known CVEs.

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Tools (21)

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~855 tokens total

Inventory

Resources (1)

arduino://boards/reference

Structured board pin/capability reference

arduino://boards/reference

Inventory

Prompts (2)

arduino-cli-bootstrap-policy

Policy for arduino-cli setup behavior

arduino-setup-assistant

Guided Arduino environment setup

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Arduino MCP Server safe to use?: Arduino MCP Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. Authentication requirements were not detected automatically - check the project's documentation before connecting in a shared environment. Licensed under MIT.
How do I install Arduino MCP Server?: Arduino MCP Server supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can Arduino MCP Server do?: Arduino MCP Server provides 21 tools: arduino_cli_doctor, install_arduino_cli, detect_hardware, list_connected_boards, list_serial_ports and 16 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Arduino MCP Server?: Arduino MCP Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio transport.
Is Arduino MCP Server actively maintained?: Arduino MCP Server is recently maintained - last commit was 61 days ago. It has 22 GitHub stars.

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{ "mcpServers": { "arduino": { "env": { "ARDUINO_CLI_PATH": "arduino-cli", "ARDUINO_SKETCH_ROOT": "/path/to/your/sketches" }, "args": [ "-y", "arduino-mcp-server" ], "command": "npx" } } }

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Arduino MCP Server safe to use?

Arduino MCP Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. Authentication requirements were not detected automatically - check the project's documentation before connecting in a shared environment. Licensed under MIT.

How do I install Arduino MCP Server?

Arduino MCP Server supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What can Arduino MCP Server do?

Arduino MCP Server provides 21 tools: arduino_cli_doctor, install_arduino_cli, detect_hardware, list_connected_boards, list_serial_ports and 16 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with Arduino MCP Server?

Arduino MCP Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio transport.

Is Arduino MCP Server actively maintained?

Arduino MCP Server is recently maintained - last commit was 61 days ago. It has 22 GitHub stars.