Model Context Protocol

Call PerfWire from
your AI assistant.

Your assistant (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini) writes the netlist; PerfWire returns a guaranteed-correct board plan — perfboard, breadboard, or stripboard — without leaving the chat.

Get your API key ↓ Remote MCP · Streamable HTTP · cross-vendor
Step 1 · Authenticate

Get your API key.

Sign in, generate a key, and point any MCP client at your hosted PerfWire server. The key authenticates your requests.

Checking key status…
Your key fills every command below. Endpoint:
Step 2 · Connect a client

Add PerfWire to your assistant.

PerfWire is a remote MCP server over Streamable HTTP. Each command below fills in with your key from Step 1 (the highlighted spot) — just pick your assistant.

Claude Code CLI · one command
Register the remote server, then ask Claude to route a board.

        

      

    


    
    

      Claude Desktop config JSON
      

        
Add this to your Claude Desktop config and restart the app.

        

          
          

        

      

    


    
    

      ChatGPT · Gemini · other MCP clients same URL + Bearer
      

        
MCP is cross-vendor. In any client that supports a remote / streamable-HTTP MCP server, add a server with the URL below and an Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_KEY> header. Exact UI steps vary by client and vendor.

        

          
          

        

      

    


  


  
  

    
Step 3 · Try it

    
Paste this prompt.

    
Once connected, drop this into your assistant. It will design the circuit, call PerfWire, and hand you a buildable plan.

    

      
Example prompt

      

        
        
Use PerfWire to lay out a 555 LED blinker on stripboard.

      

      
Try also: "…on breadboard" or "…on perfboard, auto-fit the size."

    

  


  
  

    
The return payload

    
What you get back.

    
You get a complete build plan — exact, repeatable, and not a guess.

    

      
    
        
  • Placement — every component at an exact hole, pin 1 marked.
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  • Color-coded cut-list — wires/jumpers with from/to coordinates and lengths (mm + in).
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  • Two-sided board graphics — component side and solder side, rendered in the web app.
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  • BOM — a shopping list of parts with quantities.
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  • DRC — a design-rule check that passes or fails (shorts, overlaps, off-board pins).
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