Comparison

ucie-wrap vs KiCad Tools

ucie-wrap is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑15.

ucie-wrap is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by andrewb1999. No marketplace we read lists it any more. KiCad Tools is an MCP server published by ProductOfAmerica. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Official MCP Registry, PyPI (MCP servers), Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-27. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.

Where each is published

Where each is published
Marketplace	ucie-wrap	KiCad Tools
Community marketplace andrewb1999/ucie-wrap-plugin	Removed on 2026-10-15 Version: 0.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-14	Not listed
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.21.1 Downloads/month (PyPI): 1 216 Downloads/week (PyPI): 1 078 Forks (GitHub): 7 Stars (GitHub): 15 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
PyPI (MCP servers)	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.21.1 Downloads/month (PyPI): 1 216 Downloads/week (PyPI): 1 078 Forks (GitHub): 7 Stars (GitHub): 15 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-12

Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.

The facts side by side

ucie-wrap vs KiCad Tools
Fact	ucie-wrapno longer listed · 2026-10-15	KiCad Tools
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	0	3
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	0	15
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	0	7
Last release (differs)	Not published	2026-10-20
Where it runs (differs)	Installs as a plugin bundle	On your machine (mcp-server-kicad)
Transport (differs)	Not stated	stdio
Tools it declares	Not published	Not published
Environment variables it asks for	Not published	Not published
Hooks it runs (differs)	Not published	2
Parts of the bundle (differs)	1	12
Licence (differs)	Not stated	GPL-3.0-or-later
Repository (differs)	github.com/andrewb1999/ucie-wrap-plugin	github.com/productofamerica/mcp-server-kicad
Changes in the last 7 days	0	0
First seen (differs)	2026-10-14	2026-10-11

Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.

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Its card, with similar plugins by marketplace

What each says it does

ucie-wrap

In its own words, on Community GitHub marketplaces:

Wrap Vitis HLS AXIS kernels with a verified UCIe FDI die-to-die interface

KiCad Tools

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Byte-preserving KiCad automation: 100+ tools for schematics, PCB layout, ERC, DRC, exports

How to run each

ucie-wrap

No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.

KiCad Tools As a local MCP server: PyPI package

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio mcp-server-kicad -- uvx mcp-server-kicad

Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.

Tools each declares

Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.

Settings each asks for

Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.

What it can do: ucie-wrap · What it can do: KiCad Tools · Compare two other plugins

Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Package data comes from the Python Package Index (pypi.org). Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on 2026-10-27. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.