gds2palace_mcp
MCP server for gds2palace that lets an AI assistant inspect GDSII layouts and stackups and generate AWS Palace EM models.
What it does and how it connects
gds2palace_mcp is an MCP server for gds2palace. It lets an AI assistant such as Claude Code or Claude Desktop inspect GDSII layouts and stackup files, check model scripts, and generate AWS Palace electromagnetic models on the user's computer.
Tools list and inspect the IHP stackup files that ship with gds2palace, inspect a stackup's variables, materials, dielectrics, layers with GDS numbers and z positions, inspect a GDS layout per layer with shape counts, extent, smallest shape and smallest gap, check layout complexity before meshing, measure ground-plane openings, and write a simplified copy of a layout in the style of setupEM's simplify function. The server runs locally in the same Python environment as gds2palace and works with the files on disk.
Palace itself runs on Linux: on simulation servers over SSH or the WSL or Linux machine listed in a targets file, where the MCP server starts it, watches it and copies the results back. Without that file, the user runs the simulation on Linux as before. The user guide is written for RFIC designers, with a full example session that takes an inductor from layout to a meshed Palace model with real output.
Alternatives
Compare side by side- EDA_MCP
An MCP server bridging local AI agents to remote Linux EDA clusters for Cadence Virtuoso assisted runs, rather than an MCP server for gds2palace RFIC EM models.
- kicad-mcp-pro
An MCP server for KiCad schematic, PCB, validation and manufacturing export workflows, rather than an RFIC layout and EM model server.
Sources
Not verified
- Pricing: none stated on the repo.
- Real user voices: no real linked post read for this page; recent issues are all by the maintainer, written from an RFIC designer's review of the MCP tools.
- Related Error Index entries: no GDS, Palace or RFIC EM entry exists in the live error map.
- No GitHub releases exist, so latest release fields are null.
- A named individual builder beyond the repository owner handle volkermuehlhaus-claude
Last verified November 6, 2026. Listings are informational. The evidence score measures public, verifiable evidence and is not an endorsement or a compatibility claim.