Arduino MCP Server for VS Code
io.github.hardware-mcp/arduino-mcp-server
Arduino MCP server for CLI setup, board detection, compile/upload, serial monitoring, and pin refs.
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:npm
Install Arduino MCP Server in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "arduino-cli-path",
"description": "ARDUINO_CLI_PATH",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "arduino-sketch-root",
"description": "ARDUINO_SKETCH_ROOT",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"arduino-mcp-server": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"arduino-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"ARDUINO_CLI_PATH": "${input:arduino-cli-path}",
"ARDUINO_SKETCH_ROOT": "${input:arduino-sketch-root}"
}
}
}
}VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs