OpenROAD MCP
A Model Context Protocol server that enables AI assistants to interact with OpenROAD and ORFS for semiconductor digital design. It allows agents to execute interactive OpenROAD sessions, manage multiple physical design sessions, track command history and performance metrics, and visualize reports from ORFS runs directly within the chat interface.
Package and access
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Checks and signals
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- Popularity 32 GitHub stars
What you can do with it
- Execute interactive OpenROAD sessions with full PTY support
- Create, list, inspect, and terminate multiple physical design sessions
- Access full command history and performance metrics for analysis
- List and read report images from ORFS runs directly in the chat
Source and maintenance
- Last repository push
- Latest release
- v1.1.0
- Maintenance checked
Packages and installation
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ghcr.io/the-openroad-project/openroad-mcp:1.1.0
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Maintenance history
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- · repository · passed · metadata changed · updated
- · backfill · recorded · Pre-expansion baseline; unobserved rich metadata remains unknown
Connect from your client
Each snippet configures the same source-provided package; replace placeholders before use.
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}VS Code
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}Claude Desktop
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