Connect your agent

Set up, once

Pick your agent. You do this one time: after it, Axal works in every folder, with no key to copy.

1. 1

   Paste this into your terminal. It adds Axal to Claude Code for every folder.

   claude mcp add --transport http --scope user axal https://pcba.axal.ai/mcp

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2. 2

   Open Claude Code and type this. Choose axal, then Authenticate: your browser opens, you sign in and click Allow.

   /mcp

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1. 1

   Paste this into your terminal. It adds Axal to Codex for every folder.

   codex mcp add axal --url https://pcba.axal.ai/mcp

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2. 2

   Paste this. Your browser opens: sign in and click Allow.

   codex mcp login axal

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1. 1

   Add Axal to Cursor. Put this in the file ~/.cursor/mcp.json (create it if it isn't there). You only do it once: it then works in every project.

   {
     "mcpServers": {
       "axal": { "url": "https://pcba.axal.ai/mcp" }
     }
   }

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2. 2

   Sign in. In Cursor, open Settings, then MCP, and click the login prompt next to axal. Your browser opens: sign in and click Allow.

3. 3

   Open the folder that holds your board in Cursor and start a chat with the agent.

1. 1

   In Claude (desktop or web), open Settings, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste this URL.

   https://pcba.axal.ai/mcp

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2. 2

   Click Connect. Your browser opens: sign in and click Allow. You only do this once.

3. 3

   Start a chat. Claude will give you a link to upload your board's files.

1. 1

   Add a remote MCP server with this URL. Choose Streamable HTTP if asked.

   https://pcba.axal.ai/mcp

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2. 2

   Connect. Your browser opens: sign in and click Allow.

3. 3

   Start your agent where your board's files are.

Then ask it to build your board

Open your agent in the folder that holds your board and paste this. From now on, this is all you do for a new board.

Use Axal to get the board in this folder fabricated and assembled. Guide me one step at a time.

What your agent can do

Upload

Send your KiCad or Altium design over a private link, and send it again as a new revision when it changes.

Check

Show the fabrication (DFM) issues you must fix in your design before the board can be made, and anything that needs a manual quote by email (blind or buried vias, controlled impedance). Parts issues are Axal's to handle: we replace unavailable parts or source them manually, and contact you only if there's a problem.

Quote

Price a quantity and a build option: fabrication, assembly, parts, shipping, and how long it takes.

Checkout

Give you a link where you see the board, change the order if you like, and pay by card.

Your agent can't order or pay. Paying on the checkout page places the order, and you get a confirmation by email.

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