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jlink-mcp

Give AI hands to touch silicon — an MCP server for SEGGER J-Link, OpenOCD and Black Magic probes. Flash, halt, step, stream RTT logs and decode ARM Cortex-M faults. Verified against real hardware.

Install / Use

claude mcp add Klievan -- npx -y github:Klievan/jlink-mcp

If the server publishes to npm under a different name, use that package instead — check the repo README.

About this skill
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MCP Server

Model Context Protocol server

Quality Score

49/100

Supported Platforms

Claude Code
Claude Desktop

Our assessment of jlink-mcp

jlink-mcp scores 49/100 on our quality scale, 922nd of 947 AI & Machine Learning skills we index.

Its MCP Server is 8.8 KB long, written without headings and no code examples: a thorough specification that gives an agent plenty to work with.

It has no GitHub stars yet, so there is no community track record; judge it on its content.

Substance
29/30
Structure
0/20
Description
15/15
Adoption
0/20
Freshness
5/15

Maintenance, license and trust

  • We could not determine when the repository was last updated.
  • Our last check on 2026-10-19 found the source still online.
  • No license is declared. By default that means all rights are reserved: you can read it, but reusing or redistributing it is not clearly permitted. Ask the author before building on it commercially.
  • Its trust signals score 68/100, with 3 cautions from licensing, adoption, age or documentation. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.

Safety scan

No issues found

Our scan of the whole file found no instruction hijacking, hidden characters, credential access, data exfiltration or destructive commands. An AI review of the same text found nothing harmful.

AI review by kimi-k2.7-code on 2026-09-24. Automated pattern scan on 2026-09-24. It catches known dangerous patterns, not every risk — read a skill before letting an agent act on it.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install jlink-mcp?
Run claude mcp add Klievan -- npx -y github:Klievan/jlink-mcp. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent.
Which AI agents does jlink-mcp work with?
It is written for Claude Code and Claude Desktop, as a MCP Server file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
Is jlink-mcp safe to use?
Our scan of the whole file found no instruction hijacking, hidden characters, credential access, data exfiltration or destructive commands. An AI review of the same text found nothing harmful. It declares no license and scores 68/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
Is jlink-mcp still maintained?
We could not determine when the repository was last updated.

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OpenOCD covers ST-Link, CMSIS-DAP and FTDI adapters." }, "jlinkMcp.gdbPath": { "type": "string", "default": "arm-none-eabi-gdb", "description": "GDB used for source-level debugging. gdb-multiarch works if you have no ARM-specific build." }, "jlinkMcp.jlink.installDir": { "type": "string", "default": "", "description": "Path to SEGGER J-Link installation directory (auto-detected if empty)" }, "jlinkMcp.jlink.device": { "type": "string", "default": "Unspecified", "description": "Target device name (e.g., NRF52840_XXAA, STM32F407VG)" }, "jlinkMcp.jlink.interface": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "SWD", "JTAG" ], "default": "SWD", "description": "Debug interface" }, "jlinkMcp.jlink.speed": { "type": "number", "default": 4000, "description": "Connection speed in kHz" }, "jlinkMcp.jlink.serialNumber": { "type": "string", "default": "", "description": "J-Link serial number (for multi-probe setups)" }, "jlinkMcp.jlink.gdbPort": { "type": "number", "default": 2331, "description": "GDB server port" }, "jlinkMcp.jlink.rttTelnetPort": { "type": "number", "default": 19021, "description": "RTT telnet port" }, "jlinkMcp.jlink.swoTelnetPort": { "type": "number", "default": 2332, "description": "SWO telnet port" }, "jlinkMcp.telnetProxy.listenPort": { "type": "number", "default": 19400, "description": "Telnet proxy listen port for Trice/Pigweed" }, "jlinkMcp.telnetProxy.sourcePort": { "type": "number", "default": 19021, "description": "Source port to proxy (usually RTT telnet port)" }, "jlinkMcp.telnetProxy.sourceHost": { "type": "string", "default": "localhost", "description": "Source host for telnet proxy" }, "jlinkMcp.openocd.binaryPath": { "type": "string", "default": "openocd", "description": "Path to the openocd binary" }, "jlinkMcp.openocd.interfaceConfig": { "type": "string", "default": "interface/stlink.cfg", "description": "OpenOCD interface config (e.g. interface/stlink.cfg, interface/cmsis-dap.cfg)" }, "jlinkMcp.openocd.targetConfig": { "type": "string", "default": "target/stm32f4x.cfg", "description": "OpenOCD target config (e.g. target/stm32f4x.cfg, target/nrf52.cfg)" }, "jlinkMcp.openocd.gdbPort": { "type": "number", "default": 3333, "description": "OpenOCD GDB server port" }, "jlinkMcp.openocd.telnetPort": { "type": "number", "default": 4444, "description": "OpenOCD telnet/monitor port" }, "jlinkMcp.blackmagic.gdbPath": { "type": "string", "default": "arm-none-eabi-gdb", "description": "GDB binary used to drive a Black Magic Probe" }, "jlinkMcp.blackmagic.serialPort": { "type": "string", "default": "", "description": "BMP serial port (e.g. /dev/cu.usbmodemXXXX). Auto-detected when empty." }, "jlinkMcp.blackmagic.targetIndex": { "type": "number", "default": 1, "description": "Target index reported by the probe's scan" }, "jlinkMcp.svdPath": { "type": "string", "default": "", "description": "Path to a CMSIS-SVD file for the target. Enables symbolic peripheral reads (list_peripherals, read_peripheral, decode_register). Vendors publish these; the same file Cortex-Debug uses as svdFile works here." }, "jlinkMcp.rtt.controlBlockAddress": { "type": "string", "default": "", "markdownDescription": "Address of the SEGGER RTT control block (your firmware's _SEGGER_RTT symbol), e.g. 0x20000000. J-Link locates this by scanning RAM and never reports it back, so supplying it is what allows RTT to be recovered after a target reset \u2014 without it, collection stops at the first reset and every later read looks like a quiet target." } } }, "mcpServerDefinitionProviders": [ { "id": "jlinkMcp.mcpServer", "label": "J-Link Debug Probe" } ] }, "scripts": { "compile": "tsc -p ./", "bundle": "node esbuild.mjs", "watch": "tsc -watch -p ./", "build": "npm run compile && npm run bundle", "prepublishOnly": "npm run build", "vscode:prepublish": "npm run build", "package": "npm run build && vsce package", "lint": "tsc --noEmit", "test": "npm run test:unit", "test:unit": "npm run clean:test && tsc -p tsconfig.test.json && node --test out-test/test/unit/.test.js", "test:watch": "npm run clean:test && tsc -p tsconfig.test.json && node --test --watch out-test/test/unit/.test.js", "test:hil": "npm run clean:test && tsc -p tsconfig.test.json && node --test out-test/test/hil/*.test.js", "clean:test": "node -e "require('fs').rmSync('out-test',{recursive:true,force:true})"", "demo": "node demo/story.js" }, "dependencies": { "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.29.0", "sax": "^1.6.1", "zod": "^4.3.6" }, "devDependencies": { "@types/node": "^25.5.2", "@types/sax": "^1.2.7", "@types/vscode": "^1.110.0", "@vscode/vsce": "^3.7.1", "esbuild": "^0.28.0", "typescript": "^6.0.2" }, "mcpName": "io.github.Klievan/jlink-mcp" }

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Trust signals

68/100

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