Charles N Wyble feea0945c1 docs: document kicad-mcp as host-only MCP ...

kicad-mcp requires the pcbnew Python module which is only
available with a KiCAD installation. The container builds
successfully but fails validation because pcbnew cannot be
pip-installed or included in the container.

- Added "Host-Only MCP Servers" section to STATUS.md
- Updated detailed status table with kicad-mcp entry
- Added JOURNAL.md entry documenting the finding
- Updated docker-compose.yml to use custom Dockerfile

This MCP can only be used on a host machine with KiCAD
installed. It cannot be integrated into Crush via Docker.

Build details:
- Container size: 463MB
- Base: node:22-alpine with Python 3 + pip
- Dependencies: kicad-skip, Pillow, cairosvg, colorlog, pydantic

Validation error:
[ERROR] pcbnew validation failed: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pcbnew'

Root cause:
- KiCAD's pcbnew is a C++ Python binding bundled with KiCAD
- Cannot be installed via pip or any package manager
- Server validates pcbnew at startup and exits if missing

Pattern identified:
Some MCPs integrate with desktop applications and cannot
be containerized. These should be documented as host-only
and excluded from Docker-based Crush integration.

Next MCP to process: matomo-mcp

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