README.md

Plan an FTC autonomous on the real field, see whether it will work, and run it on the robot without editing Java.

Zenith is a PathPlanner-style autonomous path planner for FTC. You draw a routine on the field as paths with headings, attach robot commands to points on those paths, and see at once whether the robot can do it inside the 30 second period without hitting anything. AI agents edit the same files through a CLI and an MCP server and get the same checks. Each routine is one readable JSON file in your robot repository, and a small runtime on the robot plays it through Pedro Pathing v3 and Ivy or SolversLib, so a new auto needs no Java edit.

Zenith is in beta. It works end to end, but file formats, command names and the editor layout may still change before 1.0. Pin the version you use and read the changelog before you upgrade.

Start here

	What it is	Where
Desktop	The Windows app. Opens a robot project folder in place, and adds the high-fidelity sim, deploy, commit and pull request buttons.	GitHub Releases
Web	The same editor in a browser. Nothing to install; the example loads with one click.	libraries.horizon36596.org/zenith/app/
Agents	The zenith CLI and the zenith-mcp server, for Claude Code or any MCP client.	Agents and MCP
Robot runtime	The Java library that plays an auto file on the robot.	Robot runtime

The documentation is at https://libraries.horizon36596.org/zenith/: getting started, the editor guide, a newcomer's guide to autonomous paths, the file-format reference and the JSON Schemas, the checks, the sims, the CLI, agents and MCP, seasons and the FAQ.

Install

The CLI and the MCP server, from npm:

npm install --save-dev @horizon36596/zenith-cli @horizon36596/zenith-mcp

Or point your MCP client at the server with no install, in .mcp.json at your robot repository's root:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zenith": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@horizon36596/zenith-mcp"] }
  }
}

The robot runtime, from JitPack, in build.dependencies.gradle at the root of your FTC project. It runs on Ivy, Pedro Pathing's command library, or on SolversLib; both are first-class, and you declare the one your robot code uses.

For Ivy:

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
    maven { url = 'https://jitpack.io' }                                       // Zenith
    maven { url = 'https://central.sonatype.com/repository/maven-snapshots' }  // Pedro Pathing v3
}

dependencies {
    implementation 'com.pedropathing.ivy:pedro:1.1.1'
    implementation 'com.pedropathing:core:3.0.0-20260828.185437-17'
    implementation 'com.github.Horizon-36596:zenith:v0.1.1'
}

For SolversLib:

repositories {
    maven { url = 'https://jitpack.io' }                                       // Zenith
    maven { url = 'https://repo.dairy.foundation/releases' }                   // SolversLib
    maven { url = 'https://central.sonatype.com/repository/maven-snapshots' }  // Pedro Pathing v3
}

dependencies {
    implementation 'org.solverslib:core:0.3.6'
    implementation 'com.pedropathing:core:3.0.0-20260828.185437-17'
    implementation 'com.github.Horizon-36596:zenith:v0.1.1'
}

Then name the same library in the deploy block of zenith.json, "commandLibrary": "ivy" or "commandLibrary": "solverslib". Zenith does not pick one, and writes no Java until it is set. The robot runtime page covers the Pedro and command library setup and deploying autos, and Choosing a command library says how to choose and how to switch. Horizon (FTC 36596) runs SolversLib on its own robot, so that runtime is the one the team tests most on a real robot.

Build it yourself

You need Node 22 and pnpm 10.

pnpm install; pnpm build; pnpm test

pnpm --filter ./apps/web dev

CONTRIBUTING.md has the checks a change must pass and the rules the code depends on.

Licence

MIT, copyright Horizon (FTC 36596). You may use Zenith, change it and share it, including in your own team's code and in commercial work. Keep the copyright notice and the licence text with any copy you pass on. The full text is in LICENSE.

Credits

• The BIOBUZZ field images are by Team Juice 16236, from their r/FTC post "BIOBUZZ custom field images (MeepMeep compatible)".
• The bundled fonts are Jost, IBM Plex Sans and JetBrains Mono, each under the SIL Open Font Licence 1.1.
• Robot following is Pedro Pathing v3, and commands are Ivy, Pedro Pathing's command library, or SolversLib.

NOTICE lists every third-party credit and licence.

Zenith is built by Horizon (FTC 36596).