Skill Claude CodeCodex
Analyzes KiCad PCB files to identify power nets by looking up component datasheets via AI. Use when you need to determine which nets are power/ground nets and what track widths to use, especially when KiCad pintype annotations are missing or unreliable.
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Root-causes failed routes from a routing run's logs and the board file. Parses the JSON summary, failed-net histories, and blocking reports, correlates failures spatially with board regions and components, classifies the failure mode, and outputs a ready-to-run retry command. Use after route.py/routediff.py runs…
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Analyzes a KiCad PCB to identify high-speed and impedance-controlled nets by looking up component datasheets via AI. Classifies nets by speed tier (ultra-high/high/medium/low), detects RF/antenna feeds and other controlled-impedance nets, estimates max frequencies and rise times per interface, and recommends GND…
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Identifies differential pairs on a KiCad PCB by pin function via datasheet lookup, catching pairs whose net names don't follow P/N conventions. Recommends per-interface routing parameters (differential impedance, gap, intra-pair matching) and outputs ready-to-use routediff.py commands.
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Plans a KiCad PCB end to end when ONE run must both place and route it. Sequences the placement skill and the routing skill, and owns the rules that exist only when the two meet: that placement invalidates every downstream routed board, that a routing failure must be classified before it is retried, and that a…
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Analyses a KiCad PCB's PLACEMENT and produces a placement plan. Measures whether the board should be placed or re-placed at all and decides from that measurement, detects an unplaced board, separates the parts whose position is a mechanical fact from the ones a search may move, reconstructs a damaged placement…
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Analyzes a KiCad PCB file and creates a comprehensive routing plan. Examines components for fanout needs (BGA/QFN/QFP/PGA), identifies differential pairs, categorizes power/ground nets, and presents a step-by-step routing workflow with explanations.
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Recommends net -> plane-layer assignments for a KiCad PCB with signal-integrity rationale. Reads the stackup, identifies plane-worthy nets (GND plus power rails by pad count and current), and assigns copper layers (GND adjacency for return paths, GND/VCC pairing for interplane capacitance, split layers for multiple…
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Reviews a KiCad board's stackup and recommends a fab-realistic one. Flags untouched default stackups, validates that target impedances are achievable with manufacturable widths using the project's own IPC-2141 formulas, and outputs the routing arguments (--impedance, plane layers) that follow. Use before…
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Post-route QA on a KiCad board. Runs the DRC, connectivity, and orphan-stub checkers, verifies length/time-match groups landed within tolerance, checks GND return via coverage on high-speed nets, and reviews differential pairs. Produces a pass/fail sign-off report with concrete next actions. Works on boards routed by…
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Stress-tests the router against real-world open-source KiCad boards (downloaded, normalized, stripped of routing), measuring routing completion rates and DRC violations per board. Aggregates results and files GitHub issues for new router/parser findings after user approval. Use to regression-test the router at scale…
Instructions file
Instructions for drandyhaas/KiCadRoutingTools, covering project notes for claude, running python, building the rust router, testing & verification and what a placement run is for (read before grading one).