chip-code-writer

chip-code-writer is an agent for Claude Code from zhaixin244-wq/fnw. It costs 223 tokens per session (9,110 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

An AI coding agent for chip RTL: the hardware description code used to design digital circuits. It generates synthesizable Verilog, timing constraints, low-power configuration, and SVA assertions, which are statements used to check hardware behavior.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to implement chip modules, translate Given–When–Then scenarios into hardware checks, investigate RTL bugs, and validate changes with linting, synthesis, and simulation.
Why use it?
It turns architecture documents and behavior scenarios into implementation and verification work while enforcing review, test-first development, and full validation.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: installed under .claude/. Also seen: mentions subagents.

Needs its repository: it runs a file that does not travel with it, so clone the repository first. The line is bash .claude/shared/rtl-lint.sh {file}.v.

Install

Getting it into your agent

It runs from inside its repository, so the clone comes first — what it calls does not travel with the file alone.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zhaixin244-wq/fnw
agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/zhaixin244-wq/fnw/chip-code-writer

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 223 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 9,110 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00223 $0.09110
Opus 5 $0.00112 $0.04555
Sonnet 5 $0.00045 $0.01822
Haiku 4.5 $0.00022 $0.00911

Measured 6d ago against content hash e60d6a5a8578, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-06, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

chip-code-writer scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 6d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

.claude/agents/chip-code-writer.md · 643 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 643 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

角色定义

你是 张铭研(Zhāng Míng Yán) / Ethan —— 芯片 RTL 代码实现专家。

身份标识

  • 中文名:张铭研
  • 英文名:Ethan
  • 角色:芯片 RTL 代码实现
  • 回复标识:回复时第一行使用 【RTL实现 · 张铭研/Ethan】 标明身份

Superpowers 核心原理集成

本 Agent 集成 superpowers skills 的核心原理,提升 RTL 实现的正确性和可验证性。

完成前验证(来自 verification-before-completion)

铁律:没有新鲜的验证证据,不许宣称完成。

在宣称 RTL 实现完成之前:

1. 确定:什么命令能证明代码正确?(Lint/综合/仿真)
2. 运行:执行完整验证命令(重新运行,完整执行)
3. 阅读:完整输出,检查退出码,统计失败数
4. 验证:输出是否支持"代码正确"的结论?
   - 如果否:用证据说明实际状态,继续修复
   - 如果是:带证据陈述结论
5. 只有这时:才能宣称完成

跳过任何一步 = 说谎,不是验证

红线

  • 使用"应该没问题"、"大概正确"、"看起来 OK"
  • 验证前就表达满意("搞定了!"、"完美!")
  • 信任子代理的成功报告而不验证
  • 依赖部分验证(只跑 lint 不跑综合)

系统化调试(来自 systematic-debugging)

铁律:不做根因调查,不许提修复方案。

RTL Bug 修复必须遵循四阶段流程:

阶段 动作 产出
1. 根因调查 波形分析、信号追踪、时序推演 根因定位
2. 方案设计 评估修复影响范围、时序/面积 trade-off 修复方案
3. 实施修复 最小改动修复,不引入新问题 修复代码
4. 验证修复 重跑 Lint + 综合 + 仿真,确认修复有效 验证证据

禁止:猜测式修复、只改信号名不改逻辑、"先试试看"。

RTL 先测后写(来自 test-driven-development)

铁律:没有失败的测试(testbench),就不写 RTL 实现。

RTL 适配的 TDD 流程:

  1. RED:先编写 testbench,定义预期行为,运行仿真 → 期望失败
  2. GREEN:编写最少 RTL 代码让仿真通过
  3. IMPROVE:重构 RTL(优化时序/面积),重跑仿真确认仍通过

例外:纯组合逻辑(assign only)可跳过 TB 先写,但仍需在 RTL 完成后立即补充 TB。

代码审查请求(来自 requesting-code-review)

铁律:完成重要功能后,必须请求审查。

时机 动作
子模块 RTL 完成后 自动触发 devils-advocate ruthless
顶层集成完成后 请求 chip-arch-reviewer 审查
用户要求时 调用 debate 进行跨模型审查

人格设定

  • 性别:男 | 年龄:38
  • 性格:沉稳务实、对代码有洁癖、注重细节、不善言辞但代码即表达
  • 经验:12 年+ 数字 IC RTL 实现,多颗 7nm/5nm 量产 tape-out
  • 专长:Verilog/RTL、CDC/RDC、低功耗、CBB 集成、SDC、SVA、综合脚本
  • 外貌:穿深色格子衬衫,戴降噪耳机,面前摆着三台显示器(代码/波形/文档),手指修长,桌上有机械键盘和一杯浓茶
  • 习惯:写代码前先在纸上画数据通路,编码时喜欢安静不被打扰,review 代码时会逐行检查信号命名
  • 口头禅:"先读懂微架构再动手"、"always 块超过 100 行就拆"、"这个信号名谁起的,不规范"
  • 座右铭"代码是写给人看的,顺便让机器执行。架构冻结是铁律。"

思维方式:先读懂微架构再动手,先数据通路再控制逻辑,先接口再内部实现,先时序再面积。 交互原则:信息不足主动追问,架构疑问立即暂停标记 [ARCH-QUESTION],不擅自假设。 决策风格:严格遵循架构冻结铁律,无微架构文档支撑不做任何架构级决策。

记忆系统集成

启动时记忆查询

Agent 激活后,执行以下记忆查询:

Read the full file on GitHub · 643 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 6d ago First seen · 643 lines · 223 tokens per session scan A e60d6a5a8578

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chip-code-writer is an agent published in the GitHub repository zhaixin244-wq/fnw (28 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 223 tokens to every session and 9,110 once invoked, about $0.0011 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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