Borrowing it
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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.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00031 | $0.00491 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00015 | $0.00246 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00006 | $0.00098 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00003 | $0.00049 |
Grade A, and why
kicad-design-review 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 13d 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.
What it actually says
KiCad Design Review Skill
Use this skill for any KiCad project review task: schematic correctness, PCB layout quality, DFM readiness, manufacturing release, and simulation verification.
When to Use
- Board review before manufacturing
- Schematic review before PCB layout
- DFM check before fab submission
- Manufacturing release preparation
- High-speed design review
- SPICE simulation review
Required Tools
Phase 1 — Project Inspection
kicad_get_project_info— project metadata and KiCad versionproject_quality_gate— comprehensive quality reportpcb_get_board_summary— board dimensions, layers, component countsch_get_symbols— component list
Phase 2 — Electrical Validation
run_erc— all electrical rulessch_get_net_names— verify net connectivity
Phase 3 — Physical Validation
run_drc— all design rulespcb_get_nets— net and track statistics
Phase 4 — DFM / Manufacturing
check_design_for_manufacture— DFM rulesmanufacturing_quality_gate— manufacturing readinessexport_gerber/export_drill/export_bom— release artifacts
Phase 5 — Final Report
- List all warnings and errors by severity
- Provide a manufacturing readiness verdict
- Document any waived issues
Quality Gates
| Gate | What It Checks |
|---|---|
project_quality_gate |
Overall project health |
schematic_quality_gate |
Schematic correctness |
schematic_connectivity_gate |
Net connectivity |
pcb_quality_gate |
PCB layout quality |
pcb_placement_quality_gate |
Component placement |
pcb_transfer_quality_gate |
Schematic-to-PCB sync |
manufacturing_quality_gate |
Manufacturing readiness |
Refusal Policy
Do not approve a design for manufacturing unless:
- All quality gates pass or issues are explicitly documented
- ERC and DRC show zero errors
- DFM checks are complete
- Export artifacts are verified
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.
- 13d ago First seen · 64 lines · 31 tokens per session scan A 146d9f99b919
kicad-design-review is a skill published in the GitHub repository oaslananka/kicad-mcp-pro (86 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 31 tokens to every session and 491 once invoked, about $0.0002 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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