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…
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…
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.
ALWAYS use this skill when the user mentions: commit, push, PR, pull request, release, ship, tag, or any git workflow. This skill defines how to stage, commit, push, create PRs, and tag releases. It MUST be loaded before performing any git commit or push operation.
Control a running KiCad session through the official kicad-python IPC bindings. Use for PCB editor interactions, open-board state, current selection, live footprint/track/via/zone/layer work, undoable board mutations, and scripts that chain many KiCad IPC calls together.
First-stop KiCad orientation skill. Use when starting any KiCad task, when the right substrate is unclear, when locating project files, when checking KiCad CLI or Python IPC availability, or when deciding between live IPC, kicad-cli, structured file edits, and parts search.
Create, edit, inspect, and validate KiCad schematics for digital, analog, power, interface, and mixed-signal circuits. Use for requests to open KiCad, create or draw schematics, place library symbols, assign footprints, define external interfaces, wire nets, review screenshots, or diagnose ERC and netlist issues.
Library management workflow for KiCAD — creating symbols, footprints, and managing libraries via MCP tools. Triggers on: "create a symbol", "make a footprint", "custom component", "register library", "find a part", "pin numbering", "new symbol", "new footprint", "add to library", "library path", "pad layout".
Design review and validation workflow for KiCAD projects via MCP tools. Triggers on: "review my design", "check for errors", "audit", "DRC", "ERC", "find problems", "design review", "is this ready", "validate", "check my schematic", "check my PCB", "what's wrong", "run checks", "pre-fab review".
Read and review real PCB projects on BoardRepo. Search published hardware designs, open a board's schematic connectivity, bill of materials and files, run KiCad's DRC and ERC, and check a design against a fabrication house's limits. Use whenever the user names a BoardRepo board or URL, asks to find a published board…
Design, modify, review, validate, or export a KiCad schematic or PCB from natural-language hardware requirements. Use for circuit design, component selection, schematic capture, footprint assignment, board layout, routing, ERC/DRC, BOM, Gerbers, and manufacturing handoff through the KiCad MCP tools.
Validate a local ZapTrace design with requirements review, ERC/DRC evidence, and bounded engineering risk reports without claiming fabrication approval.