kicad-pcb SKILL.md skillA
kicad-pcb from avatarsd/kiskill is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add avatarsd/kiskill/kicad-pcb@git:20261017.6615543Pins git:20261017.6615543 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- avatarsd/kiskill
- Path
skills/kicad-pcb/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20261017.6615543, committed Oct 17, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 11, 2026
- Size
- 6,235 bytes
- Repository stars
- 7
- License
- MIT
Stage footprints on a KiCad PCB so Update-PCB-from-Schematic adopts them without duplicates, probe board geometry, run DRC, and render layers for inspection, and edit the board LIVE in an open KiCad PCB editor over IPC (summary, move/rotate/flip, placement files, select + zoom, zone refill — one undo step per op). Use when asked to put footprints on the pcb, prepare a board for layout, verify a .kicad_pcb change, or change a board the user has open in KiCad.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# PCB footprint staging & board ops Engine: `$(kx root)/kicad_lib/pcb.py` (python API: PYTHONPATH=<repo> or cwd=<repo>; CLI: `kx` is on PATH) (`netlist`, `load_footprint`, `stage`, `edge_cuts_bbox`, `empty_board_from`). Worked example: `tests/test_pcb.py`. ## Staging flow (Update-PCB adopts, no duplicates) 1. `pcb.netlist(SCH)` → `comps[ref]["tstamps"]` — that uuid IS the link; `nets` is the connectivity ground truth (assert designed members!). Root-sheet local-label nets are prefixed "/" (`/VOUT`); power nets (GND, VCC) are not. 2. `pcb.load_footprint(mod_path, "Lib:Name")` — renames for the board, strips file headers (.kicad_mod has no top-level uuid; instances do). 3. `pcb.stage(board, fpdef, ref, value, at, tstamps_uuid, sheetfile)` — inserts after the layer clause: uuid, at, path "/<tstamp>", sheetname, sheetfile; sets Reference/Value; refreshes EVERY item uuid. Pads stay netless — the sync fills them. 4. Stage in a grid CLEAR of the outline: `pcb.edge_cuts_bbox(board)`. 5. Gates: save → reparse → `kicad-cli pcb export svg` accepts → render PNG → eyeball → commit. ## Notes - `pcb.empty_board_from(donor)` builds a minimal valid board (header + …
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How to install
mdr add avatarsd/kiskill/kicad-pcb@sha256:1cba78decdb9a8f6The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261017.6615543, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Jun 11, 2026 and Oct 17, 2026, about one every 32 days.
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| git:20261017.6615543 latest | 2026-10-17 | 6615543 | 6,235 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260611.db3c74c | 2026-06-11 | db3c74c | 2,082 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260611.b13ce6a | 2026-06-11 | b13ce6a | 2,105 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260611.1e680ba | 2026-06-11 | 1e680ba | 1,984 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260611.94b117b | 2026-06-11 | 94b117b | 1,916 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (6235 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
avatarsd/kiskill · 7 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-18 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_4xgp5keuvb776n4z GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=avatarsd/kiskill/kicad-pcb GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/1cba78decdb9a8f6746daaed169605e15b513b0bc0eef505d7bf63c68051b818
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