kicad-validate SKILL.md skillA
kicad-validate from mattpainter701/kicad_automations is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add mattpainter701/kicad_automations/kicad-validate@git:20260710.9da1c93Pins git:20260710.9da1c93 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- mattpainter701/kicad_automations
- Path
project-skills/kicad-validate/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260710.9da1c93, committed Jul 10, 2026
- Size
- 3,983 bytes
- Repository stars
- 20
- License
- MIT
Cross-reference design audit -- validates consistency across spec, schematics, BOM, pin maps, and PCB layout. Catches disagreements before fabrication. Run after any significant design change.
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
## Auto-Detection
Before running validation, discover existing projects in the current directory:
```bash
python -m circuit_weaver discover --json
```
If projects are found, use the detected paths for schematic and PCB files
instead of asking the user for paths. Select the most recently modified project
by default, or ask the user to choose if multiple projects exist.
For an unmanaged KiCad project, PCB, Gerber/drill directory, or ZIP, establish
durable non-destructive state and run every applicable bundled analyzer:
```bash
circuit-weaver import-design "${SOURCE_PATH}" --analyze
circuit-weaver status "${PROJECT_ROOT}"
```
Review `.circuit-weaver/analysis/index.json`. Reuse valid cached evidence; run
`analyze-design "${PROJECT_ROOT}" --force` only for an intentional rerun.
---
## Audit Passes
Run all passes after any significant design change.
### Pass 1: Spec vs Schematic
Verify every requirement in the design spec has a corresponding net or component.
- Power rails: all specified voltages present as named nets
- Required interfaces: USB, Ethernet, JTAG -- verify connector and IC present
- IO counts: verify pin counts match spec
### Pass 2: Pin Map vs Schematic
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add mattpainter701/kicad_automations/kicad-validate@sha256:8a2de8a90850a220The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260710.9da1c93, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_bk6caxve5a4fdi2g)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jul 10, 2026.
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 (3983 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
mattpainter701/kicad_automations · 20 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-18 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_bk6caxve5a4fdi2g GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=mattpainter701/kicad_automations/kicad-validate GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8a2de8a90850a22056696395ab2282c33fca51c9d1b8869f765b58c288a91dc3
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.