kicad-fab SKILL.md skillA
kicad-fab 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-fab@git:20260611.db3c74cPins git:20260611.db3c74c 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-fab/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20260611.db3c74c, committed Jun 11, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 11, 2026
- Size
- 1,367 bytes
- Repository stars
- 7
- License
- MIT
Produce fabrication outputs for a KiCad project: grouped engineering BOM, JLCPCB-format BOM and CPL placement file, gerbers and excellon drill. Use when asked to export a BOM, prepare files for JLCPCB/PCBWay, generate gerbers, or package a board for manufacturing.
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
# Fabrication outputs
Engine: `$(kx root)/kicad_lib/fab.py`. One call:
python3 -m kicad_lib.cli fab SCH PCB OUTDIR # either may be "-"
Produces: `bom.csv` (grouped by Value+Footprint, Qty column),
`bom_jlc.csv` (Comment/Designator/Footprint/LCSC Part #, DNP excluded),
`gerbers/` (+ excellon .drl), `cpl.csv` (mm, both sides).
## Notes
- JLC assembly needs an **LCSC field on each symbol** — full snippet
(PYTHONPATH=<repo>): `doc = sexp.load_file(SCH);
ops.set_prop(doc, "R1", "LCSC", "C25804");
sexp.save_file(SCH, doc)` — save_file takes PATH FIRST.
(`kx fetch` tells you the id.)
- Group key is Value+Footprint: identical parts collapse to one row with
ranges (R1,R2 / Qty 2). DNP parts are excluded from the JLC BOM only.
- Power symbols/flags never reach the BOM (KiCad excludes # refs).
- Gerber sanity: count layers (≥ F.Cu/B.Cu/Edge.Cuts + masks/silk) and
open one in the render if the board matters.
- Variants (KiCad 10): pass `--variant` via fab.py extension if a
project uses them — not wired into kx yet.Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add avatarsd/kiskill/kicad-fab@sha256:35256b03d440f52eThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260611.db3c74c, 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_h2t7l57bu5qnpo67)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, all committed on Jun 11, 2026.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20260611.db3c74c latest | 2026-06-11 | db3c74c | 1,367 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260611.1e680ba | 2026-06-11 | 1e680ba | 1,390 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260611.25d916e | 2026-06-11 | 25d916e | 1,271 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 (1367 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_h2t7l57bu5qnpo67 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=avatarsd/kiskill/kicad-fab GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/35256b03d440f52ee68e2d798aeaaded4b72d05633265d2ca05fd38e2fbc09f8
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.