kicad-layout SKILL.md skillA
kicad-layout 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-layout@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-layout/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20261017.6615543, committed Oct 17, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 11, 2026
- Size
- 2,207 bytes
- Repository stars
- 7
- License
- MIT
Autoroute a KiCad board headlessly: schematic → staged footprints → placement → freerouting → routed .kicad_pcb, DRC-gated. Use when asked to route a board, do layout from a schematic, or autoroute nets.
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
# Headless layout / autorouting
Engine: `$(kx root)/kicad_lib/layout.py`
(python API: PYTHONPATH=<repo>; any freerouting-*-linux-x64 in .tools
is auto-detected, newest wins).
Worked end-to-end example: `tests/test_layout.py` (scratch board with
outline + 2 netted footprints → 9 routed segments).
## The chain
layout.autoroute(pcb_in, pcb_out, passes=20)
= dsn_export (pcbnew python in the KiCad flatpak:
pcbnew.ExportSpecctraDSN — headless, verified 10.0)
→ route (.tools/freerouting-2.2.4-linux-x64/bin/freerouting,
BUNDLED JRE — no system java; classic CLI
-de in.dsn -do out.ses -mp N -da)
→ ses_import (pcbnew.ImportSpecctraSES + SaveBoard)
Returns segment/via counts. Bootstrap if .tools missing: download
freerouting-X-linux-x64.zip from github freerouting/freerouting
releases, unzip into .tools/ (no root needed).
## Preconditions (or DSN export is meaningless)
- Edge.Cuts outline present (closed).
- Pads carry nets. Update-PCB-from-Schematic normally fills them; when
building boards programmatically, append `(net "NAME")` to each pad —
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add avatarsd/kiskill/kicad-layout@sha256:6f796d2c5fc10ae8The 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_nvj7pyvzvoqv5t5i)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between Jun 11, 2026 and Oct 17, 2026, about one every 43 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261017.6615543 latest | 2026-10-17 | 6615543 | 2,207 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260611.db3c74c | 2026-06-11 | db3c74c | 1,964 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260611.1e680ba | 2026-06-11 | 1e680ba | 1,987 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260611.9bdc4a0 | 2026-06-11 | 9bdc4a0 | 1,886 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 (2207 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_nvj7pyvzvoqv5t5i GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=avatarsd/kiskill/kicad-layout GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/6f796d2c5fc10ae88beb765615743d06c5bf8b7d66ebf661fa855a6138a805c4
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.