kernelcad-trace-from-image SKILL.md skillA

kernelcad-trace-from-image from w1ne/kernelcad-web is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add w1ne/kernelcad-web/kernelcad-trace-from-image@git:20261014.54c2106

Pins git:20261014.54c2106 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
w1ne/kernelcad-web
Path
src/agent/skills/kernelcad-from-reference/kernelcad-trace-from-image/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
5
Latest version
git:20261014.54c2106, committed Oct 14, 2026
First version recorded
May 20, 2026
Size
12,471 bytes
Repository stars
33
License
MIT

Convert pixel-space features from a reference photo into normalized [0,1] waypoints, then into mm coordinates feedable to path().spline / path().nurbsSegment. Uses the trace_from_image MCP tool. Load when your blockout is in place and the next step is an organic-curve outline (eyewear brow, ergonomic handle, sneaker midsole) that would take more than a minute to eyeball off the photo.

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

# kernelcad-trace-from-image

## Purpose

This is a **coord-extractor**, not a vision agent. It takes a reference photo
plus a list of requested features and returns normalized `[0,1]` waypoints
the agent can convert to mm via a known scale anchor and feed to a
`path().spline()` / `path().nurbsSegment()` chain.

**Accuracy honesty.** opencv's contour is geometrically exact on a uniform-bg
photo. Claude vision is typically 5–10% off on dense landmarks. Every
returned feature carries a per-feature `confidence` in `[0, 1]`. Treat the
output as **better starting-point waypoints**, not pixel-perfect coords —
the model will still need at least one render→inspect pass before finalizing.

Output replaces the burden of eyeballing dozens of `(x, y)` pairs off a photo;
it does **not** replace the spec-writer.

## Inputs

- `.kcad.ts` blockout already in place (from `blockout-model/SKILL.md`).
- Reference photo on disk (`./reference.jpg` typically).
- A scale anchor from the Real Object Brief — at least one numeric length
  (mm) over a known fraction of the image width or height. Without a scale
  anchor the normalized output cannot be lifted to mm.

## When to load this skill
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add w1ne/kernelcad-web/kernelcad-trace-from-image@sha256:38f900150a04ec8d

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261014.54c2106, 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 May 20, 2026 and Oct 14, 2026, about one every 37 days.

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Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (12471 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

GitHub

w1ne/kernelcad-web · 33 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch develop

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_qeefz6ntjot6is6p
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=w1ne/kernelcad-web/kernelcad-trace-from-image
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/38f900150a04ec8da67183cbf72ef99b275baab1ac327d37f7119bd57650e721

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