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git:20260930.77df61c to git:20261001.9215420

2 added, 1 removed. Audit A to A.

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name: fab

description: Export manufacturing files (Gerbers, drill, BOM, pick-and-place) from a KiCad project and walk through ordering boards from JLCPCB or another fab. Use when the user wants to order, manufacture, fabricate or get assembly files for a PCB, or asks for Gerbers, a BOM or a CPL/pick-and-place file.

argument-hint: "[project dir or .kicad_pro]"

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# Fabrication outputs and ordering

`kipcb` is on PATH (fallback `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/kipcb`).

1. Locate the project (the argument, or the single `.kicad_pro` nearby).

2. Run `kipcb drc <project>`. If there are errors or unconnected items, stop

and explain them. Offer to fix them (via `/pcb:design` for kipcb specs, or

directly in KiCad). `kipcb fab --force` exists, but only use it if the user

explicitly accepts the risk.

- 3. Run `kipcb fab <project>` (use `--fab generic` if they aren't using JLCPCB).

+ 3. Run `kipcb fab <project>`. The output format follows the user's manufacturer

+ setting (see `kipcb settings`); pass `--fab jlcpcb` or `--fab generic` to override.

4. Read `fab/<name>-bom.csv`. Flag parts without an LCSC number when the user

wants JLCPCB assembly, and never make one up. Suggest they match those in

JLCPCB's BOM tool, or hand-solder / mark them DNP.

5. Render (`kipcb render <project> --what 3d`) and show `out/pcb_3d_top.png`

so the user sees what they're ordering.

6. Hand off with the file paths and the ordering checklist from

`${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/design/references/manufacturing.md`: upload the

Gerber zip, confirm size/layers/thickness/finish, then upload the BOM and

CPL for assembly and check rotations in the preview.

Don't place orders, upload files to a fab, or enter payment details on the

user's behalf. Prepare the files and explain the steps; the user does the ordering.