kicad-project SKILL.md skillA
kicad-project 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-project@git:20261017.79a320ePins git:20261017.79a320e 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-project/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20261017.79a320e, committed Oct 17, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 11, 2026
- Size
- 5,784 bytes
- Repository stars
- 7
- License
- MIT
Open, inspect, and safely manipulate any KiCad project through the CLEAN→PROBED→STAGED→VERIFIED→RENDERED→REVIEWED→COMMITTED state machine. Use when starting any KiCad work session, setting up lib tables, or when unsure whether it is safe to write to a project.
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
# KiCad project state machine Repo: `$(kx root)` (engine + design docs). ## Session entry protocol (always) 1. `kx env PROJECT_DIR` — one call: kicad-cli (+nightly) version, lock files (tilde = literal filename prefix), IPC socket/aliveness, recommended backend, the API-server setting of every install (`api_server_settings`) and stale sockets. If `backends.file.writable_now` is false, KiCad has the project OPEN: do not write files (a .kicad_pcb write is refused outright); for the board use live mode (`kx live pcb …`, kicad-pcb skill), otherwise ask the user to close/reload, or work on a scratch copy. `kx` = ~/.local/bin/kx → repo bin/kx (self-sets PYTHONPATH; works from any cwd). Python API instead: run with PYTHONPATH=$(kx root) (no pip install). kicad-cli is resolved by kicad_lib/kcli.py: KX_KICAD_CLI env → native on PATH → flatpak → nightly. VERSION-SKEW RULE: evidence (ERC/render/netlist) must come from the same engine that writes the files — if the user edits with the v11 nightly, set `KX_KICAD_CLI=kicad-cli-nightly` for the session; a stable CLI may misread nightly-saved files and the diff/ERC evidence silently lies. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add avatarsd/kiskill/kicad-project@sha256:300b0f865e7293d9The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261017.79a320e, 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_wwblegtf3aiq23tq)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Jun 11, 2026 and Oct 17, 2026, about one every 32 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261017.79a320e latest | 2026-10-17 | 79a320e | 5,784 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261017.6615543 | 2026-10-17 | 6615543 | 4,466 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260611.4375392 | 2026-06-11 | 4375392 | 3,972 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260611.db3c74c | 2026-06-11 | db3c74c | 3,563 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260611.0c6495d | 2026-06-11 | 0c6495d | 3,609 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 (5784 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_wwblegtf3aiq23tq GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=avatarsd/kiskill/kicad-project GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/300b0f865e7293d9251579f292ae3b494829174c4887fb4e26bcdba0fb345cec
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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.