kicad-schematic SKILL.md skillA
kicad-schematic 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-schematic@git:20261018.ac33683Pins git:20261018.ac33683 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-schematic/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 6
- Latest version
- git:20261018.ac33683, committed Oct 18, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 11, 2026
- Size
- 22,326 bytes
- Repository stars
- 7
- License
- MIT
Generate and modify KiCad schematics (.kicad_sch) and PCBs (.kicad_pcb) programmatically, with geometric verification, headless ERC, and rendered visual inspection. Use when asked to draw/implement/extend a schematic, inject circuit blocks into an existing KiCad project, stage footprints on a PCB, or verify schematic wiring/rotation. Trigger phrases: "draw in kicad", "create schematic", "implement schematic", "add to the schematic", "kicad_sch", "footprints on the pcb".
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 schematic generation **Engine:** `$(kx root)/kicad_lib/` — lossless sexp parser (`sexp.py`, token-equal round-trip proven on 2.3 MB boards; byte-identity only for .kicad_mod — sch re-serializes with ~0.5% whitespace drift) and the `kx` CLI (`python3 -m kicad_lib.cli probe|check FILE` from the repo root). Prefer `kx probe` over ad-hoc grep for inventory; prefer `sexp.py` over regex surgery for edits (`kx` is on PATH via ~/.local/bin). Persist with `sexp.save_file(path, root)` — PATH FIRST. Python imports need PYTHONPATH=<repo> or cwd=<repo>; the package is not pip-installed. Sibling skills: kicad-project (state machine), kicad-component (find/fetch parts), kicad-review (diff/ERC), kicad-improve (self-improvement loop). Design: `doc/DESIGN.md` in that repo. Battle-tested workflow for writing `.kicad_sch`/`.kicad_pcb` files from Python without KiCad GUI. The engine and worked examples ship in this repo (`kx root`): - `kicad_lib/ops.py` — standalone sheet, scaffold symbols, full-wire layout, driven by the built-in geometric verifier (`kicad_lib/verify.py`). - `kicad_lib/live_ops.py` — inject a block into an EXISTING schematic using …
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How to install
mdr add avatarsd/kiskill/kicad-schematic@sha256:a65657da946b604fThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261018.ac33683, 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 6 versions of this file, between Jun 11, 2026 and Oct 18, 2026, about one every 26 days.
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| git:20261018.ac33683 latest | 2026-10-18 | ac33683 | 22,326 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261017.79a320e | 2026-10-17 | 79a320e | 21,884 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261017.6c4506d | 2026-10-17 | 6c4506d | 19,600 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261017.09275ca | 2026-10-17 | 09275ca | 19,465 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260611.db3c74c | 2026-06-11 | db3c74c | 17,751 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260611.7a6d3ba | 2026-06-11 | 7a6d3ba | 17,733 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 (22326 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_ztpybvk7vzk5ip2i GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=avatarsd/kiskill/kicad-schematic GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/a65657da946b604fd947c15943a4c74e69c1fb92f28f82858b2a306d5ab325fd
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