# Kicad Pcb

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- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-avatarsd-kiskill-kicad-pcb`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [AvatarSD](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/avatarsd)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [AvatarSD](https://github.com/AvatarSD)
- **Source:** https://github.com/AvatarSD/KiSkill/tree/main/skills/kicad-pcb

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-avatarsd-kiskill-kicad-pcb
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# PCB footprint staging & board ops

Engine: `$(kx root)/kicad_lib/pcb.py`
(python API: PYTHONPATH= or cwd=; CLI: `kx` is on PATH)
(`netlist`, `load_footprint`, `stage`, `edge_cuts_bbox`,
`empty_board_from`). Worked example: `tests/test_pcb.py`.

## Staging flow (Update-PCB adopts, no duplicates)

1. `pcb.netlist(SCH)` → `comps[ref]["tstamps"]` — that uuid IS the link;
   `nets` is the connectivity ground truth (assert designed members!).
   Root-sheet local-label nets are prefixed "/" (`/VOUT`); power nets
   (GND, VCC) are not.
2. `pcb.load_footprint(mod_path, "Lib:Name")` — renames for the board,
   strips file headers (.kicad_mod has no top-level uuid; instances do).
3. `pcb.stage(board, fpdef, ref, value, at, tstamps_uuid, sheetfile)` —
   inserts after the layer clause: uuid, at, path "/", sheetname,
   sheetfile; sets Reference/Value; refreshes EVERY item uuid. Pads stay
   netless — the sync fills them.
4. Stage in a grid CLEAR of the outline: `pcb.edge_cuts_bbox(board)`.
5. Gates: save → reparse → `kicad-cli pcb export svg` accepts → render
   PNG → eyeball → commit.

## Notes

- `pcb.empty_board_from(donor)` builds a minimal valid board (header +
  layer stack + setup + net 0) from any existing .kicad_pcb, read-only.
- DRC: `kicad-cli pcb drc --output drc.rpt --severity-all BOARD` —
  set-diff vs baseline exactly like ERC (kicad-review skill).
- .kicad_pcb round-trips BYTE-IDENTICAL (validated on a 2.3 MB real
  board): pcb pts dialect (≤5 points inline, then 4-per-line chunks) +
  token wrap at column 72 — sexp.dumps sniffs the root tag, or pass
  dialect="pcb" when serializing subtrees. Hand-edits diff zero-noise.
- Update-PCB direction is sch→pcb only; never edit refs on the board.

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [AvatarSD](https://github.com/AvatarSD)
- **Source:** [AvatarSD/KiSkill](https://github.com/AvatarSD/KiSkill)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-avatarsd-kiskill-kicad-pcb
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/avatarsd
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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