kicad_automations

Create, import, analyze, or resume an end-to-end Circuit Weaver electronic design with durable project state. Load the canonical workflow from skills/circuit-weaver/SKILL.md. Use kicad for one-off file inspection, bom for sourcing, and design-wizard only when explicitly requested.

Use only for an explicitly requested step-by-step Circuit Weaver questionnaire. Load the canonical workflow from skills/design-wizard/SKILL.md; use circuit-weaver for ordinary automatic new-design requests.

Route non-critical nets on a real KiCad PCB or Specctra DSN through Circuit Weaver's fail-closed Freerouting integration. Use after placement and net-class setup when the user requests autorouting, a validated SES session, routing diagnostics, or post-route cleanup. Keep critical power, RF, clock, crystal, switching, and differential nets manual.

Generate KiCad schematics from a Circuit Weaver design.yaml or a project's own checked-in generator. Use for large, repetitive, or machine-synchronized designs. Prefer the Circuit Weaver CLI unless the project actually contains and documents its own generation scripts.

Design and verify professional multi-sheet KiCad hierarchies generated from Circuit Weaver functional sections. Use when adding, splitting, renaming, or reviewing schematic sheets, cross-sheet interfaces, root symbols, sheet ownership, or final hierarchy ERC.

Review Circuit Weaver's exhaustive placement proposal and apply approved SVG coordinates to a real electrically annotated KiCad PCB. Use after schematic generation for placement optimization, official-reference review, interactive SVG editing, strict reference reconciliation, and PCB placement handoff. Do not treat review artifacts as fabrication data.

Pin-to-net mapping auditor -- verifies that every IC pin in the schematic is connected to the correct net, matched against a pin map source of truth (CSV, datasheet table, or Python dict). Critical for BGA/QFN devices where swap errors are invisible to DRC/ERC.

Cross-reference design audit -- validates consistency across spec, schematics, BOM, pin maps, and PCB layout. Catches disagreements before fabrication. Run after any significant design change.

Manage an electronics bill of materials across distributors and fabricators: part selection, stock, pricing, alternates, ordering, KiCad properties, and BOM/CPL export. Use for distributor-neutral sourcing, cost comparison, order preparation, or requests such as "what parts do I need" and "export for JLCPCB". Do not take over schematic analysis or a complete new-design workflow unless the requested task is specifically its sourcing/manufacturing stage.

Create, import, analyze, resume, or revise an end-to-end Circuit Weaver electronic design from requirements through validated functional KiCad schematics, placement review, and a truthful manufacturing handoff. Use for new designs and for existing KiCad/PCB/Gerber projects that need durable state. Use kicad for one-off file inspection, bom for standalone sourcing, and design-wizard only when the user explicitly requests the slower questionnaire.

Run the explicit, human-in-the-loop Circuit Weaver questionnaire from requirements through a validated design and KiCad handoff. Use only when the user asks for the design-wizard skill, the offline interactive wizard, or a slow step-by-step guided questionnaire. Do not trigger for ordinary new-design requests; use circuit-weaver for automatic end-to-end orchestration.

Search DigiKey by keyword or part number, check stock and price breaks, retrieve component specifications, and download or synchronize datasheets for an electronics project. Use when the user explicitly wants DigiKey data, a DigiKey prototype-order comparison, or direct datasheet synchronization. For distributor-neutral sourcing, multi-vendor price comparison, or order-file generation, use the bom skill instead.

Electrical and electronic engineering reference — circuit analysis, component selection, power supply design, signal integrity, RF, thermal, EMC, and test & measurement. Use for design questions, calculations, component vetting, and first-principles analysis. Do not orchestrate a complete new board from requirements; use circuit-weaver for that end-to-end workflow.

JLCPCB PCB fabrication and assembly — BOM/CPL generation, basic vs extended parts, assembly constraints, design rules, ordering workflow. Use with KiCad for JLCPCB manufacturing. Use this skill when the user mentions JLCPCB, wants to order PCBs or assembled boards, needs prototype bare PCBs and stencils, wants to know JLCPCB design rules and capabilities, or is asking about PCB manufacturing costs or turnaround times. For gerber/CPL export, stencil ordering, and BOM management, see the `bom` skill.

Analyze existing KiCad projects, schematics, PCB layouts, Gerbers, netlists, and PDF reference schematics. Use when files such as .kicad_sch, .kicad_pcb, .kicad_pro, or Gerbers are supplied and the user wants review, debugging, net tracing, ERC/DRC/DFM, schematic-to-PCB comparison, or pre-fabrication checks. Do not use to create a new design from requirements or for standalone sourcing and ordering.

PCBWay PCB fabrication and assembly — turnkey/consigned assembly, design rules, ordering workflow. Alternative to JLCPCB for manufacturing. Use with KiCad. Use this skill when the user mentions PCBWay, needs turnkey assembly (PCBWay sources parts by MPN), has parts not available on LCSC, needs assembled boards with non-LCSC components, wants to compare PCBWay vs JLCPCB, or needs assembly with parts sourced globally rather than from LCSC only. For gerber/CPL export, stencil ordering, and BOM management, see the `bom` skill.

BOM management, sourcing, pricing, export, and fabrication preparation. Load the canonical Circuit Weaver skill from `skills/bom/SKILL.md`.

DigiKey part search, stock and pricing checks, and datasheet sync. Load the canonical Circuit Weaver skill from `skills/digikey/SKILL.md`.

General electrical engineering support for hardware design and review. Load the canonical Circuit Weaver skill from `skills/ee/SKILL.md`.

JLCPCB fabrication and assembly preparation, quoting, and constraints. Load the canonical Circuit Weaver skill from `skills/jlcpcb/SKILL.md`.

KiCad schematic, PCB, Gerber, and PDF schematic analysis. Load the canonical Circuit Weaver skill from `skills/kicad/SKILL.md`.

LCSC part search, stock and pricing checks, and datasheet sync. Load the canonical Circuit Weaver skill from `skills/lcsc/SKILL.md`.

Mouser part search, price comparison, and datasheet sync. Load the canonical Circuit Weaver skill from `skills/mouser/SKILL.md`.

PCBWay fabrication and turnkey assembly workflows. Load the canonical Circuit Weaver skill from `skills/pcbway/SKILL.md`.

Circuit simulation workflows — SPICE simulation via ngspice, confidence scoring, RF chain analysis (scikit-rf), power/clock transient and AC analysis. Trigger on: "simulate", "run simulation", "spice", "check stability", "ripple analysis". Load the canonical sim skill from `project-skills/sim/SKILL.md`.

Vivado and FPGA workflow guidance. Load the canonical Circuit Weaver skill from `skills/vivado/SKILL.md`.

Circuit simulation and pre-fabrication validation. Trigger on: "simulate", "run simulation", "spice", "check stability", "ripple analysis", "phase margin", "power supply simulation", "AC analysis", "transient analysis". Includes automated SPICE simulation via ngspice, RF chain analysis (scikit-rf), power/clock analysis (PyLTSpice), and PCB EM (openEMS FDTD). Run before ordering to validate performance before spending on prototypes.

Search LCSC Electronics for electronic components — find parts by LCSC number (Cxxxxx) or MPN, check stock/pricing, download datasheets, analyze specifications. Sister company to JLCPCB, same parts library. Sync and maintain a local datasheets directory for a KiCad project. No API key needed — uses the free jlcsearch community API. Use this skill when the user mentions LCSC, JLCPCB parts library, JLCPCB assembly parts, production sourcing, Cxxxxx part numbers, needs to find LCSC equivalents for parts, is preparing a BOM for JLCPCB assembly, or wants to download datasheets and LCSC is available. For package cross-reference tables and BOM workflow, see the `bom` skill.

Search Mouser Electronics for electronic components — secondary source for prototype orders. Find parts, check pricing/stock, download datasheets, analyze specifications. Use with KiCad for BOM creation and part selection. Use this skill when the user specifically mentions Mouser, when DigiKey is out of stock or has worse pricing, when comparing prices across distributors, or when searching for parts that DigiKey doesn't carry. For package cross-reference tables and BOM workflow, see the `bom` skill.

Xilinx/AMD Vivado FPGA build workflow -- batch-mode TCL scripting, ADI HDL reference design integration, Zynq-7000/MPSoC block design, IP builds, synthesis, implementation, and bitstream generation. Use for any Zynq or UltraScale+ design that incorporates ADI transceivers or follows the ADI HDL reference design pattern.