| name | gt3-backside-net-selector |
| description | Select backside-routing candidate nets after placement/postCTS using power-first criteria with timing-safety vetoes. Use when the task is to build or validate reusable net lists/patterns for targeted GT3 backside reroute, especially when dynamic-power reduction is the primary objective. |
GT3 Backside Net Selector
Role Boundary
This skill owns net-selection only:
- consume placement/postCTS DEF and existing scorer evidence,
- run a power-first candidate screen,
- emit reusable net lists/patterns for targeted backside reroute,
- summarize why nets were selected.
This skill does not own:
- actual reroute execution,
- CTS/route submission,
- final PPA claims.
Those remain in gt3-backside-route-policy and workflow-scoped-execution.
Use This Skill When
Use it for requests such as:
- "which nets should be moved to backside?"
- "select backside candidates after placement"
- "use dynamic power as the primary migration criterion"
- "prepare a targeted backside net list for Innovus reroute"
Inputs
Provide or derive:
- a DEF checkpoint (
placed.def or postcts.def),
- GT3 techlef if scorer PDK timing terms are wanted,
- optional criticality/slack file,
- optional activity file,
- backside capacity contract.
Knowledge And Tool Interaction
- If the task needs shared KB/tool lookup before defining selection assumptions, delegate that step to
eda-context-accessor.
- Use existing scorer evidence and prior route summaries as the primary local evidence source for selector setup.
- Record which selector assumptions, capacity contract, and evidence inputs produced the emitted net list.
Output Contract
Return:
- selected net list path,
- escaped pattern list path,
- summary path,
- whether selection used real activity or uniform activity,
- capacity used vs capacity budget.
Operational References
- Load
references/default-policy.md when deciding objective priority, timing veto behavior, clock handling, or independence from route submission.
- Load
references/tool-and-arguments.md when preparing the selector command, optional inputs, or output artifact settings.