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Kicad Pcb Review

by oaslananka in oaslananka/kicad-mcp-pro

A skill your agent uses when reviewing, fixing, validating, or preparing KiCad PCB projects with the kicad MCP server.

MITAuto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install Kicad Pcb Review

skills CLI
$ npx skills add oaslananka/kicad-mcp-pro --skill kicad-pcb-review -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install oaslananka/kicad-mcp-pro kicad-pcb-review --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/oaslananka/kicad-mcp-pro.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/integrations/claude-code/kicad-pcb-review-skill .claude/skills/kicad-pcb-review && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
kicad-pcb-review
GitHub stars
122
Token cost
~585 tokens
SKILL.md length
252 words
Files
5 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo
11
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when reviewing, fixing, validating, or preparing KiCad PCB projects with the kicad MCP server.

  • Works in 5 steps: First verify the MCP server → Never edit before reading the current… → For design changes → …
  • Preparing KiCad PCB projects with the kicad MCP server
  • SKILL.md covers Required Behavior, Tool Preference, Refusal Policy and References
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder

What it does

Kicad Pcb Review is an agent skill from oaslananka/kicad-mcp-pro. Use this skill when reviewing, fixing, validating, or preparing KiCad PCB projects with the kicad MCP server.

Its SKILL.md is about 590 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 6 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `references/kicad-mcp-tool-map.md`, `references/manufacturing-release-checklist.md` and `references/pcb-review-checklist.md`).

It sits in Agent Workflows, covering MCP servers. It works with Model Context Protocol and Python. The repository describes itself as: MCP server for KiCad, connecting AI agents to schematic and PCB workflows, ERC/DRC validation, DFM checks, BOM analysis, and manufacturing preparation—with controlled edits and… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Preparing KiCad PCB projects with the kicad MCP server
  • Tasks that involve MCP servers

Example prompts

  • “/kicad-pcb-review”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. First verify the MCP server
  2. Never edit before reading the current schematic and PCB state.
  3. For design changes
  4. After any edit
  5. For manufacturing release

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e2609ec. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Kicad Pcb Review loads about 585 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.5k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 32 tokens; SKILL.md has 252 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~32
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~585
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1.5k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from oaslananka/kicad-mcp-pro at commit e2609ec, republished under its MIT licence (© oaslananka). 252 words, ~585 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/kicad-pcb-review/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 4 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
kicad-pcb-review
description
Use this skill when reviewing, fixing, validating, or preparing KiCad PCB projects with the kicad MCP server.

KiCad PCB Review Skill

Use this skill for KiCad projects, schematic review, PCB layout review, DRC/ERC, DFM, manufacturing exports, BOM, pick-and-place, stackup, SI/PI/EMC checks, and release package preparation.

Required Behavior

  1. First verify the MCP server:

    • Call kicad_get_project_info
    • Call project_quality_gate
    • Inspect KiCad version and project paths

  2. Never edit before reading the current schematic and PCB state.

  3. For design changes:

    • Explain proposed change
    • Use kicad_set_project to select the KiCad project instead of shell cd when possible
    • Use dry-run if available
    • Ask for confirmation before destructive/write tools
    • Prefer dedicated MCP operations over Bash/Python file rewriting; use pcb_delete_items / pcb_delete_object for PCB object removal and run_drc for DRC verification
    • If the required MCP operation is not visible in the active profile/mode, stop and state which supported profile/mode is required. Do not silently fall back to sed, regex-based Python, or direct .kicad_pcb / .kicad_sch mutation

  4. After any edit:

    • Run ERC
    • Run DRC
    • Run relevant DFM checks
    • Summarize files changed

  5. For manufacturing release:

    • Run full validation loop
    • Export Gerber/drill/BOM/POS/STEP/PDF
    • Generate manifest
    • List warnings and waiver status

Tool Preference

Read-only first:

  • kicad_get_project_info
  • sch_get_symbols
  • sch_get_net_names
  • pcb_get_board_summary
  • pcb_get_nets
  • run_erc
  • run_drc
  • validate_design
  • project_quality_gate

Write only when requested:

  • Schematic add/edit tools
  • PCB add/edit tools, including pcb_delete_items and pcb_delete_object for removal
  • Route tools
  • Export/release tools

Refusal Policy

Do not claim a board is manufacturing-ready unless ERC, DRC, DFM, BOM, POS and export checks have passed or every issue is explicitly documented.

References

See references/kicad-mcp-tool-map.md for a complete tool listing. See references/pcb-review-checklist.md for the PCB review process. See references/manufacturing-release-checklist.md for release preparation.

© oaslananka, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 4 other files (scripts, references) in integrations/claude-code/kicad-pcb-review-skill of oaslananka/kicad-mcp-pro.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/kicad-mcp-tool-map.md
  • references/manufacturing-release-checklist.md
  • references/pcb-review-checklist.md
  • scripts/verify_kicad_mcp.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e2609ec

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Questions about Kicad Pcb Review

What does Kicad Pcb Review do?

A skill your agent uses when reviewing, fixing, validating, or preparing KiCad PCB projects with the kicad MCP server. Kicad Pcb Review is an agent skill from oaslananka/kicad-mcp-pro. Use this skill when reviewing, fixing, validating, or preparing KiCad PCB projects with the kicad MCP server.

When should I use Kicad Pcb Review?

Kicad Pcb Review fits situations like: preparing KiCad PCB projects with the kicad MCP server; tasks that involve MCP servers.

How do I install Kicad Pcb Review in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add oaslananka/kicad-mcp-pro --skill kicad-pcb-review -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (integrations/claude-code/kicad-pcb-review-skill in oaslananka/kicad-mcp-pro) into .claude/skills/kicad-pcb-review in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Kicad Pcb Review in Codex?

Run `npx skills add oaslananka/kicad-mcp-pro --skill kicad-pcb-review -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (integrations/claude-code/kicad-pcb-review-skill in oaslananka/kicad-mcp-pro) into .agents/skills/kicad-pcb-review in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Kicad Pcb Review in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add oaslananka/kicad-mcp-pro --skill kicad-pcb-review -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/kicad-pcb-review, .gemini/skills/kicad-pcb-review, .github/skills/kicad-pcb-review and .opencode/skills/kicad-pcb-review in your project.

What does Kicad Pcb Review need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Kicad Pcb Review needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Kicad Pcb Review access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Kicad Pcb Review safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Kicad Pcb Review use?

Kicad Pcb Review is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Kicad Pcb Review use?

About 585 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 895 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Kicad Pcb Review?

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Who maintains Kicad Pcb Review?

oaslananka (a GitHub user) maintains it in oaslananka/kicad-mcp-pro, which has 122 GitHub stars. The repository holds 11 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 11, 2026.

Source: oaslananka/kicad-mcp-pro on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.