Agent skill

Fpga Toolchain Yosys

by one-ware in one-ware/OneWare

The Yosys/nextpnr toolchain in ONE WARE Studio — which device setting key controls which stage of the compile, what the build produces, and how to read a failed synthesis, place & route or bitstream…

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Install Fpga Toolchain Yosys

skills CLI
$ npx skills add one-ware/OneWare --skill fpga-toolchain-yosys -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install one-ware/OneWare fpga-toolchain-yosys --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/one-ware/OneWare.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/src/OneWare.OssCadSuiteIntegration/Skills/fpga-toolchain-yosys .claude/skills/fpga-toolchain-yosys && 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
fpga-toolchain-yosys
GitHub stars
147
Token cost
~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
634 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
6
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

The Yosys/nextpnr toolchain in ONE WARE Studio — which device setting key controls which stage of the compile, what the build produces, and how to read a failed synthesis, place & route or bitstream…

  • Works in 3 steps: Synthesis — yosys reads the HDL sources… → Place & Route — a nextpnr-* binary reads… → Bitstream — a pack tool (icepack,…
  • Development work in your project
  • SKILL.md covers Configuring the stages, Reading a failed compile and Programming
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Fpga Toolchain Yosys is an agent skill from one-ware/OneWare. The Yosys/nextpnr toolchain in ONE WARE Studio — which device setting key controls which stage of the compile, what the build produces, and how to read a failed synthesis, place & route or bitstream run.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Development. The repository describes itself as: Next Generation IDE for Electronics Development. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Development work in your project

Example prompts

  • “/fpga-toolchain-yosys”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Synthesis — yosys reads the HDL sources and writes build/synth.json.
  2. Place & Route — a nextpnr-* binary reads build/synth.json and the constraint file and
  3. Bitstream — a pack tool (icepack, ecppack, gowin_pack, gmpack) turns that into the

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit bbc4d99. 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

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    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

Fpga Toolchain Yosys loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 56 tokens; SKILL.md has 634 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~56
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.2k

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); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from one-ware/OneWare at commit bbc4d99, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© one-ware). 634 words, ~1,218 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/fpga-toolchain-yosys/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
fpga-toolchain-yosys
description
The Yosys/nextpnr toolchain in ONE WARE Studio — which device setting key controls which stage of the compile, what the build produces, and how to read a failed synthesis, place & route or bitstream run.

The Yosys toolchain

The yosys toolchain compiles an FPGA project in three stages that run in this order:

  1. Synthesis — yosys reads the HDL sources and writes build/synth.json.
  2. Place & Route — a nextpnr-* binary reads build/synth.json and the constraint file and writes the placed and routed design into build/.
  3. Bitstream — a pack tool (icepack, ecppack, gowin_pack, gmpack) turns that into the bitstream in build/.

Everything is written below build/ in the project folder. That folder is in the project's exclude list, so it does not show up as project content.

A stage only runs when the previous one succeeded. Each stage deletes its own stale output before it starts and verifies that the expected artifact exists afterwards, so a build can never silently reuse a result from an earlier run. This matters when reading a failed compile: the first reported error is the real one, and there is no risk that a "successful" place & route was in fact routing yesterday's netlist.

Configuring the stages

These are device settings of the selected board, stored in device-settings/<board>.deviceconf. Read them with fpga_list_device_settings and change them with fpga_set_device_setting. The same values are what the Toolchain Settings dialog under Compile shows, grouped into Synthesis, Place & Route and Bitstream.

Synthesis (Yosys)
KeyMeaning
yosysToolchainYosysSynthToolThe synth_* command for the target family, e.g. synth_ice40, synth_ecp5, synth_gowin. Must match the board.
yosysToolchainYosysFlagsExtra flags passed to yosys.
yosysToolchainCommandOverrides the generated yosys script command entirely. Leave empty unless the default pipeline does not fit.
yosysQuietFlagtrue suppresses the yosys output. The dialog exposes the inverse as Yosys Verbose.
Place & Route (nextpnr)
KeyMeaning
yosysToolchainNextPnrToolThe nextpnr-* binary, e.g. nextpnr-ice40, nextpnr-ecp5, nextpnr-himbaechel. Must match the synth tool's family.
yosysToolchainNextPnrFlagsExtra flags, typically the device and package selection.
yosysToolchainConstraintFileTypepcf or ccf — the constraint format the board uses.
yosysToolchainOutputTypeasc or txt — the place & route output format the pack tool expects.
yosysToolchainNextPnrVerbosetrue adds --verbose and shows the full nextpnr output in the Output panel. Turn this on when diagnosing timing or placement problems.
Bitstream (pack)
KeyMeaning
yosysToolchainPackToolicepack, ecppack, gowin_pack or gmpack, matching the family.
yosysToolchainPackFlagsExtra flags for the pack tool.
packToolOutputFormatbin or bit.

The three tool selections must agree on the FPGA family: synth_ice40 + nextpnr-ice40 + icepack is consistent, mixing families is not. The hardware package of a board ships correct defaults, so only change them when the user targets a device the package does not cover.

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Reading a failed compile

The compile output goes to the Output panel, prefixed with the project name. A tool that exits with a non-zero status, or that prints a line starting with Error: / ERROR:, fails the stage and stops the build.

SymptomCause
ERROR: Module ... not found from yosysA source file is missing from the project or is in compileExcluded.
ERROR: Can't open input file from yosysThe top entity name does not match any module. Check fpga_list_top_entities.
Cannot run place & route: build/synth.json is missingSynthesis did not produce a netlist — fix the synthesis error above it.
nextpnr reports unconstrained or unknown pinsThe constraint file does not match the design. Assign the pins in the constraint editor.
... exited with code N with no other errorThe tool failed without a parseable message; the verbose option for that stage usually reveals why.

Do not re-run an identical build to "see if it works this time". The stages are deterministic and a stale artifact can no longer mask a failure.

Programming

After a successful build the loader writes the bitstream to the hardware:

  • Config FPGA loads the bitstream into the FPGA's volatile configuration. It is gone after a power cycle.
  • Write FLASH Memory writes it into the board's FLASH, so the FPGA loads it on every power-up.

Both need a bitstream from a completed build; the loader refuses to start without one.

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Files

Just SKILL.md in src/OneWare.OssCadSuiteIntegration/Skills/fpga-toolchain-yosys of one-ware/OneWare.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit bbc4d99

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Questions about Fpga Toolchain Yosys

What does Fpga Toolchain Yosys do?

The Yosys/nextpnr toolchain in ONE WARE Studio — which device setting key controls which stage of the compile, what the build produces, and how to read a failed synthesis, place & route or bitstream…. Fpga Toolchain Yosys is an agent skill from one-ware/OneWare. The Yosys/nextpnr toolchain in ONE WARE Studio — which device setting key controls which stage of the compile, what the build produces, and how to read a failed synthesis, place & route or bitstream run.

When should I use Fpga Toolchain Yosys?

Fpga Toolchain Yosys fits situations like: development work in your project.

How do I install Fpga Toolchain Yosys in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add one-ware/OneWare --skill fpga-toolchain-yosys -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (src/OneWare.OssCadSuiteIntegration/Skills/fpga-toolchain-yosys in one-ware/OneWare) into .claude/skills/fpga-toolchain-yosys in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Fpga Toolchain Yosys in Codex?

Run `npx skills add one-ware/OneWare --skill fpga-toolchain-yosys -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (src/OneWare.OssCadSuiteIntegration/Skills/fpga-toolchain-yosys in one-ware/OneWare) into .agents/skills/fpga-toolchain-yosys in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Fpga Toolchain Yosys 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 one-ware/OneWare --skill fpga-toolchain-yosys -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/fpga-toolchain-yosys, .gemini/skills/fpga-toolchain-yosys, .github/skills/fpga-toolchain-yosys and .opencode/skills/fpga-toolchain-yosys in your project.

What does Fpga Toolchain Yosys need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Fpga Toolchain Yosys is instructions for the agent only.

Does Fpga Toolchain Yosys 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 Fpga Toolchain Yosys 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. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Fpga Toolchain Yosys use?

Fpga Toolchain Yosys is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Fpga Toolchain Yosys use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Fpga Toolchain Yosys?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Fpga Toolchain Yosys: Vercel Composition Patterns (supabase/supabase, 111k stars), Finishing a Development Branch (obra/superpowers, 297k stars), Typescript Advanced Types (rolling-scopes/rsschool-app, 10k stars) and PR Babysitter (openinterpreter/openinterpreter, 69k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Fpga Toolchain Yosys?

one-ware (a GitHub organization) maintains it in one-ware/OneWare, which has 147 GitHub stars. The repository holds 6 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: one-ware/OneWare on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.