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ai.koppar/kopparVersion 1.0.1Design a KiCad PCB from a prompt: parts, schematic checks, routing, KiCad DRC and Gerbers.
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add_copperLay exact copper by hand where the routers leave a gap: tracks as polylines on one copper layer, and through vias. width_mm, diameter_mm and drill_mm default to the board's current track and via sizes. Nets must exist on the board. Nothing is checked here: run_drc afterwards, and ripup_routing takes copper back out. | No | No | Not declared | No |
add_custom_footprintGive the design a footprint of your own: a KiCad .kicad_mod (the file's text) for a package KiCad's libraries lack. It joins the design's "custom" footprint library and is used as "custom:<name>": pass that to create_custom_symbol (footprint=) or name it in the SKiDL script's footprint=; the board builder loads it like a library footprint and the KiCad project download carries it. The pads must be numbered like the pins. The CLI: `koppar footprint <design> part.kicad_mod`. | No | No | Not declared | No |
add_project_filesUnpack a ZIP into the project folder, keeping its paths: new footprints into a .pretty library the fp-lib-table names, 3D models, a library table. Existing files are kept unless overwrite is true; the reply lists written, replaced and kept files. Base64, up to about 18 MB zipped. | No | No | Not declared | No |
anneal_placeDense placement by simulated annealing: wirelength inside the real outline (Edge.Cuts with its corners, notches and cutouts; a separate piece no held part stands on is left out) with courtyard gaps, edge connectors held on their edge, fixed and locked parts held, and, unless refs is given, the mounting holes, connectors and switches already on the board held too (held_mechanical). Kept clear: keepout rectangles (routing corridors) and the board's and held footprints' rule areas that forbid pads or footprints, on their own faces. A per-pad price for the bottom side (flip_cost, mm of wirelength; each bottom-side pad whose net has top-side pins costs a via). Starts from the current positions unless from_scratch. The result is legalised: no part on another, in a keep-out or off the board; a part with no legal spot that started off the board stays there (unplaced), and a result worse than the board had is not saved (the op fails, the board unchanged). Iterations scale with the parts moved within a 150 s budget: leave iterations unset. | No | No | Not declared | No |
auto_placePack footprints inside the board outline with Koppar's heuristic placer (ratsnest-driven, courtyard-legal). By default every unlocked footprint moves and locked ones stay; refs names exactly which move (all others stay). Constraints: fixed (exact origin positions and rotation, never moved; locked footprints likewise), side, keepouts (rectangles), groups, near (ref within maxMm of an anchor), edge (ref to "left|right|top|bottom", optionally "@mm" along that edge from the outline's top-left corner). Nothing is left past the outline except a USB/barrel/jack opening's 1.2 mm lip; placement_notes lists every part that could not be placed where asked. Coarse by design: refine the result with place_footprints. | No | No | Not declared | No |
bridge_islandsA filled pour cut into islands by routing: one through-via per island that KiCad finds cut off from its net, placed well inside the island and inside the net's main copper on another layer, clear of every other net between. Reports the islands it found no site for. Run run_drc afterwards. | Yes | No | Not declared | No |
check_net_rulesCheck the copper against the project's net classes and differential pairs, which KiCad's DRC does not: every class or pair net's narrowest track and the length below its class width, and every pair (X_P/X_N, X+/X-, CAN X_H/X_L) with its coupled share at the class's diff_pair_gap, both lengths and the skew. Routing applies the same rules. | No | No | Not declared | No |
check_physicsJudge the copper by physics, which KiCad's DRC does not: impedance from the stackup on controlled nets, IR drop and heating on rails with a stated current, pair and lane skew, a ground via beside every high-speed layer change, 3W spacing between high-speed runs, and the via path under exposed paddles. Each check runs only when the board states something it can judge. With repair, the fixable findings are fixed in place (track width, skew meanders, return vias, widened rails), each kept only if KiCad counts nothing worse. finish_board runs the same repairs. | No | No | Not declared | No |
choose_bom_partPick which offer a BOM line uses: the line's references and a seller part number or MPN from its offer or alternatives in get_bom; null goes back to the automatic pick. Sourcing only: a different component is a circuit change. | No | No | Not declared | Yes |
cleanup_boardSweep the routing: zero-length and duplicate tracks, stub tracks (a free end, and everything the track touches stays joined without it), and vias that meet their net on fewer than two layers. Contact is copper overlap, as KiCad judges it. Refills the zones first so pours count as connections. Locked items stay. The board is put back if the unconnected count or the DRC errors rise. A track running on past its last junction is cut back to it (trim_overhangs). list_removed names every item that went. | Yes | No | Not declared | No |
consolidate_bom_basicMove every resistor, capacitor and inductor bought outside JLCPCB's basic library onto an in-stock basic-library part of the same value, package and (capacitors) at least the same voltage rating. Each part outside that library adds a loading fee to a JLCPCB order, usually more than the part. Each swap becomes the line's choice (choose_bom_part with null undoes it); lines with no readable value, no SMD size or no basic part are reported and left alone. | No | No | Not declared | Yes |
couple_pairsAfter route_board: re-route the weakly coupled differential pairs one at a time, least coupled first. Both legs are ripped and routed alone around everything else as a pair; the new copper stays only when the pair's coupled share rises by min_gain_pct, its skew stays within max_skew_mm, KiCad counts no new open item or DRC error, and the board gains at most max_extra_vias vias. Pairs routed with the whole board lose their lanes; alone they couple. Run check_net_rules before and after. | Yes | No | Not declared | No |
create_custom_symbolRegister a connectable schematic symbol for a part that is NOT in KiCad's libraries (search_kicad_symbol returned nothing). Use this for specialty ICs — LED-matrix drivers, niche sensors, etc. — INSTEAD of telling the synthesizer to model the part with discrete passives (which leaves every pin dangling and breaks the board). Provide the full datasheet pinout. The part then becomes available to the synthesizer as Part('custom', '<name>') with the exact pin names you supply here, and is added to the Verified parts table. A part with three or more pins needs footprint= naming a real, in-library footprint for its package (search_kicad_footprint with the family and pin count, e.g. 'LGA-14'); the call is rejected without one, since a generated grid of pads cannot be assembled. List every pad of the footprint, NC pins included. When the package is not in KiCad's libraries, bring your own footprint instead: footprint_mod takes the whole .kicad_mod file as text (KiCad 6+, up to 1 MB; the CLI reads it with `koppar custom-symbol --footprint-file`). It is checked as a KiCad footprint, every pad must have a pin with that pad's number (and every pin a pad), and it is stored as 'custom:<name>': the symbol uses it, and it goes on the board, into project.zip and into the fp-lib-table. footprint is then not needed. The name is used for file names: letters, digits and _ . + - (anything else becomes _). The symbol belongs to design_id. | No | No | Not declared | No |
create_designStart a new design from the user's brief (what the board must do, its interfaces, power, size and constraints). Returns the design_id every other tool takes and the web_url where the user follows the design. Uses no generation quota: the work is done by you. | No | No | Not declared | No |
delete_designMove a design (or a board workspace) to the trash: it leaves list_designs and the web app, and restore_design brings it back. permanent deletes it with no trash to restore from. Refused while a run on it is in progress. The CLI: `koppar delete <design>`. | Yes | No | Not declared | No |
diagnose_open_netsFor every net still open (or the nets named): each pad with the escape corridors free on its own layer, whether a via can be dropped beside it at all, and what blocks it (which part's pads, which net's tracks or vias, the board edge). A pad with no free corridor and no via site is CRAMPED — no router can reach it; the advice names the parts to move. Otherwise the advice says which nets to rip and route first. Use it instead of repeating repair_board on a net that keeps failing. | No | Yes | Not declared | No |
edit_circuitApply SEARCH/REPLACE patches to your latest script and re-run every check, as submit_circuit does. The latest script is your last submission when it was sent back (attempt_N_circuit.py), otherwise the design's circuit.py. Each search must match the current file exactly once (whitespace-sensitive); an empty replace deletes. Nothing is applied if any block fails to match. | No | No | Not declared | Yes |
export_stepExport the assembled board as STEP (3D models, DNP parts left out). Download it as workspace.step; workspace.zip includes it. | No | Yes | Not declared | No |
fill_zonesRefill every copper zone with KiCad's zone filler. | No | No | Not declared | No |
finish_boardClose what the router left open the way a designer does: for each open net the diagnosis names the copper boxing it in; that copper is ripped (never a poured net), the open nets are routed FIRST into the space, then the ripped nets go back around them; up to `rounds` rounds, each kept only if KiCad counts fewer unconnected items. Use it after route_board leaves a handful of nets open (route_board's default pipeline already runs three rounds; this adds more, or follows a single route); repair_board never moves the blockers. | No | No | Not declared | No |
get_board_contextWhat the board plan is decided from: the computed minimum board, BOARD STATS (pad density, fine-pitch parts, fanout), the parts and nets, board instructions the user gave, and the plan schema with its rules. Needs an accepted schematic. | No | Yes | Not declared | No |
get_board_infoThe board as it stands: copper layers, outline, design rules and net classes, counts (footprints, nets, tracks, vias, zones, keepouts, KiCad unconnected items), zones and keepouts, and every footprint with reference, value, footprint, position (origin, mm), rotation, side, locked, DNP, courtyard box and 3D models. | No | Yes | Not declared | No |
get_board_jobThe design's latest board job: its status and, once it ends, its result or error. wait_s holds the call until it ends. A job is allowed the time its budget asks for (time_budget_s, total_budget_s, rounds), and survives a server restart (the op starts over from its snapshot; route_board's pipeline goes on from its last finished stage). | No | Yes | Not declared | No |
get_board_statusThe board run: stage, size, layers, placement, routing completion, open nets, DRC counts; once finished, DRC violations by type, whether the fab files are released and, when not, the diagnosed causes (first = fix first: parts that did not fit, collisions, missing footprints, open nets, thin power). wait_s holds the call until the run ends (or that many seconds pass). | No | Yes | Not declared | No |
get_bomThe live-priced BOM: each line with references, value, footprint, the chosen offer (seller, part number, MPN, price, stock, match quality), alternatives and totals. refresh asks the sellers again (tens of seconds). | No | Yes | Not declared | Yes |
get_designWhere a design stands: the brief, the schematic (accepted or the last blocking error, ERC, part and net counts, submissions), the board run, the readable files, and the next step. | No | Yes | Not declared | No |
get_downloadsDownload URLs for the design (KiCad project, schematic, netlist, BOM CSV, board file, 3D model, Gerbers, order bundle) and which are available now. They take the same Authorization: Bearer API key; the CLI fetches them with `koppar download <design> <artifact>`. | No | Yes | Not declared | No |
get_fab_statusWhether the board has earned its fab files (zero serious DRC errors, nothing unconnected), and if not, why not. | No | Yes | Not declared | No |
get_kicad_symbolReturn the full pin list (number, name, electrical type) and description for a specific KiCad symbol. For some high-risk power parts it also returns curated topology_constraints from datasheet-style application notes and footprint_suggestions. Use this before writing pin connections (e.g. mcu['VCC'] += vcc) so names, constraints and footprints match the symbol exactly. For a part found in KiCad, the result is ALSO enriched with that part's topology + required external parts from a datasheet database (merged into topology_constraints). For a part NOT in KiCad (search returned nothing), call this with library='custom' and name='<part number>': the component database returns its datasheet link, package and an UNVERIFIED machine-extracted pinout. That is not a symbol: register the part with create_custom_symbol, whose pinout is checked against the datasheet. Pass design_id so the lookup is recorded for the design's dossier and a registered part belongs to it. Give library and name, or up to 12 of them in parts. | No | Yes | Not declared | No |
get_order_priceOne price for a quantity: parts from the sellers, the board and assembly from the chosen provider's quote, setup fees, and what the total does not include. | No | Yes | Not declared | Yes |
get_review_packetEverything a design review needs in one text: the brief, the dossier, circuit.py and the compiled connectivity (every net with every pin and its function), with the reviewer instructions. Review it yourself and fix blockers with edit_circuit. | No | Yes | Not declared | No |
get_workflow_guideHow to drive Koppar end to end, and the instructions for each stage you do yourself: "research" (part research and the dossier), "synthesis" (writing the SKiDL schematic), "review" (design review), "board" (the board plan). Read the stage guide before doing that stage. | No | Yes | Not declared | No |
import_kicad_projectBring an existing KiCad project in as a board workspace: the project folder as a ZIP (the .kicad_pcb, .kicad_pro, schematics, footprint and 3D-model folders), base64-encoded, up to about 18 MB zipped. An Altium Designer project (the .PcbDoc at the top of the ZIP) is converted with KiCad: the board, and its clearance, width, via and differential-pair rules as net classes; the reply lists the rules not carried (rooms, layers, lengths). The CLI does this with `koppar import <folder>`. Or from_design_id: the KiCad project of a design the pipeline built (its board, rules, schematics and custom footprints) opened as a workspace, to change the design rules, place and route it with the board tools and put the result back with upload_board (workspace_id). Returns the design_id the board tools take and a first get_board_info. A new revision of a board you already imported (changed in KiCad) is imported again with the session_id the first import returned: it opens as a new design in that same project, beside the revisions before it, so one board stays one project in the user's list. Not for changes the board tools can make on the design you have: work on that design_id. | No | No | Not declared | No |
leave_feedbackSend the Koppar team feedback from the user: about Koppar in general, or about one design (design_id). A rating from 1 to 5, a message, or both. Use it when the user asks you to pass something on, or tells you what worked or did not; say in the message what happened, in their words where you can. The team reads every one. | No | No | Not declared | No |
list_board_revisionsThe snapshots of this board, newest first. Revision N is the board as it was before change N (revision 0 is the project as imported); restore_board_revision N goes back to it. | No | Yes | Not declared | No |
list_designsThe user's designs, newest first, including ones made in the web app (an agent can continue those too) and board workspaces (kind "board workspace"). With trashed, the designs in the trash instead. | No | Yes | Not declared | No |
list_order_providersThe PCB and assembly providers, whether each can quote and take this kind of board today, and what a handoff sends them. | No | Yes | Not declared | Yes |
place_footprintsPut footprints exactly where given: KiCad board coordinates of the footprint origin in mm (y grows downward), rotation in degrees as KiCad shows it, side F or B (changing side flips the footprint, as KiCad does), locked. dx_mm/dy_mm/drot_deg move relative to where it is. Nothing is nudged or legalized: overlaps are for run_drc to report. Unknown references come back in missing. | No | No | Not declared | No |
polish_viasAfter route_board and prune_vias: rip one net at a time, most vias first, route it alone around everything else at a high via price, and keep the new copper only when KiCad counts fewer vias with no new open item or DRC error (a reroute that cuts a pour into islands first gets one via per island, bridge_islands). Run run_drc and get_score afterwards; a second pass sometimes finds more. | Yes | No | Not declared | No |
prune_viasRemove every via the board does not need: groups of vias come out, the zones are refilled and KiCad's unconnected count compared, and a via stays only if removing it disconnects something. nets limits the candidates (GND and the plane rails first: pours already join most of their pads). Runs for minutes on a large board; then fill_zones, run_drc. | No | No | Not declared | No |
read_design_fileRead a text file of the design: prompt.txt (brief), dossier.md, circuit.py, circuit.net, result.json, circuit.erc.json (KiCad ERC violations), attempt_N_circuit.py / attempt_N_error.txt, board_plan.json, pcb_result.json, pcb_run.log, circuit.drc.json (KiCad DRC), netclasses.resolved.json, dfm.json, harness.log. | No | Yes | Not declared | No |
render_boardAn exact 2D picture of the board as an engineer reads it: copper per layer (the facing layer full strength, the others faded), pads, vias, pours, outline, courtyards and refs. side top|bottom, region [x, y, w, h] mm for a crop, drc_markers to circle every DRC violation, ratsnest to draw the open connections, highlight_nets/highlight_refs in magenta. The pixel-per-mm scale and region come back so a follow-up crop is exact. Download workspace.render.png. | No | Yes | Not declared | No |
repair_boardKeep the copper of every net it already connects and route the nets still open around it: route_board with preserve_existing, with the learned router service. Default budget 120 s. | No | No | Not declared | No |
restore_board_revisionPut the board and its rules back as they were in a revision from list_board_revisions. The current board is saved as a new revision first, so the restore itself can be undone. | No | No | Not declared | No |
restore_designPut a deleted design back from the trash. | No | No | Not declared | No |
ripup_routingDelete tracks and vias: of the given nets, on the given layers (vias are not layer-filtered), with an end inside region, or all. Filters combine. tracks/vias choose which kinds (both by default); zones also deletes the copper zones (pours) the same filters match (a zone inside region), never keepout areas. Locked items stay unless include_locked. | Yes | No | Not declared | No |
route_boardRoute under the project's rules and net classes. By default (no nets, no router, none of the single-route options below) it runs the full route pipeline Koppar benchmarks: the learned router on the whole board, repair rounds on what stays open, copper finishing (0/45/90 runs) and one repair round after it, inside one wall-clock cap: time_budget_s is that cap (default 1200, up to 1500), so the job runs up to about 20 minutes: follow it with get_board_job. The result gives the final unconnected items and DRC errors and a pipeline summary: the counts after the route and after each finish, whether the copper finishing was kept. preserve_existing unset keeps the copper of a board that has tracks or vias and routes a board without any from scratch; false routes every net again. pours, ml_options, pairs_first and class_vias shape the route and the repair rounds of that pipeline. nets, router, seed_existing or a rule override (clearance_mm, track_width_mm, via sizes, edge_clearance_mm: this run only, so not the pipeline, whose later stages hold the project rules) runs ONE route instead, with no copper finishing, for expert control (tidy_copper after it straightens the copper): nets limits it to those nets; preserve_existing (default true) keeps every track and via already on the board and routes only what is still open. pours: "keep" (the default on a board you brought) keeps the board's zones, and a zone of a net the route lays is that net's plane: each of its pads gets a via to it and the net is not routed as tracks (zones first, then route); "engine" drops them and lets the router plan its own planes. Rule overrides apply to this run only. The learned router takes its via discipline in ml_options. A single route takes time_budget_s (default 120, up to 900). | No | No | Not declared | No |
run_drcKiCad's DRC on the board as it is now, with schematic parity when the project has its schematic: error and warning counts by type, shorts, unconnected items, parity items, and the first violations with their items and positions (types filters, max_violations caps; default 40). Also mount_fit: parts reaching through the board (mid-mount jacks, USB-C) checked against their cutouts from their 3D models, with any body area over board material or within the fab's 0.2 mm milling tolerance of the cut. | No | Yes | Not declared | No |
save_dossierStore the research dossier (markdown with ## Parts list, ## Power rails, ## Topology constraints, ## Notes, as the research guide describes). The verified pin tables from your lookups on this design are appended, and verified entries the design already had for parts you did not look up again are kept. Reports every (library, name) in the parts list that does not exist, with catalog candidates. | No | No | Not declared | No |
search_kicad_footprintSearch KiCad's standard footprint libraries. Returns 'Library:Footprint' strings suitable for the footprint= argument of Part(...). Query with the package family and pin count ('LGA-14', 'QFN-24', 'SOIC-8'), optionally a body size or pitch. When no name contains every word, near_misses lists footprints of the same package, ranked by body size and pitch. Pass design_id so the lookup is recorded for the design's dossier and a registered part belongs to it. | No | Yes | Not declared | No |
search_kicad_symbolSearch KiCad's standard symbol libraries for parts whose name contains a substring. Use this whenever you are not 100% sure the (library, name) pair you're about to pass to Part(...) exists. Always prefer the package-suffixed variant the search returns over a generic name. If a part returns nothing here, get_kicad_symbol(library='custom', name='<part number>') may find it in the component database (a datasheet link and a pinout lead); register it with create_custom_symbol. Pass design_id so the lookup is recorded for the design's dossier and a registered part belongs to it. | No | Yes | Not declared | No |
send_order_to_providerUpload the released board (Gerbers, BOM, placement) to a manufacturer and return the page where the user pays. This publishes the design to a third party: call it only when the user has explicitly asked to order from that provider, and set user_confirmed only then. Some providers need a shipping address. | Yes | No | Not declared | Yes |
set_board_outlineReplace everything on Edge.Cuts with a new outline: rect (optionally with corner_radius_mm), a polygon of points, or fit_to_parts (the rectangle around every footprint courtyard plus margin_mm). Give exactly one. | No | No | Not declared | No |
set_design_rulesSet the project design rules (.kicad_pro) and copper layer count. Works on a board workspace and on a generated design (create_design → start_board). On a generated design the rules go into circuit.kicad_pro/.kicad_dru in place (the previous ones are snapshotted under rules_revisions/), are kept by every later project write (project.zip, a new board run), the copper is not changed and KiCad DRC judges the board against them at once: the reply carries the DRC counts and whether the Gerbers are released; the next start_board routes to the default_* values. copper_layers, stackup and board_thickness_mm are workspace-only (a generated design changes them with a new board). preset "jlcpcb" applies JLCPCB's published minimums for the layer count and writes their per-feature limits (plated rings, pad hole spacing, hole-to-track) as KiCad custom rules (.kicad_dru) that run_drc checks; explicit values override the minimums. Board minimums (min_*), the Default net class (default_*), and named net classes with their net patterns. route_board routes with these rules and run_drc checks against them. Changing copper_layers rebuilds the stackup; tracks on removed layers are reported. copper_layers 1 is a single-sided board (hand etching): the KiCad file keeps F.Cu and B.Cu, and from then on the routers hold to one face (B.Cu as soon as a THT pad exists, else F.Cu) and place no via; copper on the other face is removed. | No | No | Not declared | No |
set_keepoutsAdd or remove keepout rule areas. Each keepout is a rect or polygon on the given copper layers (default all) and forbids what it names: no_tracks, no_vias, no_zone_fills (all three default true), no_pads, no_footprints. route_board keeps tracks and vias out of them and KiCad DRC enforces them. remove takes names (wildcards allowed). | No | No | Not declared | No |
set_silkscreenTake clutter off the silkscreen. values "hide" (default) hides value and part-number fields; references "keep" (default), "fab" (moved to the fabrication layer) or "hide"; texts "fab" moves footprint texts off the silkscreen. run_drc's silk_overlap and silk_over_copper warnings count what is left. | No | No | Not declared | No |
set_zonesAdd or remove copper zones (pours). Each zone pours its net on the given copper layers over rect or polygon, by default the whole board outline. priority orders overlapping zones (higher fills first); clearance_mm and min_thickness_mm override the rules; thermal false connects pads solid. remove takes zone or net names (wildcards allowed) and never touches keepout areas. Run fill_zones afterwards, then run_drc. | No | No | Not declared | No |
stamp_silkscreenSilkscreen stamps for release, both off unless asked for: a small spec badge ("routed with Koppar", optionally the title, revision and part count) in the largest free patch of the front or back silk, and JLCPCB's JLCJLCJLCJLC placeholder on the back silk so their order number is printed there, not on the front. Free means clear of pads, mask openings, other silk, courtyards, holes and the edge. KiCad's DRC is run before and after and a stamp that changes any count is taken off again. | No | No | Not declared | No |
start_boardStart place and route with your board plan (the JSON object from the board guide: board, stated, edge, chain, groups, near, side, fixed, keepouts, netClasses). The plan is clamped and returned as applied. Runs for minutes in the background: follow it with get_board_status. Needs an accepted schematic; one board run per design at a time. | No | No | Not declared | No |
stop_board_jobStop the design's running or queued board job (the KiCad plugin's Stop button). The board goes back to how it was before the job (its snapshot); a job already ended is left as it is. | No | No | Not declared | No |
submit_circuitCompile and check a complete SKiDL script: the symbol and footprint pre-flight (unambiguous typos are corrected and listed), SKiDL, the ERC score, KiCad ERC, floating subsystems, parts without a footprint, and supplier sourcing. Returns accepted plus blocking findings to fix and warnings. An accepted script becomes the design's circuit.py; one that is sent back is kept as attempt_N_circuit.py and leaves the design as it was. Takes up to a couple of minutes. | No | No | Not declared | Yes |
swap_footprintReplace footprints in place with another footprint from a library in the project's fp-lib-table (library:name): the reference, value, position, rotation (or rot_deg), side, lock and schematic link stay, and nets move pad by pad. pad_map maps a NEW pad number to the OLD pad whose net it takes, for packages numbered differently. The schematic symbols' Footprint fields are updated too. Reports new pads left without a net and old nets left behind. | No | No | Not declared | No |
tidy_copperAfter routing: every run redrawn as the fewest 0/45/90-degree segments that clear, and every track narrower than its net's netclass width widened where it fits (slid sideways, bumped around a lone obstacle, or necked only over the stretch that needs it; a via or thin track of another net moved aside when that is all that is in the way). No via is added or removed; a change that would split a pour is undone, and the board is kept only if KiCad counts nothing worse. | Yes | No | Not declared | No |
tie_rail_padsTie neighbouring same-net SMD pads of the plane nets (GND, the rails with a pour) together on their own layer with short tracks, so a group shares one via to the plane instead of one via per pad, as a designer does. A tie is placed only where it misses every other net's pad, its tracks and vias, and the board edge. Before routing: route afterwards with preserve_existing (the default). After routing and prune_vias: run prune_vias on those nets again. | No | No | Not declared | No |
update_board_from_netlistBring a routed board to a changed circuit and keep every track that is still right: what KiCad calls Update PCB from Schematic, then the routing. New parts go on the board (place: a connector on an edge, the board grown when there is no room, the rest in free room near what they connect to; placements for exact poses), moved or re-netted pads lose only the branch of copper that led to them, copper a new part lands on goes, and only what is open is routed, with the rules read off the board. The answer says how many tracks and vias were kept, ripped and added, what is still open, and the errors that touch the change. A route that takes copper off the rip list is refused and the board stays. | No | No | Not declared | No |
upload_boardReplace the design's board with a .kicad_pcb you routed or edited yourself (the file, base64). The board must carry the design's circuit: every schematic part by reference, every pad on the net the netlist gives it; a footprint swap is allowed and recorded. Anything else is refused with the list of differences and nothing changes. The previous board is kept as circuit.before-upload.kicad_pcb. KiCad DRC judges the new board and releases or withholds the Gerbers, and the session chat gets a note of the upload. Not for a board workspace (import_kicad_project): its board tools edit the board in place. | No | No | Not declared | No |
widen_netsGrow the tracks (and optionally vias) of the named nets in place, each as wide as its clearance to every other net's copper, holes and the board edge allows, up to the net's target width. Nothing moves and no via is added, so the score does not change. Routers neck power down to the signal width wherever the class width did not fit their grid; most necks have room around them. List the heaviest current first: earlier nets take the room. Pours are refilled after each net and a widening that leaves the board less connected is backed out. The result names what still holds each remaining neck (a neighbour to move or reroute). | No | No | Not declared | No |
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- Oct 17, 2026
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