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Kicad

Category: General  ·  Sub-category: general-misc  ·  Last updated:
type:review
Analyze KiCad projects and PDF schematics: schematics, PCB layouts, Gerbers, footprints, symbols, netlists, and design rules. Reviews designs for bugs, traces nets, cross-references schematic to PCB, extracts BOM data, checks DRC/ERC, DFM, power trees, and regulator circuits. Every finding carries a confidence label and evidence source with trust_summary rollup. Analyzes PDF schematics from dev boards, reference designs, eval kits, and datasheets. Supports KiCad 5–10. Use whenever the user mentions .kicad_sch, .kicad_pcb, .kicad_pro, PCB design review, schematic analysis, PDF schematics, reference designs, Gerber files, DRC/ERC, netlist issues, BOM extraction, signal tracing, power budget, DFM, or wants to understand, debug, compare, or review any hardware design. Also for "check my board", "review before fab", "what's wrong with my schematic", "is this ready to order", "check my power supply", "verify this circuit", or any electronics/PCB design question.

What this skill does

Kicad is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the general-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/kicad/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use whenever the user mentions .kicad_sch, .

Who uses this skill

The Kicad Claude Code skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 70,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/kicad
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/kicad/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/kicad/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/kicad/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/kicad/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\kicad\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

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Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA
ClaudSkills. (2026). Kicad [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/kicad/
BibTeX
@misc{kicad-2026,
  author    = {ClaudSkills},
  title     = {Kicad [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/kicad/}
}

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