A ready-to-use Kicad AI skills prompt that auto-reviews your BOM, part numbers and pin orientation
debreuil · x · 2026-09-07
Developer lukebayes shared a ready-to-paste prompt/skills snippet for AI-assisted Kicad workflows, using the Kicad CLI to have an agent audit the BOM derived from schematics:
- Ensure the BOM has "Manufacturer Part Number" and "Manufacturer Name" columns, populate each with an appropriate component, and list picks for human review
- Verify that References sharing a Part Number have identical values, warning on mismatches
- Suggest SMT (or mixed) variants for all through-hole parts
- Check pin orientation of polarized parts against datasheets and pcb-new nets/footprint data, saving datasheets into the git repo
The author suggests tweaking it before use — a practical template for wiring AI agents into hardware design.
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