# Kicad Manufacture

Manufacturing and fabrication workflow for KiCAD projects via MCP tools.

- Repository: https://github.com/mixelpixx/Konnect (1441 stars)
- Category: AI and agents
- License: AGPL-3.0
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add mixelpixx/Konnect --skill kicad-manufacture -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add mixelpixx/Konnect --skill kicad-manufacture -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add mixelpixx/Konnect --skill kicad-manufacture -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add mixelpixx/Konnect --skill kicad-manufacture -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Manufacturing and fabrication workflow for KiCAD projects via MCP tools. Triggers on: "send to fab", "order boards", "gerbers", "JLCPCB", "manufacturing", "export for production", "pick and place", "assembly files", "generate fabrication outputs", "BOM for fab", "production files", "fab house".

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# KiCAD Manufacturing & Fabrication Workflow

Prepare manufacturing outputs through Konnect MCP tools. Treat each tool result
as evidence with a named scope: a successful request is not by itself proof of a
complete, current, upload-ready package. A required check or artifact that cannot
be established makes the manufacturing verdict `INCOMPLETE`.

## Toolset loading

Load the required toolsets:

```
load_toolset('pcb_export')       # Gerber, drill, BOM, position, 3D, and direct DRC evidence
load_toolset('manufacturing')    # Package export, manufacturing preflight, and rough cost estimate
```

Load additional toolsets only for the branch that needs them:

```
load_toolset('sch_analysis')     # schematic inventory and footprint assignment
load_toolset('integration')      # local JLCPCB catalogue and alternatives
```

Call `get_active_toolsets()` before loading more.

### References by manufacturing branch

- Read [`references/gerber-layers.md`](references/gerber-layers.md) when
  selecting plot layers or accepting a generated artifact inventory.
- Read [`references/jlcpcb-rules.md`](references/jlcpcb-rules.md) only when
  JLCPCB is the selected fabricator or assembler. It defines how to capture the
  current order contract without caching volatile limits, prices, categories,
  or field names in this skill.

## 1. Capture the order contract

Before checking or exporting, record the selected fabricator, service tier,
stackup, copper weight, finish, assembly sides, stencil requirement, quantity,
and any controlled-impedance service. Record the source and retrieval date for
every vendor-controlled requirement. Project rules and output acceptance are
judged against that record.

Completion criterion: every applicable fabrication and assembly constraint has
one current authority, and no decision rests on an undated table in this skill.

## 2. Establish direct design evidence

The rest: https://github.com/mixelpixx/Konnect/blob/HEAD/crates/konnect/assets/skills/kicad-manufacture/SKILL.md