AI Flow

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # AI Flow run: Claude Fable 5.1 on board-0 -**Running**: step `routing`, 34.2 min since the prompt. This page updates at every step change.+**Running**: step `pours`, 48.7 min since the prompt. This page updates at every step change.  Prompt at 2026-09-14T02:09:45Z (UTC). Flow: board. Every number here is from the run's append-only ledger (run.jsonl). @@ -10,12 +10,16 @@ Prompt at 2026-09-14T02:09:45Z (UTC). Flow: board. Every number here is from the |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | intake | 4.1 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1.6 min | | placement | 5.3 | 4.6 | 0.8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2.4 min |-| routing | 24.8 | 17.5 | 7.3 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 3.2 min |-| **total** | **34.2** | **25.2** | **8.9** | | | | |+| routing | 34.1 | 17.5 | 16.6 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 3.2 min |+| pours | 10.4 | 3.3 | 7.1 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1.3 min |+| current | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.2 min |+| thermal | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 min |+| **total** | **54.9** | **28.8** | **26.2** | | | | |  ## Returns to earlier steps  - 2026-09-14T02:20:24Z back to **placement** (visit 2): router: no escape path at U5.40, U5.32, U5.14 (decoupling caps packed too close to the LQFP's pins) and J1.4 (SWD header jammed in the corner); open the escape band around U5 and move J1+- 2026-09-14T02:56:45Z back to **pours** (visit 2): thermal: Q2 at 69 C and Q4 at 64 C against the 60 C budget; the phase A and B spreaders fill as fragments under the driver's B.Cu routing; add B.Cu copper right of the +VBAT column at the phase contacts and a bottom band for phase A  ## Decisions along the way @@ -31,53 +35,165 @@ Prompt at 2026-09-14T02:09:45Z (UTC). Flow: board. Every number here is from the - 2026-09-14T02:29:46Z the 10 um margin choked the escapes (35 unrouted: the dilation radius crossed a cell boundary); reverted; per-net clearance override added to the router instead, /5V_EN at 0.22 - 2026-09-14T02:34:10Z found it: oval pads were modelled as polygons inscribed in the arc, 1.2 um short of the copper; arcs are now circumscribed; override removed, routing again - 2026-09-14T02:37:10Z root cause: the escape stub from U2.2 sloped toward the off-grid escape cell from the pad centre and grazed pad 3; stubs now leave along the pad's long axis+- 2026-09-14T02:49:32Z clip-start:pours-1+- 2026-09-14T02:52:40Z GND pour starved at U6.3, the INA181's Kelvin IN- pad: the pour must not touch a sense pad at all; the pours crate now puts a keepout over every Kelvin sense pad+- 2026-09-14T02:53:48Z +VBAT block and column shared an edge on B.Cu (zones_intersect, same net, same priority): merged into one B.Cu polygon+- 2026-09-14T02:56:09Z clip-start:current-1+- 2026-09-14T02:56:14Z clip-start:thermal-1+- 2026-09-14T02:56:53Z clip-start:pours-2+- 2026-09-14T02:58:29Z run.json lost page and userMachine: the background landing saved a stale copy over them (concurrent writers); fixing save to merge  ## Where the board stands  - routing: 0 unrouted after null passes - gate: 0 new DRC errors, 0 unconnected, null inherited+- landed live: 116 of 116 route entries+- pours: 4 groups, failed []+- copper kept (mm2 per layer): {"B.Cu":3218.34,"F.Cu":2811.17,"In1.Cu":4114.64,"In2.Cu":4062.9}+- analyze-current: pass+- analyze-thermal: fail  ## The steps on camera -One clip per step visit (10x), with the editor at the start and the end of the visit.+One clip per step visit, sped up 10x, with the editor at the start and the end of the visit. A caption above every clip and screenshot says what it shows. -### intake (visit 2)+### intake, visit 2++What this step does: read the board and the spec, write the spec from the schematic if it is missing, plan++**Clip: intake, visit 2, the PCB editor from 2026-09-14T02:12:17Z to 2026-09-14T02:16:14Z, 3.9 min of real time shown at 10x (24 s).**  <video width="100%" controls><source src="/blob/app/adom-aiflow/docs/runs/board-claude-fable-5-1-20260914/intake-2.mp4" type="video/mp4"></video> -![intake visit 2, end](/blob/app/adom-aiflow/docs/runs/board-claude-fable-5-1-20260914/shot-intake-2-end.png)+**Screenshot: the board when intake, visit 2 ended.**++![the board when intake, visit 2 ended](/blob/app/adom-aiflow/docs/runs/board-claude-fable-5-1-20260914/shot-intake-2-end.png)  ### placement +What this step does: place the parts for routability, current and heat; the binary packs, checks courtyards and lands moves++**Clip: placement, the PCB editor from 2026-09-14T02:16:36Z to 2026-09-14T02:18:27Z, 1.8 min of real time shown at 10x (11 s).**+ <video width="100%" controls><source src="/blob/app/adom-aiflow/docs/runs/board-claude-fable-5-1-20260914/placement-1.mp4" type="video/mp4"></video> -![placement visit 1, start](/blob/app/adom-aiflow/docs/runs/board-claude-fable-5-1-20260914/shot-placement-1-start.png)+**Screenshot: the board when placement began.**++![the board when placement began](/blob/app/adom-aiflow/docs/runs/board-claude-fable-5-1-20260914/shot-placement-1-start.png)++**Screenshot: the board when placement ended.** -![placement visit 1, end](/blob/app/adom-aiflow/docs/runs/board-claude-fable-5-1-20260914/shot-placement-1-end.png)+![the board when placement ended](/blob/app/adom-aiflow/docs/runs/board-claude-fable-5-1-20260914/shot-placement-1-end.png)  ### routing +What this step does: route to 100 percent with the spec's rules, gate with KiCad's DRC, land as undo steps; the AI takes it with take route=ai++**Clip: routing, the PCB editor from 2026-09-14T02:18:38Z to 2026-09-14T02:20:25Z, 1.8 min of real time shown at 10x (11 s).**+ <video width="100%" controls><source src="/blob/app/adom-aiflow/docs/runs/board-claude-fable-5-1-20260914/routing-1.mp4" type="video/mp4"></video> -![routing visit 1, start](/blob/app/adom-aiflow/docs/runs/board-claude-fable-5-1-20260914/shot-routing-1-start.png)+**Screenshot: the board when routing began.**++![the board when routing began](/blob/app/adom-aiflow/docs/runs/board-claude-fable-5-1-20260914/shot-routing-1-start.png)++**Screenshot: the board when routing ended.**++![the board when routing ended](/blob/app/adom-aiflow/docs/runs/board-claude-fable-5-1-20260914/shot-routing-1-end.png)++### placement, visit 2 (rework) -![routing visit 1, end](/blob/app/adom-aiflow/docs/runs/board-claude-fable-5-1-20260914/shot-routing-1-end.png)+What this step does: place the parts for routability, current and heat; the binary packs, checks courtyards and lands moves -### placement (visit 2, rework)+Why the AI came back here: router: no escape path at U5.40, U5.32, U5.14 (decoupling caps packed too close to the LQFP's pins) and J1.4 (SWD header jammed in the corner); open the escape band around U5 and move J1 -Back here because: router: no escape path at U5.40, U5.32, U5.14 (decoupling caps packed too close to the LQFP's pins) and J1.4 (SWD header jammed in the corner); open the escape band around U5 and move J1+**Clip: placement, visit 2 (rework), the PCB editor from 2026-09-14T02:20:36Z to 2026-09-14T02:20:45Z, 0.2 min of real time shown at 10x (1 s).**  <video width="100%" controls><source src="/blob/app/adom-aiflow/docs/runs/board-claude-fable-5-1-20260914/placement-2.mp4" type="video/mp4"></video> -![placement visit 2, start](/blob/app/adom-aiflow/docs/runs/board-claude-fable-5-1-20260914/shot-placement-2-start.png)+**Screenshot: the board when placement, visit 2 (rework) began.**++![the board when placement, visit 2 (rework) began](/blob/app/adom-aiflow/docs/runs/board-claude-fable-5-1-20260914/shot-placement-2-start.png)++**Screenshot: the board when placement, visit 2 (rework) ended.**++![the board when placement, visit 2 (rework) ended](/blob/app/adom-aiflow/docs/runs/board-claude-fable-5-1-20260914/shot-placement-2-end.png)++### routing, visit 2++What this step does: route to 100 percent with the spec's rules, gate with KiCad's DRC, land as undo steps; the AI takes it with take route=ai++**Clip: routing, visit 2, the PCB editor from 2026-09-14T02:20:48Z to 2026-09-14T02:47:20Z, 26.6 min of real time shown at 10x (160 s).**++<video width="100%" controls><source src="/blob/app/adom-aiflow/docs/runs/board-claude-fable-5-1-20260914/routing-2.mp4" type="video/mp4"></video>++**Screenshot: the board when routing, visit 2 began.**++![the board when routing, visit 2 began](/blob/app/adom-aiflow/docs/runs/board-claude-fable-5-1-20260914/shot-routing-2-start.png)++**Screenshot: the board when routing, visit 2 ended.**++![the board when routing, visit 2 ended](/blob/app/adom-aiflow/docs/runs/board-claude-fable-5-1-20260914/shot-routing-2-end.png)++### pours++What this step does: pour every net the spec names, keepouts along Kelvin taps, thermal and stitching vias, land, measure the copper kept++**Clip: pours, the PCB editor from 2026-09-14T02:49:32Z to 2026-09-14T02:55:28Z, 5.9 min of real time shown at 10x (35 s).**++<video width="100%" controls><source src="/blob/app/adom-aiflow/docs/runs/board-claude-fable-5-1-20260914/pours-1.mp4" type="video/mp4"></video>++**Screenshot: the board when pours began.**++![the board when pours began](/blob/app/adom-aiflow/docs/runs/board-claude-fable-5-1-20260914/shot-pours-1-start.png)++**Screenshot: the board when pours ended.**++![the board when pours ended](/blob/app/adom-aiflow/docs/runs/board-claude-fable-5-1-20260914/shot-pours-1-end.png)++### current++What this step does: IPC-2221 on every loaded net, pour and via capacity, the same-layer rule++**Clip: current, the PCB editor from 2026-09-14T02:56:09Z to 2026-09-14T02:56:11Z, 0.0 min of real time shown at 10x (0 s).**++<video width="100%" controls><source src="/blob/app/adom-aiflow/docs/runs/board-claude-fable-5-1-20260914/current-1.mp4" type="video/mp4"></video>++**Screenshot: the board when current began.**++![the board when current began](/blob/app/adom-aiflow/docs/runs/board-claude-fable-5-1-20260914/shot-current-1-start.png)++**Screenshot: the board when current ended.**++![the board when current ended](/blob/app/adom-aiflow/docs/runs/board-claude-fable-5-1-20260914/shot-current-1-end.png)++### thermal++What this step does: copper and vias at every hot tab against the rise budget++**Clip: thermal, the PCB editor from 2026-09-14T02:56:14Z to 2026-09-14T02:56:46Z, 0.5 min of real time shown at 10x (3 s).**++<video width="100%" controls><source src="/blob/app/adom-aiflow/docs/runs/board-claude-fable-5-1-20260914/thermal-1.mp4" type="video/mp4"></video>++**Screenshot: the board when thermal began.**++![the board when thermal began](/blob/app/adom-aiflow/docs/runs/board-claude-fable-5-1-20260914/shot-thermal-1-start.png)++**Screenshot: the board when thermal ended.**++![the board when thermal ended](/blob/app/adom-aiflow/docs/runs/board-claude-fable-5-1-20260914/shot-thermal-1-end.png)++### pours, visit 2 (rework)++What this step does: pour every net the spec names, keepouts along Kelvin taps, thermal and stitching vias, land, measure the copper kept -![placement visit 2, end](/blob/app/adom-aiflow/docs/runs/board-claude-fable-5-1-20260914/shot-placement-2-end.png)+Why the AI came back here: thermal: Q2 at 69 C and Q4 at 64 C against the 60 C budget; the phase A and B spreaders fill as fragments under the driver's B.Cu routing; add B.Cu copper right of the +VBAT column at the phase contacts and a bottom band for phase A -### routing (visit 2)+**Clip: pours, visit 2 (rework), still recording (started 2026-09-14T02:56:53Z); it appears here when the step ends.** -*clip recording*+**Screenshot: the board when pours, visit 2 (rework) began.** -![routing visit 2, start](/blob/app/adom-aiflow/docs/runs/board-claude-fable-5-1-20260914/shot-routing-2-start.png)+![the board when pours, visit 2 (rework) began](/blob/app/adom-aiflow/docs/runs/board-claude-fable-5-1-20260914/shot-pours-2-start.png)  ## Given back