EDA Bridge Standard: one way for an AI to drive every PCB tool

@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ verb by verb: [docs/coverage.md](docs/coverage.md). | Tier | Verbs | Altium | KiCad | Fusion 360 | |---|---|---|---|---| | **core** | 93 | 93 | 90 | 89 |-| **native** | 47 | 47 | 43 | 40 |+| **native** | 47 | 47 | 44 | 40 | | **checks** | 37 | 37 | 35 | 37 |-| **app** | 62 | 62 | 44 | 53 |+| **app** | 62 | 62 | 45 | 53 | | **platform** | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1 |-| standard (all but platform) | 239 | 239 | 212 | 219 |+| standard (all but platform) | 239 | 239 | 214 | 219 | <!-- coverage:end -->  The **checks** tier is where the other bridges are furthest behind, and it is the cheapest to close: those verbs are@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ Decisions so far (proposals from the KiCad and Fusion bridges, 2026-10-27; issue  ## Status +Version 0.23.8: coverage reads KiCad bridge 1.0.88 (214 of 239: variants, and sch_zoom partial). Version 0.23.7: coverage reads Fusion 360 bridge 1.13.23 (219 of 239: diagnostics, instances, progress, foreground; panel and selection unsupported). Version 0.23.6: `variants` moves from platform to native (Altium, Fusion and KiCad 10 all have assembly variants), so the standard is 239 verbs; coverage reads Fusion 360 bridge 1.13.22 (variants and silkscreen_prep, partial). Version 0.23.5: coverage reads Fusion 360 bridge 1.13.21 (213 of 238: replicate_layout, symbol_prims, set_visibility, and partial place_on_pcb, place_on_sch, pcb_report).

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@ # Coverage: every standard verb on each bridge -Altium bridge 0.2.83 (the reference), KiCad bridge 1.0.87, Fusion 360 bridge 1.13.23. 56 verbs came from other bridges' proposals (tools/proposed/); they are marked *proposed*.+Altium bridge 0.2.83 (the reference), KiCad bridge 1.0.88, Fusion 360 bridge 1.13.23. 56 verbs came from other bridges' proposals (tools/proposed/); they are marked *proposed*. `exact` is the same job under the same or an equivalent name; `partial` does part of it or does it differently (`verbs/coverage.json` names what in `note`); `unsupported` answers `not_supported` for the whole job and is not counted; blank is missing. Generated by `tools/generate.py` from `verbs/coverage.json`; do not edit by hand.  | Tier | Verbs | Altium | KiCad | Fusion 360 | |---|---|---|---|---| | **core** | 93 | 93 | 90 | 89 |-| **native** | 47 | 47 | 43 | 40 |+| **native** | 47 | 47 | 44 | 40 | | **checks** | 37 | 37 | 35 | 37 |-| **app** | 62 | 62 | 44 | 53 |+| **app** | 62 | 62 | 45 | 53 | | **platform** | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1 |-| standard (all but platform) | 239 | 239 | 212 | 219 |+| standard (all but platform) | 239 | 239 | 214 | 219 |  ## core @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ Wraps the EDA tool's own feature (its DRC, ERC, Gerbers, pours, Update PCB). Eve | `teardrops` | Add (or remove) teardrops with Altium's own Tools > Teardrops: on vias and through-hole pads, SMD pads, track width changes and T-junctions, for the whole... | `altium_teardrops` | `kicad_teardrops` (partial) | `fusion_teardrops` (partial) | | `uninstall_library` | Remove libraries from Altium's Installed Libraries: the inverse of install_library / install_library_bundle. Library files are never touched. | `altium_uninstall_library` | `kicad_uninstall_library` |  | | `update_pcb` | Design > Update PCB Document from the schematic (the engineering change order): parts added, removed or renamed, nets and footprints updated on the board.... | `altium_update_pcb` | `kicad_update_pcb` (partial) | `fusion_cross_check` (partial) |-| `variants` | Assembly variants of a project (which parts are fitted on which build): list them, make or change one with not-fitted parts (or put parts back), or remove... | `altium_variants` |  | `fusion_variants` (partial) |+| `variants` | Assembly variants of a project (which parts are fitted on which build): list them, make or change one with not-fitted parts (or put parts back), or remove... | `altium_variants` | `kicad_variants` | `fusion_variants` (partial) |  ## checks @@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ Driving the application itself (launch, licence, dialogs, windows, views). Each | `run_command` | Run an Altium process (Server:Command) through the agent, on the CURRENT document or on filePath opened first. | `altium_run_command` | `kicad_send_key` (partial) | `fusion_run_command` | | `run_script` | One shot: run a procedure of YOUR OWN .PrjScr through Altium's -R command line. Only for when the agent is NOT resident. | `altium_run_script` | `kicad_run_script` | `fusion_run_script` | | `save` | Save the focused document, or the document at filePath (opened first if need be, saved by its path, never whatever happens to have focus). | `altium_save` | `kicad_save` (partial) | `fusion_save` |-| `sch_zoom` | Find parts on a sheet: select them (everything else deselected), frame the view on them and return a proof frame. The schematic half of cross-probing (the... | `altium_sch_zoom` |  | `fusion_sch_zoom` |+| `sch_zoom` | Find parts on a sheet: select them (everything else deselected), frame the view on them and return a proof frame. The schematic half of cross-probing (the... | `altium_sch_zoom` | `kicad_sch_zoom` (partial) | `fusion_sch_zoom` | | `select_net` | Select one net as a whole on the current board (tracks, arcs, vias, pads, pours) and nothing else, optionally framing it; no net clears the selection. | `altium_select_net` | `kicad_select_net` | `fusion_select_net` | | `selection` | What the user has selected in the current board (components with position mm, rotation, side, footprint, size) or sheet (components with location mils and... | `altium_selection` | `kicad_selection` (partial) | unsupported | | `selftest_script_error` | Regression test for the script-error safety net (from 0.2.23): makes the agent raise a REAL DelphiScript runtime error on purpose and checks that the bridge... | `altium_selftest_script_error` |  | unsupported |

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ {   "slug": "eda-bridge-standard",-  "version": "0.23.7",+  "version": "0.23.8",   "type": "skill",   "title": "EDA Bridge Standard: one way for an AI to drive every PCB tool",   "description": "The standard every Adom EDA bridge follows so one AI can drive Altium, KiCad, Fusion 360 and any future PCB tool the same way: shared verb names in tiers, the board model JSON, reply and refusal conventions, and a coverage table of each bridge against the Altium reference.",

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ {- "standard": "0.23.7",+ "standard": "0.23.8",  "reference": {   "bridge": "altium",   "version": "0.2.83"  },  "proposed": 56,  "compared": {-  "kicad": "1.0.87",+  "kicad": "1.0.88",   "fusion360": "1.13.23"  },  "tiers": {@@ -2407,7 +2407,10 @@     "verb": "altium_variants",     "match": "exact"    },-   "kicad": null,+   "kicad": {+    "verb": "kicad_variants",+    "match": "exact"+   },    "fusion360": {     "verb": "fusion_variants",     "match": "partial",@@ -3720,7 +3723,11 @@     "verb": "altium_sch_zoom",     "match": "exact"    },-   "kicad": null,+   "kicad": {+    "verb": "kicad_sch_zoom",+    "match": "partial",+    "note": "finds the parts and returns KiCad's plot of the saved sheet cropped to them, each outlined; KiCad 10's Schematic Editor has no API, so its selection and view are not changed"+   },    "fusion360": {     "verb": "fusion_sch_zoom",     "match": "exact"

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ {- "standard": "0.23.7",+ "standard": "0.23.8",  "reference": {   "bridge": "altium",   "version": "0.2.83"  },  "proposed": 56,  "compared": {-  "kicad": "1.0.87",+  "kicad": "1.0.88",   "fusion360": "1.13.23"  },  "tiers": {