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

@@ -1,16 +1,127 @@ {+ "add_body": [+  "add_body",+  "partial",+  "a model file only; no box without one"+ ],+ "add_models": [+  "footprint_models",+  "partial"+ ],+ "add_symbol_art": [+  "add_symbol_art",+  "unsupported",+  "the chip outline is baked into the KiCad symbol itself by adom-symbol: KiCad shows it with no second copy to draw (Altium needs this because its symbol is rebuilt from KiCad's)"+ ],+ "agent_recover": [+  "agent_recover",+  "unsupported",+  "KiCad has no resident script agent to manage: the bridge reaches KiCad through kicad-cli, its built-in IPC API and KiCad's own Python per call (kicad_eval), so there is nothing to start, stop, check or recover"+ ],+ "agent_start": [+  "agent_start",+  "unsupported",+  "KiCad has no resident script agent to manage: the bridge reaches KiCad through kicad-cli, its built-in IPC API and KiCad's own Python per call (kicad_eval), so there is nothing to start, stop, check or recover"+ ],+ "agent_status": [+  "agent_status",+  "unsupported",+  "KiCad has no resident script agent to manage: the bridge reaches KiCad through kicad-cli, its built-in IPC API and KiCad's own Python per call (kicad_eval), so there is nothing to start, stop, check or recover"+ ],+ "agent_stop": [+  "agent_stop",+  "unsupported",+  "KiCad has no resident script agent to manage: the bridge reaches KiCad through kicad-cli, its built-in IPC API and KiCad's own Python per call (kicad_eval), so there is nothing to start, stop, check or recover"+ ],  "apply_pours": [   "add_zone / apply_zone_plan",   "exact"  ],+ "apply_silkscreen": [+  "silk_fields_batch / silk_text_batch / silk_graphics_batch",+  "exact"+ ],+ "board_features": [+  "add_mounting_hole",+  "partial"+ ],+ "board_shape": [+  "board_outline",+  "exact"+ ],+ "build_footprint": [+  "fp_create",+  "partial",+  "from arguments (pads, graphics, courtyard, model) instead of a kicad2altium spec file; kicad_footprint_from_land_pattern builds one from a datasheet's numbers"+ ],+ "build_symbol_modes": [+  "build_symbol_modes",+  "unsupported",+  "KiCad symbols have two body styles (standard and De Morgan), not N display modes, and nothing reads Altium's symbol_modes spec; kicad_sym_create builds the standard body, kicad_symbol_mode shows either style"+ ],+ "check_dialogs": [+  "state / dismiss_dialogs",+  "partial",+  "state lists every KiCad window, dialogs included, each as a PNG; dismiss_dialogs clears the benign ones, or all"+ ],+ "cleanup_libs": [+  "cleanup_libs",+  "unsupported",+  "a new KiCad library starts empty (kicad_sym_create, kicad_fp_create), so there is no factory-default stray to remove"+ ],  "close": [   "close",   "exact"  ],+ "close_all_documents": [+  "close",+  "partial",+  "closes KiCad, editors first, then the project manager; force:true discards unsaved work"+ ],+ "close_document": [+  "close_symbol_editor / close_footprint_editor / close_3d_viewer",+  "partial",+  "closes one editor window; KiCad holds one board and one schematic per project, so there is no per-document close"+ ],+ "connect_workspace": [+  "connect_workspace",+  "unsupported",+  "KiCad has no cloud workspace to connect to"+ ],+ "create_part_project": [+  "create_part_project",+  "partial",+  "around a part already installed in the Adom library (kicad_make_part_project; install_symbol and install_footprint first), one part per project"+ ],  "cross_check": [   "analyze_connections",   "partial"  ],+ "diff_pairs": [+  "diff_pairs",+  "partial",+  "a pair is two nets named <base>+ and <base>-, <base>_P and <base>_N, or <base>P and <base>N, defined through a net class; other net names cannot be paired"+ ],+ "doc_params": [+  "doc_params",+  "partial",+  "stores only KiCad's title block fields; the rest are listed in notStored"+ ],+ "document_info": [+  "state",+  "partial",+  "every open KiCad window with the file it holds; unsaved changes show as the title's leading '*'"+ ],+ "edit_footprint": [+  "fp_edit",+  "exact",+  "a library footprint (.kicad_mod); kicad_edit_footprint is another job: it edits footprints placed on a board (fields, attributes, lock)"+ ],+ "ensure_licensed": [+  "readiness",+  "partial",+  "KiCad needs no licence or seat: kicad_readiness says it is installed and usable, kicad_launch starts it"+ ],  "export_bom": [   "export_bom_csv",   "partial"@@ -19,6 +130,50 @@   "export_pdf",   "exact"  ],+ "extension_ping": [+  "extension_ping",+  "unsupported",+  "KiCad needs no extension installed inside it: its IPC API is built in (kicad_readiness reports ipcApi), so there is nothing to install, ping or keep a receipt for"+ ],+ "footprint_primitives": [+  "footprint_graphics",+  "partial"+ ],+ "import_part": [+  "install_footprint + install_symbol",+  "partial",+  "two calls: the footprint (with its STEP wired as the 3D model) into Adom.pretty, the symbol into Adom.kicad_sym, both registered in KiCad's tables; no spec files or symbol modes"+ ],+ "install": [+  "upgrade",+  "partial",+  "KiCad's official installer in one call, not staged; refused while KiCad runs"+ ],+ "install_extension": [+  "install_extension",+  "unsupported",+  "KiCad needs no extension installed inside it: its IPC API is built in (kicad_readiness reports ipcApi), so there is nothing to install, ping or keep a receipt for"+ ],+ "install_receipt": [+  "install_receipt",+  "unsupported",+  "KiCad needs no extension installed inside it: its IPC API is built in (kicad_readiness reports ipcApi), so there is nothing to install, ping or keep a receipt for"+ ],+ "instances": [+  "state",+  "partial",+  "KiCad runs one project manager; state lists every window it owns"+ ],+ "license": [+  "license",+  "unsupported",+  "KiCad is GPL-3.0-or-later and has no licence page to drive; kicad_license_status reports that"+ ],+ "list_commands": [+  "menu_items",+  "partial",+  "a window's menu bar items (path, id, accelerator), not a command catalog"+ ],  "list_library": [   "list_footprints / list_symbols",   "partial"@@ -31,6 +186,20 @@   "trace_net / find_connections",   "partial"  ],+ "open_document": [+  "open_board / open_schematic",+  "partial"+ ],+ "open_project": [+  "open_board / open_schematic",+  "partial",+  "opens the project's board or schematic in its editor"+ ],+ "panelize": [+  "panelize",+  "partial",+  "rectangular boards only (V-score or mouse-bite tabs); a shaped board is refused"+ ],  "pcb_report": [   "errors",   "partial"@@ -43,10 +212,18 @@   "add_via",   "exact"  ],+ "read_board": [+  "board_summary",+  "partial"+ ],  "read_rules": [   "list_design_rules",   "exact"  ],+ "read_schematic": [+  "sch_components",+  "partial"+ ],  "remove_items": [   "remove_route",   "partial"@@ -55,10 +232,28 @@   "remove_zone",   "exact"  ],+ "render_board_layers": [+  "export_svg",+  "partial"+ ],  "routing_drc": [   "routing_validate",   "partial"  ],+ "rules_by_kind": [+  "board_rules",+  "partial"+ ],+ "run_command": [+  "send_key",+  "partial",+  "fires a menu item by its label, or a hotkey; no command parameters"+ ],+ "save": [+  "save",+  "partial",+  "the board open in the PCB editor (kicad_save_board); a schematic is saved from the Schematic Editor, which has no API"+ ],  "sch_connect": [   "sch_connect_to_net / sch_no_connect / sch_wire / sch_label",   "exact"@@ -71,41 +266,22 @@   "sch_place_symbol",   "exact"  ],+ "sch_sheet_symbol": [+  "sch_sheet_symbol",+  "partial",+  "adds the sheet and creates its child file (kicad_sch_sheet); importPins adds a pin per hierarchical label the child already has, but no labels are made on the child and the pins are not wired to the parent's nets"+ ],  "sch_swap_part": [   "sch_replace_symbol",   "partial"  ],- "schematic_data": [-  "sch_components",-  "partial"- ],- "rules_by_kind": [-  "board_rules",-  "partial"- ],- "set_track_width": [-  "modify_track",-  "partial"- ],- "board_features": [-  "add_mounting_hole",-  "partial"- ],- "update_pcb": [-  "update_pcb",+ "sch_zoom": [+  "sch_zoom",   "partial",-  "compares the schematic with any board (kicad_update_pcb_from_schematic) but applies the changes to a closed board file only; KiCad's API has no Update PCB from Schematic"- ],- "set_outline": [-  "board_outline",-  "exact"- ],- "board_shape": [-  "board_outline",-  "exact"+  "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"  ],- "footprint_primitives": [-  "footprint_graphics",+ "schematic_data": [+  "sch_components",   "partial"  ],  "selection": [@@ -113,127 +289,46 @@   "partial",   "the PCB editor's selection only (kicad_get_selection); the Schematic Editor has no API for its selection"  ],- "save": [-  "save",-  "partial",-  "the board open in the PCB editor (kicad_save_board); a schematic is saved from the Schematic Editor, which has no API"- ],- "sch_sheet_symbol": [-  "sch_sheet_symbol",-  "partial",-  "adds the sheet and creates its child file (kicad_sch_sheet); importPins adds a pin per hierarchical label the child already has, but no labels are made on the child and the pins are not wired to the parent's nets"- ],- "read_schematic": [-  "sch_components",-  "partial"- ],- "read_board": [-  "board_summary",-  "partial"- ],- "apply_silkscreen": [-  "silk_fields_batch / silk_text_batch / silk_graphics_batch",-  "exact"- ],- "open_document": [-  "open_board / open_schematic",-  "partial"+ "selftest_script_error": [+  "selftest_script_error",+  "unsupported",+  "KiCad runs no resident script engine to test: a failing kicad_eval snippet already comes back as eval_failed with its traceback"  ],  "set_models": [   "footprint_models",   "partial"  ],- "add_models": [-  "footprint_models",-  "partial"+ "set_outline": [+  "board_outline",+  "exact"  ],- "render_board_layers": [-  "export_svg",+ "set_track_width": [+  "modify_track",   "partial"  ],- "edit_footprint": [-  "fp_edit",-  "exact",-  "a library footprint (.kicad_mod); kicad_edit_footprint is another job: it edits footprints placed on a board (fields, attributes, lock)"- ],- "create_part_project": [-  "create_part_project",-  "partial",-  "around a part already installed in the Adom library (kicad_make_part_project; install_symbol and install_footprint first), one part per project"- ],- "add_body": [-  "add_body",+ "setup_trial": [+  "upgrade",   "partial",-  "a model file only; no box without one"+  "KiCad is free with no trial or sign-in: kicad_upgrade installs it with the official installer, kicad_readiness reports whether it is ready"  ],- "doc_params": [-  "doc_params",-  "partial",-  "stores only KiCad's title block fields; the rest are listed in notStored"+ "signin": [+  "signin",+  "unsupported",+  "KiCad has no account to sign in to"  ],- "diff_pairs": [-  "diff_pairs",+ "signin_status": [+  "license_status",   "partial",-  "a pair is two nets named <base>+ and <base>-, <base>_P and <base>_N, or <base>P and <base>N, defined through a net class; other net names cannot be paired"+  "KiCad has no account or cloud workspace: kicad_license_status says so, with the installed version"  ],  "teardrops": [   "teardrops",   "partial",   "the board's default teardrop shapes (Board Setup > Teardrops); no per-call shape settings"  ],- "panelize": [-  "panelize",-  "partial",-  "rectangular boards only (V-score or mouse-bite tabs); a shaped board is refused"- ],- "check_dialogs": [-  "state / dismiss_dialogs",-  "partial",-  "state lists every KiCad window, dialogs included, each as a PNG; dismiss_dialogs clears the benign ones, or all"- ],- "close_document": [-  "close_symbol_editor / close_footprint_editor / close_3d_viewer",-  "partial",-  "closes one editor window; KiCad holds one board and one schematic per project, so there is no per-document close"- ],- "close_all_documents": [-  "close",-  "partial",-  "closes KiCad, editors first, then the project manager; force:true discards unsaved work"- ],- "document_info": [-  "state",-  "partial",-  "every open KiCad window with the file it holds; unsaved changes show as the title's leading '*'"- ],- "install": [-  "upgrade",-  "partial",-  "KiCad's official installer in one call, not staged; refused while KiCad runs"- ],- "instances": [-  "state",-  "partial",-  "KiCad runs one project manager; state lists every window it owns"- ],- "list_commands": [-  "menu_items",-  "partial",-  "a window's menu bar items (path, id, accelerator), not a command catalog"- ],- "run_command": [-  "send_key",-  "partial",-  "fires a menu item by its label, or a hotkey; no command parameters"- ],- "open_project": [-  "open_board / open_schematic",-  "partial",-  "opens the project's board or schematic in its editor"- ],- "sch_zoom": [-  "sch_zoom",+ "update_pcb": [+  "update_pcb",   "partial",-  "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"+  "compares the schematic with any board (kicad_update_pcb_from_schematic) but applies the changes to a closed board file only; KiCad's API has no Update PCB from Schematic"  ] }