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

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@ # Coverage: every standard verb on each bridge -Altium bridge 0.2.87 (the reference), KiCad bridge 1.0.93, Fusion 360 bridge 1.13.37. 67 verbs came from other bridges' proposals (tools/proposed/); they are marked *proposed*.+Altium bridge 0.2.87 (the reference), KiCad bridge 1.0.94, Fusion 360 bridge 1.13.37. 67 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** | 95 | 95 | 95 | 93 |-| **native** | 53 | 50 | 49 | 50 |+| **native** | 53 | 50 | 53 | 50 | | **checks** | 38 | 38 | 38 | 38 |-| **app** | 66 | 65 | 54 | 58 |+| **app** | 66 | 65 | 55 | 58 | | **platform** | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1 |-| standard (all but platform) | 252 | 248 | 236 | 239 |+| standard (all but platform) | 252 | 248 | 241 | 239 |  ## core @@ -76,15 +76,15 @@ Read and edit the design. Every bridge provides these: they are how an AI sees a | `route_net` | Route one net as tracks, segment by segment; a waypoint on another layer drops a via there. One undo step, read back. | `altium_route_net` | `kicad_route_net` | `fusion_route_net` | | `routing_state` | The WHOLE current board as data, in mm: tracks, arcs, vias, pads (with owner and net), components (ref, x, y, rotation, side), polygon pours, the outline,... | `altium_routing_state` | `kicad_routing_state` | `fusion_routing_state` | | `rules_by_kind` | The current board's ENABLED design rules grouped by rule kind (Clearance, Width, RoutingVias, ...), each group sorted by priority. Shaped from one... | `altium_rules_by_kind` | `kicad_board_rules` (partial) | `fusion_rules_by_kind` |-| `sch_batch` *proposed* | Apply a list of schematic edits to one sheet in one read and one write, all or nothing: each op is a standard schematic verb with its own arguments, seeing... | `altium_sch_batch` | `kicad_sch_batch` (partial) | `fusion_sch_batch` |+| `sch_batch` *proposed* | Apply a list of schematic edits to one sheet in one read and one write, all or nothing: each op is a standard schematic verb with its own arguments, seeing... | `altium_sch_batch` | `kicad_sch_batch` | `fusion_sch_batch` | | `sch_bus` *proposed* | Draw a bus as a polyline (one bus segment per pair of points), optionally with a bus label such as D[0..7] or a group {SDA SCL} at its first point. One undo... | `altium_sch_bus` | `kicad_sch_bus` | `fusion_sch_bus` | | `sch_bus_entry` *proposed* | Add 45-degree bus entries: the short diagonal that joins a member wire's end to a bus. One undo step. | `altium_sch_bus_entry` | `kicad_sch_bus_entry` | `fusion_sch_bus_entry` |-| `sch_connect` | Connect pins of placed parts: a wire stub from each pin's outer end plus a net label (kind label), a power port (kind power: GND-like nets get a ground... | `altium_sch_connect` | `kicad_sch_connect_to_net / kicad_sch_no_connect / kicad_sch_wire / kicad_sch_label` | `fusion_sch_connect` (partial) |+| `sch_connect` | Connect pins of placed parts: a wire stub from each pin's outer end plus a net label (kind label), a power port (kind power: GND-like nets get a ground... | `altium_sch_connect` | `kicad_sch_connect` | `fusion_sch_connect` (partial) | | `sch_connect_pins` *proposed* | Wire pins to pins on a sheet by Ref.Pin: an L-shaped route (one horizontal and one vertical leg) for each pair, with a junction dot wherever a route meets... | `altium_sch_connect_pins` | `kicad_sch_connect_pins` | `fusion_sch_connect_pins` | | `sch_connect_to_bus` *proposed* | Fan pins onto a bus: for each pin a wire running to the bus, a 45-degree bus entry onto it and a member label (D0, D1 ...) on the wire. One undo step. | `altium_sch_connect_to_bus` | `kicad_sch_connect_to_bus` | `fusion_sch_connect_to_bus` | | `sch_create` *proposed* | Create an empty schematic sheet with a paper size and title block; optionally add it to a project as a child sheet of the root. It places no parts or nets... | `altium_sch_create` | `kicad_sch_create` | `fusion_sch_create` (partial) | | `sch_delete_wire` *proposed* | Delete wires or bus segments by id, by their two ends, or every wire through a point, and remove junction dots that no longer join three or more items. One... | `altium_sch_delete_wire` | `kicad_sch_delete_wire` | `fusion_sch_delete_wire` |-| `sch_edit` | Change placed parts on a sheet: move (to x,y mil), moveBy (dx,dy), rotate (degrees), rename (designator), re-comment (comment), delete. One undo step. | `altium_sch_edit` | `kicad_sch_set_property / kicad_sch_move / kicad_sch_delete / kicad_sch_rotate` (partial) | `fusion_sch_edit` |+| `sch_edit` | Change placed parts on a sheet: move (to x,y mil), moveBy (dx,dy), rotate (degrees), rename (designator), re-comment (comment), delete. One undo step. | `altium_sch_edit` | `kicad_sch_edit` | `fusion_sch_edit` | | `sch_edit_label` *proposed* | Edit net labels: rotate, move to a point or by a delta, rename, or move every label of a net at once. One undo step. | `altium_sch_edit_label` | `kicad_sch_edit_label` | `fusion_sch_edit_label` | | `sch_fix_connectivity` *proposed* | Snap near-miss wire ends onto the pin, label, sheet pin or wire end they almost touch, within a tolerance. dryRun (the default) lists the moves;... | `altium_sch_fix_connectivity` | `kicad_sch_fix_connectivity` | `fusion_sch_fix_connectivity` | | `sch_hierarchy` *proposed* | The sheet tree of a design, recursively: each sheet's name, file, id, instance path, page number, position, size and pins. renumber:true renumbers pages... | `altium_sch_hierarchy` | `kicad_sch_hierarchy` | `fusion_sch_hierarchy` (partial) |@@ -93,12 +93,12 @@ Read and edit the design. Every bridge provides these: they are how an AI sees a | `sch_move_region` *proposed* | Move everything inside a box by (dx, dy): parts, wire ends inside the box (wires crossing its edge stretch), labels, junctions, no-connect markers, texts,... | `altium_sch_move_region` | `kicad_sch_move_region` | `fusion_sch_move_region` | | `sch_page` *proposed* | Read or set a sheet's page: paper size, orientation and title block (title, date, revision, company, comment lines). | `altium_sch_page` | `kicad_sch_page` | `fusion_sch_page` (partial) | | `sch_pins` *proposed* | Every pin of the named parts on a sheet: its absolute position (rotation and mirror applied), number, name, electrical type, the side it leaves the body,... | `altium_sch_pins` | `kicad_sch_pins` | `fusion_sch_pins` |-| `sch_place_part` | Place a component from a .SchLib onto an EXISTING sheet at a position, with its library parameters (MPN, Manufacturer, distributor numbers) and its... | `altium_sch_place_part` | `kicad_sch_place_symbol` | `fusion_sch_place_part` (partial) |+| `sch_place_part` | Place a component from a .SchLib onto an EXISTING sheet at a position, with its library parameters (MPN, Manufacturer, distributor numbers) and its... | `altium_sch_place_part` | `kicad_sch_place_part` | `fusion_sch_place_part` (partial) | | `sch_reset_fields` *proposed* | Put parts' designator and value text (or the named fields) back where the library symbol places them, through each part's rotation and mirror. One undo step. | `altium_sch_reset_fields` | `kicad_sch_reset_fields` | `fusion_sch_reset_fields` | | `sch_sheet_pins` *proposed* | A sheet symbol's pins: list, add, edit (rename, kind, move along an edge) or delete. import:true adds a pin for every hierarchical port inside the child... | `altium_sch_sheet_pins` | `kicad_sch_sheet_pins` | `fusion_sch_sheet_pins` (partial) | | `sch_sheet_symbol` | Make a design hierarchical: a sheet symbol on the parent sheet for a child sheet, its entries joined to the parent's nets, and matching ports on the child.... | `altium_sch_sheet_symbol` | `kicad_sch_sheet_symbol` (partial) | unsupported | | `sch_split_wire` *proposed* | Split the wire through a point into two wires there, with a junction dot at the cut, so a new branch can end on a wire end. One undo step. | `altium_sch_split_wire` | `kicad_sch_split_wire` | `fusion_sch_split_wire` (partial) |-| `sch_swap_part` | Replace a placed part with another library part (a different value, package or symbol) at the same place, designator and rotation, keeping its connections:... | `altium_sch_swap_part` | `kicad_sch_replace_symbol` (partial) | `fusion_sch_swap_part` (partial) |+| `sch_swap_part` | Replace a placed part with another library part (a different value, package or symbol) at the same place, designator and rotation, keeping its connections:... | `altium_sch_swap_part` | `kicad_sch_swap_part` | `fusion_sch_swap_part` (partial) | | `sch_text` *proposed* | Add free text to a sheet (a note, a title, a design comment) with size, angle, justification, bold and italic. Text has no electrical meaning. One undo step. | `altium_sch_text` | `kicad_sch_text` | `fusion_sch_text` | | `sch_trace_point` *proposed* | Everything electrically connected at a point on a sheet: the wires, labels, pins, junctions, sheet pins and no-connect markers there, and for each net they... | `altium_sch_trace_point` | `kicad_sch_trace_point` | `fusion_sch_trace_point` | | `schematic_data` | Components on a schematic sheet (filePath, else the CURRENT sheet) with their pins (number, name, electrical type), position and orientation. designator... | `altium_schematic_data` | `kicad_sch_components` (partial) | `fusion_schematic_data` (partial) |@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ Wraps the EDA tool's own feature (its DRC, ERC, Gerbers, pours, Update PCB). Eve | `component_classes` | List, make or remove component classes on the board, each optionally with a room: a placement area that keeps its parts together (fitted around the parts or... | `altium_component_classes` | `kicad_component_classes` | unsupported | | `create_part_project` *proposed* | Generate a small real project (schematic and board) around one library part, so the part can be shown and tested in every view: schematic, 2D board and 3D... | `altium_create_part_project` | `kicad_create_part_project` (partial) | `fusion_make_test_project` (partial) | | `diff_pairs` | Differential pairs on the current board: list them, define one from two nets (replacing a pair of that name), or remove one. Altium's differential-pair... | `altium_diff_pairs` | `kicad_diff_pairs` (partial) | `fusion_diff_pairs` (partial) |-| `edit_pours` *proposed* | Change existing pours in place without redrawing them: clearance, minimum width, thermal relief (on/off, spoke width, gap), priority or rank, the net, and... |  |  | `fusion_edit_pours` (partial) |-| `export_3d` *proposed* | Export the board's 3D model in a mesh or CAD format other than STEP (export_step has STEP), through the tool's own exporter, with an optional web-optimized... |  |  | `fusion_export_3d` |+| `edit_pours` *proposed* | Change existing pours in place without redrawing them: clearance, minimum width, thermal relief (on/off, spoke width, gap), priority or rank, the net, and... |  | `kicad_edit_pours` | `fusion_edit_pours` (partial) |+| `export_3d` *proposed* | Export the board's 3D model in a mesh or CAD format other than STEP (export_step has STEP), through the tool's own exporter, with an optional web-optimized... |  | `kicad_export_3d` | `fusion_export_3d` | | `export_bom` | Bill of materials export: altium_run_outjob with the assembly OutJob and the 'Folder Structure' medium as defaults. | `altium_export_bom` | `kicad_export_bom_csv` (partial) | `fusion_export_bom` | | `export_dxf` *proposed* | Export chosen board layers to DXF, one file per layer (the outline, panel drawings, stencils, enclosure work). | `altium_export_dxf` | `kicad_export_dxf` | `fusion_export_dxf` | | `export_gencad` *proposed* | Export the board as GenCAD 1.4, the input of test-fixture tools and some assembly houses' CAM. | `altium_export_gencad` | `kicad_export_gencad` | `fusion_export_gencad` |@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ Wraps the EDA tool's own feature (its DRC, ERC, Gerbers, pours, Update PCB). Eve | `export_pdf` | Every sheet of a project as one PDF, plus on request the board's composite print, Altium's assembly drawings (top and bottom, designators on the parts) and... | `altium_export_pdf` | `kicad_export_pdf` | `fusion_export_pdf` (partial) | | `export_pos` *proposed* | Export the pick-and-place (component position, CPL) file of a board, optionally in a fab's assembly format (JLCPCB's columns). | `altium_export_pos` | `kicad_export_pos` | `fusion_export_pos` | | `export_step` | Headless STEP export of a board. Default lane 'outjob': Altium's own ExportSTEP output run from a throwaway project in %TEMP% that points at the board - no... | `altium_export_step` | `kicad_export_step` | `fusion_export_step` |-| `import_design` *proposed* | Bring a design from another tool into a NEW native design with the parts instantiated: an EAGLE .sch with its paired .brd, a KiCad project, or an Altium... | `altium_import_kicad` (partial) |  | `fusion_new_electronics_from_eagle` (partial) |-| `import_step` *proposed* | Bring a STEP model in as 3D geometry placed with the board: an enclosure, a bracket or a mating part, for fit and clearance checks. Not a footprint's own... |  |  | `fusion_import_step` |+| `import_design` *proposed* | Bring a design from another tool into a NEW native design with the parts instantiated: an EAGLE .sch with its paired .brd, a KiCad project, or an Altium... | `altium_import_kicad` (partial) | `kicad_import_design` | `fusion_new_electronics_from_eagle` (partial) |+| `import_step` *proposed* | Bring a STEP model in as 3D geometry placed with the board: an enclosure, a bracket or a mating part, for fit and clearance checks. Not a footprint's own... |  | `kicad_import_step` | `fusion_import_step` | | `install_library` | Register a library file in Altium's Installed Libraries (IntegratedLibraryManager.InstallLibrary) so its parts appear in the Components panel. | `altium_install_library` | `kicad_install_library` | `fusion_install_library_bundle` (partial) | | `install_library_bundle` | One-click install of a wiki library bundle (zip of .SchLib/.PcbLib): unpack, register, open the library, prove it with a frame. | `altium_install_library_bundle` | `kicad_install_library_bundle` | `fusion_install_library_bundle` | | `list_installed_libraries` | Every library in Altium's Installed Libraries list (read-only). | `altium_list_installed_libraries` | `kicad_list_installed_libraries` | `fusion_list_installed_libraries` (partial) |@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ Driving the application itself (launch, licence, dialogs, windows, views). Each | `simulate` *proposed* | Run a circuit simulation of the design's schematic and return the signals as data: an operating point, a DC sweep, an AC sweep or a transient, with the nets... | `altium_simulate` | `kicad_simulate` | `fusion_simulate` | | `state` | The whole picture in one call: licence state, windows, dialogs, a screenshot of every main/dialog window, and the agent's logical state (focused document,... | `altium_state` | `kicad_state` | `fusion_state` | | `status` | Is Altium running, licensed, and is the resident agent alive? | `altium_status` | `kicad_status` | `fusion_status` |-| `tool_update` *proposed* | The tool's own updates: check whether one is offered, apply it in the background when no work would be lost, or read or set automatic updating. |  |  | `fusion_tool_update` |+| `tool_update` *proposed* | The tool's own updates: check whether one is offered, apply it in the background when no work would be lost, or read or set automatic updating. |  | `kicad_tool_update` | `fusion_tool_update` | | `uninstall` | Remove the bridge's own cache directory (agent workspaces, rendered agent scripts, the Altium 365 token file). Altium Designer and the user's designs are... | `altium_uninstall` | `kicad_uninstall` | `fusion_uninstall` | | `verb_times` *proposed* | Measured run times of this bridge's verbs on this machine: per verb the count, p50, p90, max, last and failures, from its own run log, slowest p90 first. | `altium_verb_times` | `kicad_verb_times` | `fusion_verb_times` | | `window_info` | Altium's top-level windows plus any open dialogs, without screenshots. The cheap way to ask 'is a modal blocking the engine?'. | `altium_window_info` | `kicad_window_info` | `fusion_window_info` |

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ {- "standard": "0.30.1",+ "standard": "0.30.2",  "reference": {   "bridge": "altium",   "version": "0.2.87"  },  "proposed": 67,  "compared": {-  "kicad": "1.0.93",+  "kicad": "1.0.94",   "fusion360": "1.13.37"  },  "tiers": {@@ -1015,8 +1015,7 @@    },    "kicad": {     "verb": "kicad_sch_batch",-    "match": "partial",-    "note": "ops take the standard's names; sch_place_part, sch_connect, sch_edit and sch_swap_part ops run as KiCad's verbs with KiCad's arguments"+    "match": "exact"    },    "fusion360": {     "verb": "fusion_sch_batch",@@ -1066,7 +1065,7 @@     "match": "exact"    },    "kicad": {-    "verb": "kicad_sch_connect_to_net / kicad_sch_no_connect / kicad_sch_wire / kicad_sch_label",+    "verb": "kicad_sch_connect",     "match": "exact"    },    "fusion360": {@@ -1153,8 +1152,8 @@     "match": "exact"    },    "kicad": {-    "verb": "kicad_sch_set_property / kicad_sch_move / kicad_sch_delete / kicad_sch_rotate",-    "match": "partial"+    "verb": "kicad_sch_edit",+    "match": "exact"    },    "fusion360": {     "verb": "fusion_sch_edit",@@ -1308,7 +1307,7 @@     "match": "exact"    },    "kicad": {-    "verb": "kicad_sch_place_symbol",+    "verb": "kicad_sch_place_part",     "match": "exact"    },    "fusion360": {@@ -1398,8 +1397,8 @@     "match": "exact"    },    "kicad": {-    "verb": "kicad_sch_replace_symbol",-    "match": "partial"+    "verb": "kicad_sch_swap_part",+    "match": "exact"    },    "fusion360": {     "verb": "fusion_sch_swap_part",@@ -1852,7 +1851,10 @@    "tier": "native",    "source": "proposed",    "altium": null,-   "kicad": null,+   "kicad": {+    "verb": "kicad_edit_pours",+    "match": "exact"+   },    "fusion360": {     "verb": "fusion_edit_pours",     "match": "partial",@@ -1864,7 +1866,10 @@    "tier": "native",    "source": "proposed",    "altium": null,-   "kicad": null,+   "kicad": {+    "verb": "kicad_export_3d",+    "match": "exact"+   },    "fusion360": {     "verb": "fusion_export_3d",     "match": "exact"@@ -2086,7 +2091,10 @@     "match": "partial",     "note": "format kicad only (Altium's KiCad importer); EAGLE through the Import Wizard comes with altium_import_design"    },-   "kicad": null,+   "kicad": {+    "verb": "kicad_import_design",+    "match": "exact"+   },    "fusion360": {     "verb": "fusion_new_electronics_from_eagle",     "match": "partial",@@ -2098,7 +2106,10 @@    "tier": "native",    "source": "proposed",    "altium": null,-   "kicad": null,+   "kicad": {+    "verb": "kicad_import_step",+    "match": "exact"+   },    "fusion360": {     "verb": "fusion_import_step",     "match": "exact"@@ -4324,7 +4335,10 @@    "tier": "app",    "source": "proposed",    "altium": null,-   "kicad": null,+   "kicad": {+    "verb": "kicad_tool_update",+    "match": "exact"+   },    "fusion360": {     "verb": "fusion_tool_update",     "match": "exact"