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** | 95 | 95 | 95 | 93 |-| **native** | 53 | 53 | 53 | 50 |+| **native** | 54 | 53 | 53 | 51 | | **checks** | 38 | 38 | 38 | 38 |-| **app** | 66 | 66 | 55 | 58 |+| **app** | 69 | 66 | 56 | 61 | | **platform** | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1 |-| standard (all but platform) | 252 | 252 | 241 | 239 |+| standard (all but platform) | 256 | 252 | 242 | 243 | <!-- 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 0.31.0: physical_properties, preferences, select_items and cancel_run join from Fusion (#29), 256 verbs; proposals may now carry the platform tier. Version 0.30.14: coverage reads Fusion 360 bridge 1.13.55 (sch_place_part, sch_swap_part and edit_parts exact). Version 0.30.13: coverage reads Fusion 360 bridge 1.13.52 (public; urgent fix for fusion-bridge#136, no verb changes). Version 0.30.12: coverage reads Fusion 360 bridge 1.13.49 (public; urgent fix for fusion-bridge#136, no verb changes).

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@ # Coverage: every standard verb on each bridge -Altium bridge 0.2.88 (the reference), KiCad bridge 1.0.98, Fusion 360 bridge 1.13.55. 67 verbs came from other bridges' proposals (tools/proposed/); they are marked *proposed*.+Altium bridge 0.2.88 (the reference), KiCad bridge 1.0.98, Fusion 360 bridge 1.13.55. 71 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 | 53 | 53 | 50 |+| **native** | 54 | 53 | 53 | 51 | | **checks** | 38 | 38 | 38 | 38 |-| **app** | 66 | 66 | 55 | 58 |+| **app** | 69 | 66 | 56 | 61 | | **platform** | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1 |-| standard (all but platform) | 252 | 252 | 241 | 239 |+| standard (all but platform) | 256 | 252 | 242 | 243 |  ## core @@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ Wraps the EDA tool's own feature (its DRC, ERC, Gerbers, pours, Update PCB). Eve | `netlist` | The compiled netlist of a project: every net with its pins (Designator.Pin) across every sheet, the hierarchy resolved; or one net; or compare with the nets... | `altium_netlist` | `kicad_netlist` | `fusion_netlist` | | `panelize` | Step and repeat a board into a manufacturing panel: a new .PcbDoc holding Altium's own embedded board array of the board (rows x cols), with rails, the... | `altium_panelize` | `kicad_panelize` (partial) | `fusion_panelize` | | `pcb_report` | Numbers instead of pixels: for a PcbLib, every footprint's pads, pad bounding box, primitive census and 3D bodies; for a board, outline, components with... | `altium_pcb_report` | `kicad_errors` (partial) | `fusion_pcb_report` |+| `physical_properties` *proposed* | Per component: volume, mass, density, surface area and centre of mass, from the tool's own materials. A tool with no materials or part masses answers... |  |  | `fusion_physical_properties` | | `pour_state` | Every polygon pour with the copper it actually poured: filled area per pour and per layer, and the pours that poured nothing. | `altium_pour_state` | `kicad_pour_state` | `fusion_pour_state` | | `project_snapshot` *proposed* | A dated copy of the project's documents into <project>/snapshots/<stamp>[-label]/, with PDFs of the schematic and the board made by the tool. | `altium_project_snapshot` | `kicad_project_snapshot` | `fusion_project_snapshot` (partial) | | `remove_pours` | Delete polygon pours by net (and layer), or all of them, and the pour keepouts (cutouts) apply_pours made. Tracks and vias are untouched. | `altium_remove_pours` | `kicad_remove_zone` | `fusion_remove_pours` |@@ -232,6 +233,7 @@ Driving the application itself (launch, licence, dialogs, windows, views). Each | `agent_status` | Is the agent loop alive and responsive, in which workspace, and is any loop resident anywhere? Read-only; never starts the agent. | `altium_agent_status` | unsupported | `fusion_addin_status` (partial) | | `agent_stop` | Stop the selected instance's resident agent loop (drops a stop file and waits up to 12 s for the heartbeat to go stale). | `altium_agent_stop` | unsupported | unsupported | | `animate_view` | Camera/zoom choreography on the current document - native Altium camera commands, animated by Altium itself. | `altium_animate_view` | `kicad_animate_view` | `fusion_view` (partial) |+| `cancel_run` *proposed* | Stop the bridge's own long job, between steps, keeping what is done. With nothing to stop it answers cancelRequested:false and a reason. It never claims to... |  |  | `fusion_cancel_run` (partial) | | `check_dialogs` | List every Altium dialog currently open, classified, each with a screenshot (the only way to READ one: Altium paints its dialog text). | `altium_check_dialogs` | `kicad_state / kicad_dismiss_dialogs` (partial) | `fusion_check_dialogs` | | `close` | Polite close (releases the licence seat). Frees a script engine parked on a breakpoint first (Altium refuses to close over one). discardChanges:true answers... | `altium_close` | `kicad_close` | `fusion_stop` | | `close_all_documents` *proposed* | Close every open document without a save dialog. Unsaved work is never lost by default: a document with unsaved changes stays open and is listed, unless... | `altium_close_all_documents` | `kicad_close` (partial) | `fusion_close_all_documents` |@@ -262,6 +264,7 @@ Driving the application itself (launch, licence, dialogs, windows, views). Each | `open_document` | Open a document or project by path through the agent and show it without focusing it. An already-open document is activated, not reloaded. | `altium_open_document` | `kicad_open_document` | `fusion_open_document` | | `open_project` | Open a project (.PrjPcb / .PrjScr / .PrjMbd / .PrjHar / .LibPkg) by path. Same handler as altium_open_document. | `altium_open_project` | `kicad_open_project` | `fusion_open_cloud_file` (partial) | | `panel` | Activate a docked panel TAB (SCH Library, PCB Library, Components, Projects, Properties) in the BACKGROUND - the 'ganged-up view' needs the right panels in... | `altium_panel` | `kicad_send_key` (partial) | `fusion_panel` |+| `preferences` *proposed* | Read the tool's own settings (all, or one by key), or change them with set. Reports per key what was applied. A tool that rewrites its settings on exit... |  |  | `fusion_preferences` | | `prewarm` *proposed* | Get this machine ready for a fast first call: detect the tool, seed its first-run settings, dismiss first-run wizards and repair what the first real call... | `altium_prewarm` | `kicad_prewarm` | `fusion_prewarm` | | `progress` | The bridge's timing book: phases in flight right now (percent/ETA blocks ab paints on the taskbar), measured phase history and per-verb run statistics. | `altium_progress` | `kicad_progress` | `fusion_progress` | | `readiness` | The one-call gate: is Altium installed, running, licensed, and is the resident agent alive? Answers with Altium closed and never touches the script engine. | `altium_readiness` | `kicad_readiness` | `fusion_readiness` |@@ -269,6 +272,7 @@ Driving the application itself (launch, licence, dialogs, windows, views). Each | `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` | `kicad_sch_zoom` (partial) | `fusion_sch_zoom` |+| `select_items` *proposed* | Select parts by designator on the board or the sheet, or clear the selection. A bridge that cannot select on one of them refuses it by name. verified says... |  | `kicad_select_items` | `fusion_select_items` (partial) | | `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 | unsupported |

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ {   "slug": "eda-bridge-standard",-  "version": "0.30.14",+  "version": "0.31.0",   "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.",

@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ def proposals(tiered):                 continue             if p["proposedBy"] != thread:                 problems.append(f"{name}: proposedBy {p['proposedBy']!r} but filed in tools/proposed/{thread}.json")-            if p["tier"] not in ORDER or p["tier"] == "platform":-                problems.append(f"{name}: tier {p['tier']!r} is not one of core, native, checks, app")+            if p["tier"] not in ORDER:+                problems.append(f"{name}: tier {p['tier']!r} is not one of core, native, checks, app, platform")             if not [t for t in p["agreedBy"] if t != p["proposedBy"]]:                 problems.append(f"{name}: agreedBy names no thread other than its proposer ({p['proposedBy']})")             # a tiered Altium verb was in the standard first; an untiered one of the same name is Altium implementing this