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** | 46 | 46 | 43 | 38 |+| **native** | 47 | 47 | 43 | 40 | | **checks** | 37 | 37 | 35 | 37 | | **app** | 62 | 62 | 44 | 49 |-| **platform** | 19 | 19 | 0 | 1 |-| standard (all but platform) | 238 | 238 | 212 | 213 |+| **platform** | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1 |+| standard (all but platform) | 239 | 239 | 212 | 215 | <!-- 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 0.23.6: `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). Version 0.23.4: the reference is Altium bridge 0.2.83 (engine 0.20.0, turned bodies, simulate noise and monteCarlo, a 20x faster board model on large boards). Version 0.23.3: coverage reads KiCad bridge 1.0.87 (engine 0.20.0, turned bodies, simulate noise and monteCarlo).

@@ -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 1.13.21. 56 verbs came from other bridges' proposals (tools/proposed/); they are marked *proposed*.+Altium bridge 0.2.83 (the reference), KiCad bridge 1.0.87, Fusion 360 bridge 1.13.22. 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** | 46 | 46 | 43 | 38 |+| **native** | 47 | 47 | 43 | 40 | | **checks** | 37 | 37 | 35 | 37 | | **app** | 62 | 62 | 44 | 49 |-| **platform** | 19 | 19 | 0 | 1 |-| standard (all but platform) | 238 | 238 | 212 | 213 |+| **platform** | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1 |+| standard (all but platform) | 239 | 239 | 212 | 215 |  ## core @@ -160,11 +160,12 @@ Wraps the EDA tool's own feature (its DRC, ERC, Gerbers, pours, Update PCB). Eve | `run_erc` | Electrical rules check. Same handler as altium_compile: in Altium, compiling the project IS the ERC. | `altium_run_erc` | `kicad_run_erc` | `fusion_run_erc` | | `sch_update_from_library` *proposed* | Update the placed symbols on a sheet from their libraries (all, or the listed ones) and report which changed, which already matched and which no library has. | `altium_sch_update_from_library` | `kicad_sch_update_from_library` | unsupported | | `set_design_rules` | Write a fab's design rules into the current board: clearance, track width, routing via style, hole size, annular ring, hole-to-hole and board-edge clearance... | `altium_set_design_rules` | `kicad_set_design_rules` | `fusion_set_design_rules` |-| `silkscreen_prep` | Clean the silkscreen off the copper with Altium's own Tools > Silkscreen Preparation: silk clipped clear of every mask opening (pad) by the board's silk... | `altium_silkscreen_prep` | `kicad_silkscreen_prep` |  |+| `silkscreen_prep` | Clean the silkscreen off the copper with Altium's own Tools > Silkscreen Preparation: silk clipped clear of every mask opening (pad) by the board's silk... | `altium_silkscreen_prep` | `kicad_silkscreen_prep` | `fusion_silkscreen_prep` (partial) | | `symbol_mode` | Show one display mode (0 = Normal, 1.. = alternates) of the CURRENT SchLib component in the editor and capture a frame. Drives the editor's own mode toggle,... | `altium_symbol_mode` |  | unsupported | | `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) |  ## checks @@ -301,6 +302,5 @@ Specific to one tool's platform (Altium 365, OutJobs, integrated libraries). Not | `import_kicad` | Import a KiCad file with Altium's own KiCad importer, driven through the AdomBridge .NET extension. | `altium_import_kicad` |  | `fusion_create_library` (partial) | | `outjob_info` | An OutJob's containers (output media), the outputs in each, and their key settings (units, decimals, plotted layer count), read from the .OutJob file:... | `altium_outjob_info` |  | unsupported | | `run_outjob` | Run one output medium of an .OutJob (gerbers, drill, BOM, PDFs...) and list what it wrote under 'Project Outputs for <project>'. | `altium_run_outjob` |  | unsupported |-| `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` |  |  | | `workspace_place` | Put a part from the Altium 365 workspace on a sheet: search, pick a result, place it (Altium's own placement, so the part keeps its workspace link,... | `altium_workspace_place` |  | unsupported | | `workspace_search` | Search the Altium 365 workspace's components (the shared cloud library Altium is signed in to) through Altium's own Components panel: name, description and... | `altium_workspace_search` |  | unsupported |

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ {   "slug": "eda-bridge-standard",-  "version": "0.23.5",+  "version": "0.23.6",   "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.",

@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@  "uninstall": "app",  "uninstall_library": "native",  "update_pcb": "native",- "variants": "platform",+ "variants": "native",  "via_fence": "checks",  "window_info": "app",  "workspace_place": "platform",

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ {- "standard": "0.23.5",+ "standard": "0.23.6",  "reference": {   "bridge": "altium",   "version": "0.2.83"@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@  "proposed": 56,  "compared": {   "kicad": "1.0.87",-  "fusion360": "1.13.21"+  "fusion360": "1.13.22"  },  "tiers": {   "core": "Read and edit the design. Every bridge provides these: they are how an AI sees and changes a board.",@@ -2326,7 +2326,11 @@     "verb": "kicad_silkscreen_prep",     "match": "exact"    },-   "fusion360": null+   "fusion360": {+    "verb": "fusion_silkscreen_prep",+    "match": "partial",+    "note": "designators moved off copper where they fit (silk_designators), counted before and after; silk outside the board listed, not deleted; a footprint's own silk lines are library graphics in EAGLE and are clipped at mask openings by the fab's CAM, not on the board"+   }   },   {    "name": "symbol_mode",@@ -2395,6 +2399,21 @@     "note": "Fusion forward-annotates the board from the schematic as you edit, so there is no change order to execute: the preview is the cross check (designators on the sheet and not the board, and the reverse); a broken forward/back annotation is reported, not repaired"    }   },+  {+   "name": "variants",+   "tier": "native",+   "source": "altium",+   "altium": {+    "verb": "altium_variants",+    "match": "exact"+   },+   "kicad": null,+   "fusion360": {+    "verb": "fusion_variants",+    "match": "partial",+    "note": "lists a design's assembly variants with their not-fitted parts and alternate values; making, changing or removing one is refused (not_supported): Fusion 2706 takes EAGLE's VARIANT from a text command and changes nothing"+   }+  },   {    "name": "assembly_check",    "tier": "checks",@@ -4273,17 +4292,6 @@     "note": "Fusion has no OutJob: each output is its own verb (fusion_export_gerbers with the JLCPCB CAM job, fusion_export_bom, fusion_export_pdf, fusion_export_odb ...)"    }   },-  {-   "name": "variants",-   "tier": "platform",-   "source": "altium",-   "altium": {-    "verb": "altium_variants",-    "match": "exact"-   },-   "kicad": null,-   "fusion360": null-  },   {    "name": "workspace_place",    "tier": "platform",