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

{
 "add_body": [
  "add_body",
  "partial",
  "a model file only; no box without one"
 ],
 "add_models": [
  "add_models",
  "partial",
  "KiCad has one Footprint field: the first model goes there when it is empty, and every model joins the symbol's footprint filters, which KiCad offers but a part doesn't switch between"
 ],
 "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"
 ],
 "check_dialogs": [
  "check_dialogs",
  "exact",
  "shot is the path of the saved picture, not base64"
 ],
 "close": [
  "close",
  "exact"
 ],
 "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"
 ],
 "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"
 ],
 "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)"
 ],
 "export_pdf": [
  "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"
 ],
 "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"
 ],
 "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"
 ],
 "move_parts": [
  "move_footprint / flip_footprint",
  "exact"
 ],
 "panel": [
  "send_key",
  "partial",
  "kicad_send_key {menu: \"Properties\" | \"Appearance\" | \"Search\" | \"Net Inspector\" | \"Design Blocks\"} fires View > Panels in the background; it is a toggle, and neither the menu nor KiCad's API reports whether a panel is showing (kicad_screenshot_all shows it)"
 ],
 "panelize": [
  "panelize",
  "partial",
  "rectangular boards only (V-score or mouse-bite tabs); a shaped board is refused"
 ],
 "physical_properties": [
  "physical_properties",
  "unsupported",
  "KiCad has no materials or masses on a part"
 ],
 "place_on_pcb": [
  "place_footprint / add_footprint",
  "exact"
 ],
 "place_vias": [
  "add_via",
  "exact"
 ],
 "read_rules": [
  "list_design_rules",
  "exact"
 ],
 "remove_pours": [
  "remove_zone",
  "exact"
 ],
 "run_command": [
  "send_key",
  "partial",
  "fires a menu item by its label, or a hotkey; no command parameters"
 ],
 "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_zoom": [
  "sch_zoom",
  "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"
 ],
 "select_items": [
  "select_items",
  "partial",
  "on the board only; where:\"sheet\" is refused, because KiCad's Schematic Editor has no API for its selection"
 ],
 "selection": [
  "selection",
  "partial",
  "the PCB editor's selection only (kicad_get_selection); the Schematic Editor has no API for its selection"
 ],
 "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_outline": [
  "board_outline",
  "exact"
 ],
 "signin": [
  "signin",
  "unsupported",
  "KiCad has no account to sign in to"
 ],
 "teardrops": [
  "teardrops",
  "partial",
  "the board's default teardrop shapes (Board Setup > Teardrops), and tracks and tJunctions share KiCad's one Track to track box; force:true is refused, because KiCad has no such mode"
 ],
 "update_pcb": [
  "update_pcb_from_schematic",
  "partial",
  "applies to a closed board file only; a board open in KiCad is refused, because KiCad's API has no Update PCB from Schematic and a standalone PCB editor can't run it"
 ]
}