name: hd-eda-discovery-windows description: > Windows-specific EDA detection probe for the post-setup discovery pass — how to find no-bridge EDA tools (Altium, OrCAD, Cadence/Allegro, EAGLE, DipTrace, Eplan) by scanning C:\Program Files / C:\Program Files (x86) and Get-Process via a PowerShell run_script. Read alongside the platform-generic hd-eda-discovery. Trigger words — detect altium windows, scan program files, powershell eda probe, Get-Process altium, orcad install path, run_script eda detect.

EDA discovery — Windows no-bridge probe

Platform companion to hd-eda-discovery. The bridge-based detection (kicad_list_versions, fusion_status) and the entire branching/onboarding/pitch logic live in the generic skill. This file is ONLY the Windows recipe for the tools that have no bridge and must be detected by install path / running process.

The probe

Base64-encode the PowerShell and run it through adom-desktop run_script (base64 avoids all the shell-quoting pain). Use absolute paths.

adom-desktop run_script '{"interpreter":"powershell","scriptB64":"<b64 of:>"}'
#   Get-ChildItem 'C:\Program Files','C:\Program Files (x86)' -Directory -EA 0 |
#     ? { $_.Name -match 'Altium|OrCAD|Cadence|Allegro|EAGLE|DipTrace|Eplan' } | % Name
#   plus: Get-Process | ? { $_.Name -match 'Altium|OrCAD|Capture|Allegro' } | % Name

Notes

  • Base64 the PowerShell for run_script — no quoting survives raw.
  • Use absolute paths (C:\Program Files, C:\Program Files (x86)).
  • Treat empty output as a timeout, NOT a negative result — the relay can return empty on a slow/timed-out probe, which is not the same as "tool not installed."
  • The Get-ChildItem scan catches installed-but-not-running tools; the Get-Process pass catches anything currently open (and tools installed somewhere unusual).

Equivalent on other platforms (for orientation)

The generic skill covers this, repeated here only so you know what the Windows probe maps to:

  • macOS would scan /Applications (and ~/Applications) for the app bundles, plus pgrep.
  • Linux would which/command -v the CLI binaries and check common install dirs, plus pgrep.