KiCad - the KiCad Bridge

Rust port plan phase 0: seeds KiCad's six do_not_show_again nags, api.enable_server, update-check and eeschema prompt suppression at first-run config seeding (bridge-created files only, never a user's own settings); deletes dead launch_editor.ps1, unused handlers/foreground_guard.py and the legacy tour/ orchestrator. Plan and comparison sub-readmes published under docs/. Gate: ConfRoomROG 71 pass / 1 fail (known idle-box foreground grant on kicad_launch) / 15 skip; adom_library_heal verified live.

kicad_model_check and model diagnostics on the 3D show verbs (#88)

kicad_status carries operation state for timeout recovery (#87)

Focus guardian identity survives hwnd reuse; editors spawn without activation (pre-promotion run findings)

kicad_close honours unsaved work (#84); verified footprint rescan (#51)

Footprint loads with two pcbnew processes; list_footprints reads the fp-lib-table (#81)

First-run wizard deadlock: time-boxed dialog clicks and bounded sweeps (#83)

Release-day fixes: stock library path resolution (#80), screenshot_all sizeKB (#81), readiness re-detect (#82), routing DRC completeness (PR 82), verified source pushes (#79), full verb-test coverage (#78)

Live routing verbs through KiCad's IPC API (routing_state, route_net, remove_route, routing_validate), offline copper verbs (board_pads, add_track, add_via, route), kicad_ipc_api, KiCad 10 name-based nets, vendored routing deps

Tour motion: zoom depth per beat (one step for a single part, two plus one for a sheet or board)

Tour: reopen the board when the file on disk is newer than the running pcbnew, so attached 3D bodies actually show

Tour: a 3D model file that is not installed on this box counts as dead too; the MOSFETs then get KiCad's TDSON-8-1 body and the board reloads

Tour: dead 3D model references are removed as balanced blocks (the regex missed the MOSFETs), so KiCad's TDSON-8-1 body attaches and the board reloads

Tour: 3D body attach report lists what it saw for the MOSFET footprints (debug)

Tour: two-part beats (A loads with its own line, B explains and moves once verified), part timestamps on the record, 3D body attach report says where it looked

Tour: every beat in two parts (A loads the window with its own line, B starts once verified with the explaining line and the motion); part timestamps on the record; dead 3D bodies replaced by KiCad standard ones

Footprint open: a hidden Library Tree filter box counts as missing (wx hides the pane, the control survives), so the pane is shown and waited for; tour prep summary (3D bodies attached, cache restart) on the progress record

Footprint open: the plugin-free background loader also shows a hidden Library Tree pane before typing (arav-rog: the pane fix only covered the fallback path); tour reloads the board after attaching 3D bodies; prep summary on the record

Tour: attach KiCad's standard 3D bodies to footprints the board left without one (six MOSFETs get TDSON-8-1); Footprint Editor Library Tree pane is shown once and waited for, never toggled back off

Tour: restart KiCad during prepare when the footprint file is newer than the running KiCad (process start time vs file mtime), not only when it is new; startedAt and narrationAt on each step record