KiCad - the KiCad Bridge

Launch and drive KiCad on the user's laptop (KiCad 7/8/9/10 supported, multi-version side-by-side) from this container via the adom-desktop CLI. Open schematics/boards/symbols/footprints, run DRC, install sym-lib-table / fp-lib-table libraries, show the 3D viewer, capture KiCad window screenshots, send keyboard shortcuts and click coordinates. Trigger words: kicad, open schematic, open board, open pcb, open symbol, open footprint, KiCad symbol editor, KiCad footprint editor, KiCad 3D viewer, run DRC, install KiCad library, sym-lib-table, fp-lib-table, KiCad screenshot, kicad_send_key, kicad_click, kicad_window_info, kicad_screenshot_all, close KiCad, kicad versions, kicad_list_versions, KiCad bridge.

Add standard KiCad 3D models to a .kicad_pcb file (especially tscircuit exports that ship without model references), open the 3D viewer in KiCad on the user's desktop, and screenshot to verify. Trigger words — 3d models in kicad, kicad 3d viewer, alt+3, no 3d chips, missing 3d models, add 3d models, kicad 3d screenshot, show me 3d in kicad, prove 3d works, kicad models missing.

DEVELOPER-only skill (user-invocable:false — installed for maintainers, never offered to everyday users). Building/debugging the Adom Bridge KiCad bridge: architecture, the 4 control surfaces, how to add a verb, and every fresh-machine gotcha this bridge has hit. Trigger words — kicad bridge dev, edit kicad bridge, add kicad verb, kicad bridge architecture, debug kicad bridge, kicad control surfaces, kicad fresh machine.

DEVELOPER-only skill (user-invocable:false — maintainers, never everyday users). The complete recipe for making/refreshing the kicad-bridge page hero in the Adom bridge-family style (matching Pup and Fusion), getting it through the Hero Studio human gate, and applying it to the page + pkg. Encodes every measured layout number, the brand font doctrine, the real-window vitrine capture workflow, and the gate/publish traps we hit shipping the first one. Trigger words — kicad hero, hero image, new hero, refresh hero, hero studio, HERO_STUDIO_REQUIRED, HERO_REQUIRED, bridge family hero, page billboard.

DEVELOPER-only PUBLISH skill (user-invocable:false — for maintainers, never offered to everyday users). The exact recipe to ship a new version of the Adom Bridge KiCad bridge to wiki.adom.inc: version lockstep, the zip build, adom-wiki repo push + release create, the skills pkg, pushing to a target Bridge, and verify steps. Trigger words — publish kicad bridge, release kicad bridge, ship kicad bridge, bump kicad bridge, kicad bridge manifest, kicad bridge pkg.

Foundational rules for interacting with KiCad on the user's desktop via adom-desktop. Read BEFORE any kicad_open_board, kicad_open_3d_viewer, kicad_send_key, or kicad_screenshot_all call. Covers state checks, window management, dialog handling, file updates, and the 3D viewer workflow. Trigger words — open in kicad, kicad desktop, send to kicad, kicad 3d viewer, kicad screenshot, kicad dialog, kicad file warning, open board in kicad, kicad pcb editor.

Run a guided KiCad tour on the user's laptop via adom-desktop — install a custom symbol library, walk the user through Symbol Editor → Footprint Editor → Schematic Editor → PCB Editor → 3D Viewer, then export gerbers. Two prebuilt packs ship under plugins/kicad/tour-pack/ (single resistor, fast) and plugins/kicad/tour-pack-rp2040/ (RP2040 breakout board, comprehensive). Trigger words — kicad tour, walk me through kicad, kicad demo, show me kicad, rp2040 breakout, resistor demo, kicad showcase, end-to-end kicad, send symbol and footprint, kicad export gerbers, gerbers for jlcpcb, gerbers for instapcb, kicad 3d board, kicad design walkthrough.