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adom-circuit — AI-first EDA (aci)

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by Kyle Bergstedt

Build a PCB by prompting an AI, watch every step stream into a Hydrogen webview. Rust-native pipeline (parse, DRC, ERC, gerber, SVG, autorouter) + Babylon.js 8.x 3D scene. Mouser-first BOM. Shares one

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name: adom-circuit description: AI-first EDA tool for building PCBs — Rust pipeline + Babylon.js 3D viewer in a Hydrogen webview, native KiCad file I/O, native DRC/ERC, tscircuit autorouter, Mouser-first BOM, solder-jet paste deposition, 26-step InstaPCB manufacturing sim, 100mm probing-workcell sim. Binary is aci, repo is adom-circuit. Use when the user asks to design a PCB via AI, build a board from a prompt, watch a board being built, or when they say words like build a board, design a pcb, ai-first eda, adom circuit, asci, aci build, make a circuit board, dev board, breakout board, iCE40 board, 3D pcb preview with animations, paste-jet simulation, kicad pipeline, native DRC, probing-workcell simulation, instapcb simulation.

adom-circuit — AI-first EDA

aci is the CLI binary. adom-circuit is the repo + wiki page. The tool lets a user (or an AI agent on their behalf) build a PCB by prompting, then watch every step stream into a Hydrogen webview: BOM resolution, library construction, schematic, 3D board, autoroute — all scene-native, all preserved in the final GLB.

The one-sentence mental model

Rust owns parse + geometry + compute (DRC, ERC, gerber, SVG, paste-jet planner). Babylon 8.x in the Hydrogen webview owns the 3D scene. Scene IR JSON streams between them over WebSocket. GLTF2Export produces the final GLB from the live scene — what the user watches being built is what ships.

Core pipeline — aci build --all

cd my-project/
aci build --all           # parse → scene IR → drc → svg → gerbers → lib → bom → datasheets → route → probe-sim
aci dev                   # live Babylon 3D + 3-pane LibView
aci review                # one-pass reviewer checklist → artifacts/review.md
aci molecule --owner you  # hand off to adom-molecule

Every subcommand is scriptable. Every UI button has a CLI equivalent — see the asci-cli skill.

What aci shares the project as

Per PLAN Part 11 project tree:

  • board/<name>.kicad_pcb + .kicad_sch + design-rules.toml
  • lib/components/<refdes>/{symbol,footprint,3d,sourcing}.json
  • datasheets/<mpn>/datasheet.md — parsed datasheet markdown
  • artifacts/board.glb — clean-board 3D, includes walkthrough + paste-jet animations
  • artifacts/bom.csv — Mouser-first BOM
  • artifacts/scene-ir.json + build-log.ndjson — fast-load + replayable
  • project.md — the AI-facing entry point

Non-negotiable rules (see CLAUDE.md in the repo)

  • No MCP servers. aci talks via HTTP + WebSocket per app-creator rule 7b.
  • Babylon runs only in the Hydrogen webview. No NullEngine. No Playwright. Unattended runs drive the same webview via adom-desktop pup.
  • Datasheets come BEFORE supplier lookup — Phase 14 grounds every candidate MPN before Phase 14.5 hits Mouser.
  • Mouser is the first-class supplier. DigiKey → JLCPCB are fallbacks.
  • Auto-pick smallest non-BGA package with pads ≥ 350 µm (fits the 250 µm solder jet).
  • NEVER ALL CAPS in any UI text. data-tooltip, not title="".

When to use this skill

Match on the trigger words above, OR any time the user mentions designing a PCB with AI, the aci CLI, a .kicad_pcb + scene IR flow, solder-jet paste deposition, or the Adom probing workcell.

Sibling skills

  • asci-cli — subcommand reference (aci build, aci dev, etc.)
  • asci-scene-graph — the stable scene-graph path contract (docs/scene-graph.md)
  • asci-live-build — event-bus + streaming UX during aci build
  • asci-probing-sim — 100 mm umbilical rule + probing-workcell sim (PLAN Part 14)
  • asci-instapcb-process — 26-step manufacturing simulation (PLAN Part 15)
  • asci-ralph-loop — visual-test ralph-loop pattern
  • asci-publish — aci share + wiki publish flow

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