How do I install the Kicad Improve skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add avatarsd/kicad-improve in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

Is Kicad Improve safe to use?

This skill has not completed SkillMD's automated safety review yet. SkillMD never runs a skill's scripts for you; review the SKILL.md before installing.

Which AI agents work with Kicad Improve?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Kicad Improve free to use?

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free, and the skill stays under its author's original license.

Who published Kicad Improve?

AvatarSD (@avatarsd) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Kicad Improve by avatarsd — Agent Skill

Name: Kicad Improve
Author: AvatarSD

Kicad Improve

Self-improvement loop for the kicad skill pack: each tick picks one backlog item, researches forums if needed, builds/tests against the fixture project, commits, and feeds lessons back into the skills. Use on /loop ticks or when asked to improve the kicad skills.

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File contents

Self-improvement loop (one tick = one slice)

Repo: $(kx root). Never test against real user projects (read-only soak targets only); use tests/fixtures/.

Tick protocol

git -C $(kx root) log --oneline | head + read doc/BACKLOG.md — pick the TOP unchecked item only.
If the item needs domain knowledge: ONE focused forum/web sweep (kicad.info, EEVblog, Hackaday, official dev-docs — WebSearch/WebFetch are deferred tools: load via ToolSearch first); distill into the relevant SKILL.md or doc/DESIGN.md — cite the source.
Build the slice; test on fixtures (python3 tests/test_roundtrip.py plus slice-specific test); mutation-test any new verifier rule.
Commit (one commit per step, no Co-Authored-By trailer).
Feed back: update the SKILL.md that the lesson belongs to; tick the backlog box; append new discoveries as new backlog items.
End the tick by suggesting the user run /compact.

Quality bar

SOLID, zero-copy where sensible, no dead code, no legacy left behind; every behavior provable by a command the next tick can rerun.

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