orcad-capture-toolkit
Skill pack that lets coding agents automate OrCAD Capture schematic work through TCL.
What it does and how it connects
orcad-capture-toolkit is an open source knowledge base for OrCAD Capture TCL automation, aimed at AI agents. It holds an API quick reference, 17-probe CIS and probe specifications, a design cache recovery TCL chain and a list of anti-patterns. It targets Cadence SPB 23.1 and later.
It is explicitly not a script library: it ships no ready-to-run .tcl files. An agent assembles idioms from the references into a custom script for the user's request, and the user pastes it into the OrCAD Command Window. It works as a skill for Claude Code, Codex CLI and Gemini CLI, and as a plain reference for engineers without AI.
The README records its verification state honestly: the design cache recovery chain passed its G1/G2/G3 checks on 2026-04-10, all 17 CIS probe logic units are composable and runnable, but the full CIS integration chain still awaits on-machine verification.
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- A named individual builder beyond the repository owner handle redstone39
Last verified November 6, 2026. Listings are informational. The evidence score measures public, verifiable evidence and is not an endorsement or a compatibility claim.