PCB Design Skill (Zero1683)
AI skill for PCB design, manufacturing handoff and board bring up that bundles the EasyEDA Pro API skill: a complete EasyEDA API reference, a local bridge to the running EasyEDA Pro client, and patterns for PCB, schematic, library and project management
Summary rewritten from the vendor site because the catalog version did not match it.
What it does and how it connects
PCB-Design-Skill is an AI skill for PCB engineering that takes the user from an idea to a manufactured board and bring-up. Starting from a sentence such as wanting a small keyboard, the agent works through requirements, circuit choice, schematic, placement, routing, and manufacturing files, explaining at each stage what is done, what comes next, and what needs the user.
It bundles the EasyEDA Pro API skill: a complete EasyEDA API reference, a local bridge service to the running EasyEDA Pro client, and patterns for PCB, schematic, library, and project management. Version 2.0.0 organizes the idea-to-board path with stage checks, a next-step derived from the project record, reuse of open-source boards with pinned source versions and file hashes, and a PCBA review covering the placement list, coordinates, work status, board shape, and manufacturing file versions and hashes.
The README is written primarily in Chinese with an English version linked. It states that professional calculations and checks run in the background, key trade-offs are explained in everyday language, and unfinished firmware, enclosures, or physical tests are listed explicitly rather than treated as done.
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Recurring errors it addresses
Error Index entries this tool is built to reduce or work around.
- The validator for an EasyEDA Pro agent skill looks for a literal DOCHEAD prefix, so real files saved by EasyEDA Pro 4.1 with a ticket field make it crash or skip a library document and report success.Error Index
- An agent moving parts on a 468-component, four-layer board got 110 'success' returns, then the connector dropped and some moves never persisted; even at batches of five with save and readback, the tool warned the readback and DRC could be reading stale engine state.Error Index
- Refused replies were reported as successful acknowledgments, and PCB opening could time out after 45 seconds while the debugger paused startup.Error Index
- Current EasyEDA Pro startup rejects descriptors the plugin relied on, breaking the agent integration on a vendor update, and footprint writes stay unavailable.Error Index
Sources
Not verified
- No independent user voice found: the only issue and pull request are a collaborator testing handoff.
- Pricing: none stated on the repo.
- The catalog wording of a WebSocket bridge to execute code in the running EasyEDA Pro client was not confirmed in the README excerpt read, which describes a local bridge service without naming WebSocket; the one-liner was rewritten to say local bridge.
- A named individual builder beyond the repository owner handle Zero1683
Last verified November 6, 2026. Listings are informational. The evidence score measures public, verifiable evidence and is not an endorsement or a compatibility claim.