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pcb-designer-ai-agent

Python AI agent that turns a natural-language board description into BOM, schematic netlist, IPC footprints, and a routing-ready KiCad board file.

Facts

Builder
assalas
Connects to
KiCad
Connection note
Pipeline output is a .kicad_pcb board file; the repo description also claims Altium Designer and Eagle CAD integration, but the README pipeline describes KiCad output only, so Altium and Eagle are not listed as verified software.

Repository stats

Stars
141
Last push
2026-10-03
Latest release
No release found

What it does and how it connects

PCB Designer AI Agent is a universal AI hardware agent built in Python that generates schematics and PCB layouts from natural language. It supports Claude, Gemini, and OpenAI as well as local models through Ollama and LM Studio, and runs as a standalone JSON-RPC service that takes a prompt and outputs generated BOM, netlist, and board files.

The pipeline parses requirements with an LLM, maps keywords to real physical components for BOM generation, synthesizes a schematic netlist, generates standard IPC footprint geometries (SOIC, LQFP, SOT-223, USB-C, and others), and renders a complete routing-ready .kicad_pcb board file. A Reef evaluation harness is included to test how well models extract footprint parameters from PDF datasheets.

The agent is also ported as a browser-based hardware design environment for Anna OS, with a local UI and a fallback to Anna OS quota or tokens when no API keys are provided.

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circuitron
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PCB-Agent-Teams
A Claude Code only skills workspace with SPICE and EMC gates, rather than a provider-agnostic JSON-RPC agent.
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flamingo-pcb
A standalone prompt-driven engine with no schematic step, rather than a netlist and KiCad board file pipeline.
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Related Error Index entries

Interactive routing creates unwanted micro-segments and awkward paths that take time to clean up
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Grid snap and move commands can disconnect items or reposition them in unwanted ways
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GUI lag, occasional freezes, and sluggish editor switching interrupt concentration
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Wayland/NVIDIA users report graphical glitches, flicker, or instability
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Raw LLM-driven KiCad agents cannot be trusted to generate board and schematic files directly
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Sources

2 Sources
PCB Designer AI Agent README
https://github.com/assalas/pcb-designer-ai-agent
PCB Designer AI Agent LICENSE (custom non-commercial)
https://github.com/assalas/pcb-designer-ai-agent/blob/main/LICENSE

Not verified

  • website (repo homepage points back to the repo itself)
  • latest release (releases/latest returns 404; no releases published)
  • pricing (none stated on the repo)
  • user voice (all issues and PRs found are the owner's own)
  • Altium and Eagle integration (claimed in repo description, not described in the README pipeline)
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Last verified: 2026-11-02. Listings are informational and are not endorsements, rankings, or compatibility claims.