eda-agent (Altium MCP bridge)ECADConfidence: Low

An agent bridge for Altium maps an unrecognized layer name to TOP COPPER instead of failing. A typo in a layer name can delete copper on the wrong layer while the tool reports the cleanup as done.

Impact Analysis

Persona

Electrical Engineer

Team Size Impact

5x Multiplier

Prototype Delay

2 Days

Est. Annual Cost

$9,000

1 user · 1 month120 min
Rest of team480 min
Rest of year6,600 min

monthly_minutes × 12 × team_multiplier ÷ 60 × $75/hr = $9k/yr

$75/hr assumed rate.

Annual team-minutes decomposed from the reported monthly inputs.

Evidence & Sources

1 Sources

eda-agent issue #46: unknown layer name silently becomes TOP COPPER (vincent-himpe)

github.com

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Analyst Notes

From the Grok Haitch pain-radar compilation, finding 1, found 2026-10-11, score 9/10: the guard for eNoLayer is dead code. Cost model assumes an engineer catches the wrong-layer edit in review or reworks the board data by hand.