copper-pilot-cli (CopperPilot)ECADConfidence: Medium

On a CM5 carrier board, all 10 real validation findings were tagged ungrounded because the reviewer cited RAIL_IO_3 and GND while KiCad names those nets /RAIL_IO_3 and /GND, so the run exited incomplete instead of failing.

Impact Analysis

Persona

Electrical Engineer

Team Size Impact

5x Multiplier

Prototype Delay

3 Days

Est. Annual Cost

$30,000

1 user · 1 month240 min
Rest of team960 min
Rest of year13,200 min

monthly_minutes × 12 × team_multiplier ÷ 60 × $75/hr = $30k/yr

$75/hr assumed rate.

Annual team-minutes decomposed from the reported monthly inputs.

Evidence & Sources

1 Sources

CopperPilot/copper-pilot-cli PR #34: fix(validate): ground findings that cite label names of hierarchical nets

github.com

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Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digest, Oct 24-25 2026 (Oct 24 evening to Oct 25 morning slots). Verified live 2026-10-25: issue/PR read on GitHub; title and state confirmed.