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Copperpour (Copperpour)ECADConfidence: Medium

The KiCad MCP server found kicad-cli by checking the working directory first, so a stray file named kicad-cli there ended discovery, get_installation_info reported cli_path kicad-cli, and on Windows the real install was never found, while every kicad-cli-backed tool depended on where the server happened to start.

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
Copperpour/Copperpour PR #185: fix(kicad): look up a bare kicad-cli name on PATH only
github.com
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Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digests, Oct 27-28 2026 (Oct 27 8:41 AM ET through Oct 28 7:41 AM ET digests plus the Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-10-28: issue/PR/thread read; title and state confirmed.