eda-agent (MOREmbedded)ECADConfidence: Medium

Merging 23 upstream commits into an Altium agent fork, 655 to 758 tools; 18 conflicts were settled by 'the side that measured it won'. On impedance reference layers they had it backwards at first; upstream had rerun reads on a board with profiles and found the layers unreadable.

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

MOREmbedded/eda-agent PR #7: Merge upstream, keeping the facts we measured ourselves

github.com

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Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digests, Oct 28-29 2026 (Oct 28 8:41 AM ET through Oct 29 early-morning Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-10-29: issue/PR read; title and state confirmed.