KiCad-AI-Assistant (paul356)ECADConfidence: Medium

The agent called get_skill 0 times while calling set_footprint_position 600+ times, even after the skill catalog was made mandatory in the prompt, so the agent never reads handed context unless the tool layer injects it.

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

paul356/KiCad-AI-Assistant Issue #208: Enhancement: auto-inject related skill on tool call (frontmatter-declared mapping)

github.com

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Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digests, Oct 26-27 2026 (Oct 26 12:41 PM ET through Oct 27 7:41 AM ET digests plus the Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-10-27: issue/PR/thread read; title and state confirmed.