A KiCad MCP server got pins, ERC and board sync wrong in quiet ways. Pin coordinates ignored mirroring. Parsed schematics went stale after save. ERC results got dropped when KiCad exited non-zero for violations. Schematic-to-PCB sync reloaded the board from disk and lost unsaved outline geometry. Gerber export now checks layer identity by filename. The new manufacturing manifest explicitly does not claim fabrication readiness.
Recurring agent failure issue in kicad-chatgpt-mcp (faizannazir)
What engineers report
A recurring agent failure problem in kicad-chatgpt-mcp (faizannazir) that mostly hits the electrical engineer.
Failure pattern: validation / geometry
Analyst note
From the Grok pain-radar digests, Nov 9-10 2026 (Nov 9 7:41 AM ET through Nov 10 7:41 AM ET digests plus the Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-11-10: issue/PR read; title and state confirmed.
What it costs a team
Modeled annual cost
$30,000
For a team of 5
Prototype delay
3 days
Modeled schedule slip per occurrence
Time lost
240 min
Per engineer per month, about 1 incidents
How the cost is modeled
240 min/month × 5 engineers × 12 months = 240 hours × $125/hour = $30,000
A modeled estimate with medium confidence. Swap in your own team size and loaded rate to size it for your team.
Engineering tools that address it
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Evidence
More recurring errors in kicad-chatgpt-mcp (faizannazir)
- A KiCad MCP evaluation found the server inventing connectivity from pin proximity and reporting DRC passes when checks never ran.ECAD · impact 74
- A KiCad MCP server added a check that runs KiCad's ERC and DRC together, refuses if the board asked about is not the one loaded, and ties the result to SHA-256 hashes of the saved schematic and PCB, failing if either changes during the check. The author says it does not replace KiCad's checks or sign off fab, SI, thermal or EMC. People building agents for ECAD are now writing their own 'was this check run on the right revision' layer.ECAD · impact 66
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