kicad-tools (rjwalters)ECADConfidence: Medium

An agent added a synthetic 12-net DRC test for trace rewrites. "Live verification NOT performed. The 54-net board is not available in this worktree," and the operator has to run it. "The synthetic fixture does not establish behaviour on that board."

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

rjwalters/kicad-tools Pull #8238: test(optimize): dense-board kicad-cli DRC check for checked trace rewrites

github.com

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Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digests, Nov 2 2026 (Nov 2 8:41 AM ET through Nov 2 10:41 PM ET digests plus the Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-11-03: issue/PR read; title and state confirmed.