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KiCadRoutingTools (drandyhaas)ECADConfidence: Medium

Routing tools record each invocation so runs can be replayed with no LLM, but none of the placement tools do. A placement run's inputs and commands live only in its work folder and the skill's transcript, so the ask is to save each AI-derived placement plan as a JSON manifest for deterministic reruns.

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
drandyhaas/KiCadRoutingTools Issue #1486: Placement stress test: pile every recorded corpus board, place, route by its recorded chain, grade; record placement plans as JSON manifests for no-AI replay
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.