KiCadRoutingTools (drandyhaas)ECADConfidence: Medium

The agent hands route_diff a 0.127 mm intra-pair skew budget that ends up only in console output and JSON, not in the project or a rules file, so no grader sees it; the skills tell you to hand-write KiCad rule syntax.

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 #1503: Feature request: a writer for the .kicad_dru intra-pair skew rule that check_complete asks for -- route_diff --diff-pair-intra-match --length-match-tolerance records its budget nowhere a grader reads

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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.