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KiCadRoutingTools (drandyhaas)ECADConfidence: Medium

plan-pcb-placement writes the routing chain as an in/out file while plan-pcb-routing writes it as a .sh file, and neither checker reads the other's format, so a chain cannot be checked before the expensive judging run.

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 #1592: A judging chain cannot be checked before it runs: route_plan_check refuses the {in}/{out} chain format, and the only full-level chain runner is judge_seeds --confirm
github.com
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Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digests, Nov 1-2 2026 (Nov 1 8:41 AM ET through Nov 2 7:41 AM ET digests plus the Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-11-02: issue/PR read; title and state confirmed.