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konnect-evidence (Cirrus-Lab)ECADConfidence: Medium

Field notes from an agent routing the RF section of a governed KiCad 10 board while the reviewer was away. Edits run inside approval windows with an expiry. The new rules say work without stopping is not approval, ask for the next window before this one runs out, and drop to read-only when it expires. Practical snags too: the agent KiCad dies when Claude restarts, and main refuses every edit on Windows because of a path prefix.

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

Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digests, Oct 31-Nov 1 2026 (Oct 31 9:41 PM ET through Nov 1 7:41 AM ET digests plus the Haitch overnight edition). Verified live 2026-11-01: issue/PR read; title and state confirmed.