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Konnect MCP server (KiCad)ECADConfidence: Medium

Moving a component onto another net's via through Konnect's IPC move silently re-nets the copper: KiCad changes the via's net to the moved pad's net. A ground stitching via took on the test point's supply net and the ground plane lost it, while DRC stayed clean. A synthetic repro with KiCad's own Python shows a closed-file move does not re-net, so the hazard is specific to the agent's live move path.

Impact Analysis

Persona
Electrical Engineer
Team Size Impact
5x Multiplier
Prototype Delay
3 Days
Est. Annual Cost
$24,000
  • 1 user · 1 month360 min
  • Rest of team1,440 min
  • Rest of year19,800 min

monthly_minutes × 12 × team_multiplier ÷ 60 × $75/hr = $24k/yr

$75/hr assumed rate.

Annual team-minutes decomposed from the reported monthly inputs.

Evidence & Sources

1 Sources

Analyst Notes

From the Grok ProductFlo pain-radar compilation, finding 56, found 2026-10-05, score 5/5. Verbatim evidence: "a test point moved onto a ground stitching via; the via came back with the test point's supply net, the ground plane lost it, and DRC was clean." Cost model assumes the bad netting is found by git-diffing copper and the placement reworked.