An agent-filed chip layout issue blamed a missing LVT marker for a PEX model mismatch. A curator found the layout already has the marker, and the extractor just ignores it. The schematic has 14 pfet_01v8_lvt and the extraction has 0. The curator wrote that an agent following it would redraw a marker that is already there.

Recurring agent failure issue in sky130-process-monitor (2AMLogic)

sky130-process-monitor (2AMLogic)ECADAgent failureMedium confidence

What engineers report

A recurring agent failure problem in sky130-process-monitor (2AMLogic) that mostly hits the electrical engineer.

Failure pattern: agent / failure

Analyst note

From the Grok pain-radar digests, Nov 10-11 2026 (Nov 10 8:41 AM ET through Nov 11 7:41 AM ET digests plus the Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-11-11: issue/PR read; title and state confirmed.

What it costs a team

Modeled annual cost

$30,000

For a team of 5

Prototype delay

3 days

Modeled schedule slip per occurrence

Time lost

240 min

Per engineer per month, about 1 incidents

How the cost is modeled

240 min/month × 5 engineers × 12 months = 240 hours × $125/hour = $30,000

A modeled estimate with medium confidence. Swap in your own team size and loaded rate to size it for your team.

Engineering tools that address it

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Evidence

  1. 12AMLogic/sky130-process-monitor Issue #98: Follow-on from PR #96: osc_subth layout lacks LVT marker (klt pex model_mismatch)github.com

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