An AI-made CAD fix handed between teammates turned up overlapping parts and lead and hole mismatches from the other person board layout: a disc cap overlapping the SB540 diode by 1.9 mm3 and the 1000 uF cap by 2.1 mm3, SB540 leads of 1.2 to 1.3 mm against 1.0 mm perfboard holes, and a camera swapped to a different module that needs vision calibration re-measured.
Recurring agent failure issue in -capstone-project-repo (britams)
What engineers report
A recurring agent failure problem in -capstone-project-repo (britams) that mostly hits the mechanical designer.
Failure pattern: validation / failure
Analyst note
From the Grok pain-radar digests, Nov 8-9 2026 (Nov 8 8:41 AM ET through Nov 9 6:41 AM ET digests plus the Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-11-09: 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.
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Evidence
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