CB kicad-pcb
Workflow skill for KiCAD PCB layout and routing via MCP tools. Triggers on: "layout the board", "route traces", "PCB", "place footprints", "copper pour", "board outline", "differential pair", "board setup", "track width", "via", "zone", "design rules", "stackup", "silkscreen".
Workflow skill for KiCAD PCB layout and routing via MCP tools.
As a process B 71/100 · Nearly there — weak spots: result and completion, running it twice
How to improve
- Say in the description WHEN to use the skill ("use when…", example requests): that is the agent's main cue.
- The SKILL.md body is over 5,000 tokens: move reference detail into references/ and load it when needed.
- Your own cases (evals/evals.json, 4–6 real requests with expected answers): the full check would then run those instead of a model-drafted suite.
- A spec.yaml with trigger phrases and assertions — a behaviour contract for CI; `skilltest init` writes a template.
Guard findings · 0
✓ No critical or high findings
Files scanned: 4. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.
Against the Agent Skills spec
- warning
description-no-whendescription does not say WHEN to use the skill (no "use when") - warning
body-longSKILL.md body ≈ 5509 tokens (recommended < 5000); move details to references/ - note
edit-residuethe text marks something as outdated (lines 166, 167, 212): check that old rules are not kept next to new ones — the full check reads the text for contradictions
Process rating: all ten parameters 71/100
- 30Running it twice. 9 mutating operations with no state check
- 40Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
- 60Tools and files. Uses tools (bash) that frontmatter does not declare
- 70When it triggers. States when to use, but not when not to
- 70Inputs and preconditions. Inputs and preconditions are listed
- 70Execution cost. Instruction body is 5509 tokens
- 85Steps. 83 steps, 1 vague phrases
- 100Failures and branches. 1 branches, has a failure section
- 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
- 100Progress reporting. Reports progress
- medium Safety rules and hard prohibitions inside a skill: they belong in the system prompt, here they protect nothing
Everything here is measured from the skill text rather than judged by a model, so the numbers are checkable. A parameter weighs more when it is a more common reason for the process to stall.
Quality signals
- +4Description does not say when NOT to use the skill (false activations)
- +3Output format is not stated: the model decides each time
- +1No license
- +2Single-language instructions
- +5Description quotes 11 example trigger phrases
- +3Description length 277: enough signal without eating the budget
- +4Structure: 27 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 83 items
- +4Has examples (9 code blocks)
- +4Reference files are cited in the instructions (3 of 3)
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 71.