Element14

Element14 is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by aklofas in kicad-happy.

991 stars82 forkson aklofas/kicad-happyAdded 2026/08/21+1% in starsRepository updated 2026/08/20

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Install Element14

Copy Element14 into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/aklofas/kicad-happy/tree/main/skills/element14 ~/.claude/skills/element14

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/aklofas/kicad-happy.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: skills/element14/SKILL.md in aklofas/kicad-happy
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/element14
Collection: One of 11 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Automation — 1523 skills

What Element14 does

Element14 searches Newark, Farnell, and element14 for electronic components by MPN or distributor part number. It returns pricing, stock, specs, and direct datasheet URLs for sourcing and local datasheet sync.

Element14 is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. Element14 comes from a repository tagged ai-skills, bom-management, claude-code, codex and design-review.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

element14 / Newark / Farnell — Component Search, Datasheets & Ordering

Skill	Purpose
`kicad`	Schematic analysis — extracts MPNs for part lookup
`bom`	BOM management — orchestrates sourcing across distributors
`spice`	Uses element14 parametric data for behavioral SPICE models

One API covers three regional storefronts — same catalog, same datasheets, only pricing/stock vary by region:

Storefront	Region	Store ID
Newark	North America	`www.newark.com`
Farnell	UK / Europe	`uk.farnell.com`
element14	Asia-Pacific	`au.element14.com`

For BOM management and export workflows, see bom.

Key Differences from DigiKey/Mouser

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Element14

What else does aklofas publish alongside Element14?
Element14 is one of 11 skills that DirSkills catalogs from aklofas/kicad-happy, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include BOM Management, Datasheets and DigiKey Parts Search. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Element14 does, and is maintained by aklofas in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the aklofas/kicad-happy page.
How does Element14 compare to other Automation skills?
Element14 ranks #843 by stars among the 1523 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Element14 against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.