KiCad Analyzer

KiCad Analyzer is a Quality 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

ai-skillsbom-managementclaude-codecodexdesign-reviewdigikeyedaelectronicsemcemc-compliancegerberhardware-designjlcpcbkicadkicad-pcbopenai-codexpcb-designschematic-analysissignal-integrityspice-simulation

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Install KiCad Analyzer

Copy KiCad Analyzer 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/kicad ~/.claude/skills/kicad

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/kicad/SKILL.md in aklofas/kicad-happy
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/kicad
Collection: One of 11 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Quality — 1354 skills

What KiCad Analyzer does

KiCad Analyzer reviews KiCad projects and PDF schematics to trace nets, check DRC/ERC, extract BOM data, and compare schematic, PCB, and fabrication files. Use it when reviewing a board before fab or debugging a hardware design.

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

Documentation

README

Excerpt

KiCad Project Analysis Skill

Skill	Purpose
`bom`	BOM extraction, enrichment, ordering, and export workflows
`digikey`	Search DigiKey for parts (prototype sourcing)
`mouser`	Search Mouser for parts (secondary prototype source)
`lcsc`	Search LCSC for parts (production sourcing, JLCPCB)
`element14`	Search Newark/Farnell/element14 (international sourcing, reliable datasheets)
`jlcpcb`	PCB fabrication & assembly ordering
`pcbway`	Alternative PCB fabrication & assembly
`spice`	SPICE simulation verification of detected subcircuits
`emc`	EMC pre-compliance risk analysis — consumes schematic + PCB analyzer output

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

Frequently asked about KiCad Analyzer

What else does aklofas publish alongside KiCad Analyzer?
KiCad Analyzer 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 KiCad Analyzer 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 KiCad Analyzer compare to other Quality skills?
KiCad Analyzer ranks #846 by stars among the 1354 Quality skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Benchmark, Benchmark Optimization Loop and API Design Patterns. 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 KiCad Analyzer against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.