{"slug": "tooling-for-ai-agents-to-build-kicad-project-from-simple-circuit-description", "title": "Tooling for AI agents to build KiCad project from simple circuit description", "summary": "A new open-source tool called burn2kicad converts a text netlist and component assets into a KiCad project, enabling AI agents to generate PCB designs without handling KiCad's complex file formats. The tool automates symbol and footprint library setup, datasheet copying, and schematic generation with labeled net stubs.", "body_md": "`burn2kicad`\n\nconverts a small component asset directory plus a text netlist into\na KiCad project. This is an aid for AI agents to work on stripped down design\nwithout needing to deal with complexities of KiCad's file formats.\n\n```\ngo install github.com/oxplot/burn2kicad@latest\n```\n\nCreate a documented input directory:\n\n```\nburn2kicad init ./input\n```\n\nPopulate `./input/components/<component-dir>/`\n\nfor each distinct part:\n\n`symbol.kicad_sym`\n\n`footprint.kicad_mod`\n\n`datasheet.pdf`\n\n`model.step`\n\noptional\n\nEdit `./input/netlist.txt`\n\nto declare components and named nets, then generate\na KiCad project:\n\n```\nburn2kicad convert ./input ./kicad-output\n```\n\nPreview planned writes without changing the output directory:\n\n```\nburn2kicad convert --dry-run ./input ./kicad-output\n```\n\n`burn2kicad`\n\nwrites project-local symbol and footprint library tables, copies\ndatasheets and optional STEP models, and generates a schematic containing labeled\nnet stubs for the nets in `netlist.txt`\n\n.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tooling-for-ai-agents-to-build-kicad-project-from-simple-circuit-description", "canonical_source": "https://github.com/oxplot/burn2kicad", "published_at": "2026-07-09 09:07:50+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-09 09:12:07.688161+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "developer-tools", "ai-agents"], "entities": ["burn2kicad", "KiCad", "oxplot"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tooling-for-ai-agents-to-build-kicad-project-from-simple-circuit-description", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tooling-for-ai-agents-to-build-kicad-project-from-simple-circuit-description.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tooling-for-ai-agents-to-build-kicad-project-from-simple-circuit-description.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tooling-for-ai-agents-to-build-kicad-project-from-simple-circuit-description.jsonld"}}