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• Schematic viewer's Open in KiCAD ignores the kicad_binary config key

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#500 · Opened Nov 14, 2026

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• Offer a live schematic viewer link when agents begin schematic work

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#493 · Opened Nov 13, 2026

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• apply_specctra_ses refuses Freerouting 2.5.0 sessions when one footprint is used on both sides (KiCad image `::1`)

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  Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

  Copperpour/Copperpour#462 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 12, 2026

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• Specctra round trip: N copper layers, copper zones as planes, back-side components, custom rules handed to Freerouting

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#430 · 5 comments · Opened Nov 11, 2026

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• Closed-board footprint edits report a KiCad lock that appears before the write as a plain error, not unsafe_file_fallback

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#419 · Opened Nov 10, 2026

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• DRC overwrites or deletes an existing <board>.drc.json in the project

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#397 · Opened Nov 9, 2026

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• routing: adopt KiCad's native DSN for footprints with repeated pad numbers

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#386 · Opened Nov 8, 2026

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• apply_specctra_ses: report DRC errors and warnings apart, so a warning doesn't read as an unclean import

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#385 · Opened Nov 8, 2026

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• create_symbol writes the symbol name unescaped: a quote breaks the library, a backslash changes the name

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#378 · Opened Nov 8, 2026

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• create_footprint silently replaces an existing .kicad_mod at output

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#377 · Opened Nov 8, 2026

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• batch_add_power_symbol leaves no junction where a two-pin group's power symbol sits on the bar's corner

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#376 · Opened Nov 8, 2026

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• connect_passthrough's stub joins any pin it reaches, with no warning

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#371 · Opened Nov 8, 2026

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• Routing tools accept a zero or negative track width and gap

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#368 · Opened Nov 8, 2026

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• route_differential_pair can leave half a pair on the board when the second track fails

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#367 · Opened Nov 8, 2026

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• Library refresh plans a graphics change for back-side footprints flipped left to right

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#319 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 5, 2026

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• Live placement drops pad properties, pad zone connections and reference points without saying so

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#318 · 2 comments · Opened Nov 5, 2026

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• Report whether a board fits its drawing sheet (title block and frame)

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  Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

  Copperpour/Copperpour#262 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 2, 2026

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• Copper check for the other live tools that put pads somewhere new (align_components, flip_component, …)

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#261 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 2, 2026

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• docs(readme): add a Copperpour hero banner and badges

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#251 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 1, 2026

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• Proposal: schematic placement and pin-to-pin routing toolset

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#229 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 30, 2026

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• Schematic drawing tools: polylines, rectangles, circles, text editing

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#228 · 3 comments · Opened Oct 30, 2026

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• launch_kicad_ui / open_schematic_viewer cannot target a display, and check_kicad_ui reads a blocking dialog's AS_NOT_READY as 'starting'

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#225 · Opened Oct 30, 2026

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• place_component builds Reference and Value fields without the library's layer, thickness or keep-upright

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#157 · Opened Oct 27, 2026

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• export_netlist runs 'sch export netlist' for PCB paths, so IPC-D-356 fails with 'Invalid format' and kicad format with 'Failed to load schematic'

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#155 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 27, 2026

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• import_svg_logo fills compound-path holes as solid polygons instead of preserving or refusing fill topology

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#148 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 27, 2026

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• import_svg_logo ignores resolved SVG transforms: physical-unit viewBoxes shrink and group transforms disappear

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#147 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 27, 2026

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• score_placement hard-fails edge-mounted parts (castellated, flush USB-C), and connector_edges measures from the bbox centre

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#144 · Opened Oct 27, 2026

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• create_project reports any transaction conflict as "would replace existing path(s)", including a stuck older journal

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#142 · Opened Oct 27, 2026

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• Footprint writes over IPC drop the footprint's (units ...) block — root cause in KiCad, worth a user warning

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#141 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 27, 2026

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• Proposal: built-in keyless research for component datasheets and errata

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#140 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 27, 2026

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• Feature request: support KiCad database libraries (`.kicad_dbl`, ODBC)

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#139 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 27, 2026

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• KiCad 10.99 (nightly) not supported: config dir and install root hard-coded to 10.0/9.0/8.0

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#138 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 27, 2026

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• Argument names that differ between sibling tools: create_footprint output, delete_schematic_net_label net, add_component_annotation key

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#135 · Opened Oct 27, 2026

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• edit_sheet new_file repoints a sheet without relinking either file's symbol instances (stale_target)

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#127 · Opened Oct 27, 2026

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• add_schematic_component ignores the library symbol's exclude-from-BOM/board/sim/position-files flags (MountingHole placed with in_bom yes)

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#124 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 27, 2026

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• audit_decoupling classifies power pins by name only: it flags a bidirectional `3V3_EN` and no-connect pins, and never audits a `power_in` pin named `IOVDD`

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#120 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 27, 2026

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• set_footprint_metadata cannot write allow_soldermask_bridges, so any attributes edit strips it from stock footprints

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#119 · Opened Oct 27, 2026

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• create_footprint: no option to skip the silk outline, and back-side pads get no B.CrtYd

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#115 · Opened Oct 27, 2026

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• edit_schematic_component field rotation is relative to the symbol, undocumented, so 90 on a rotated symbol draws horizontal

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#112 · Opened Oct 27, 2026

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• add_power_symbol numbers PWR_FLAG as #PWR instead of the library's #FLG

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#110 · Opened Oct 27, 2026

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• Footprint tools can't make chamfered pad corners

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#107 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 27, 2026

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• No way to add or move text items in a library footprint

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#106 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 27, 2026

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• No way to add a rule area (keepout) to a library footprint

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#105 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 27, 2026

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• No way to create custom-named power nets (power symbols)

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#104 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 27, 2026

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• update_footprints_from_library sends front-side pads on an inner layer the board lacks

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#103 · Opened Oct 27, 2026

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• update_footprints_from_library: any zone marks every board net as routed (same rule as #779)

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#102 · Opened Oct 27, 2026

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• Net-query tools answer an unknown net name as an empty net

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#101 · Opened Oct 27, 2026

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• Windows: transaction journal and update_pcb_from_schematic errors print \\?\ verbatim paths

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#100 · Opened Oct 27, 2026

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• Native Specctra adoption refuses KiCad's DSN for stock footprints: courtyard (outline (polygon)) and half-um pad positions

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#98 · Opened Oct 27, 2026

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• rotate_schematic_label and bulk_move_schematic_components rewrite a name or field value containing (at

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  Copperpour/Copperpour#94 · Opened Oct 27, 2026

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