Changelog¶

All notable changes to pcbkit. The format follows Keep a Changelog, and pcbkit uses semantic versioning.

[0.1.1] - 2026-10-07¶

The Claude plugin is in the bruk-io/knowhere marketplace: claude plugin marketplace add bruk-io/knowhere, then claude plugin install pcbkit@knowhere. A workflow republishes the listing when .claude-plugin/ changes on main.

The README and the docs no longer say that the repository is private or that the plugin is unpublished.

The first release.

A board is a small project of Python modules and a pcbkit.toml: design.py (the circuit), layout.py (where parts go), routing.py (hand routes, keep-outs and pours), silk.py, and optional bom.py, footprints.py, specs.py, checks/ and mutants.py.
Commands for the whole flow: new, setup, doctor, sch, build, route, promote, finalize, check, mutants, report, quote, compare and shots.
Schematic generation with ERC and the netlist, placement from layout.py, routing with Freerouting (retries, a stall watchdog, and eco routes that keep a previous route), ground pours with stitching, the silkscreen, DRC with schematic parity, and the fab files: BOM, centroid, Gerbers and drill files, PDFs and 3D renders.
Checks run with pytest: built-in groups (KiCad, outputs, fab, copper, circuit and an ESP32-S3 pack) driven by the project's specs.py, the project's own checks, and mutants that prove the checks catch planted mistakes.
pcbkit quote prints every number the PCBWay quote form asks for, and checks that the order notes fit its 600 characters.
A Claude Code plugin: skills for the board workflow, starting a board, adding checks, ordering from PCBWay and reviewing a board; two agents (a parts researcher and a check writer); and hooks that keep edits out of generated files and keep the check writer inside checks/.
An example board, examples/blinky, which pcbkit new copies.
Documentation, published per version to GitHub Pages.