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        "review-and-evidence"
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      "notes": "main job: writes AP242 semantic PMI (material, hole purposes, datums, fits, finish) into STEP parts from an interview; its step-diff action posts named feature changes, before/after pictures and volume/area/bbox per PR",
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        "demo-rib-in-counterbore",
        "tool-gates",
        "tool-build",
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      "name": "n3r/AgentCAD",
      "url": "https://github.com/n3r/AgentCAD",
      "summary": "skills incl. snap-fits and fem-workflow; macOS-first",
      "policy": "may incorporate with attribution; snap-fits skill reviewed for #95 (prompt-only; some strain rows unsourced)",
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      "stars": 7,
      "last_push": "2026-08-26",
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        "cad-modelling"
      ],
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      "notes": "skills incl. snap-fits and fem-workflow; macOS-first",
      "cover": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/catalog/covers/project-n3r-agentcad.svg",
      "demo": null,
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        "library-cadquery-cadquery",
        "library-gumyr-build123d",
        "guide-toolkit",
        "research-landscape",
        "project-adam-cad-cadam",
        "project-neka-nat-freecad-mcp"
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      "type": "upstream",
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      "summary": "5 snap types with strain and force calculation",
      "policy": "reference for parameters (MPL-2.0 file-level copyleft; Fusion add-in, not an agent tool)",
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      "stars": 5,
      "last_push": "2026-10-29",
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        "compliant-mechanisms",
        "housings-and-enclosures"
      ],
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      "what": "Autodesk Fusion add-in that splits an enclosure in two and builds cantilever, torsion or annular snap fits",
      "notes": "5 snap types with strain and force calculation",
      "cover": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/catalog/covers/project-dwragon-fusion360snapfitgenerator.svg",
      "demo": null,
      "related": [
        "demo-snap-arm-explorer",
        "demo-torsion-snap-explorer",
        "demo-snap-fit",
        "demo-connector-window",
        "tool-snapfit",
        "library-easyw-kicadstepupmod"
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      "type": "upstream",
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      "url": "https://github.com/OzAILabs/Claude-To-Print",
      "summary": "adapted from MAC; GitHub shows NOASSERTION, LICENSE is MIT",
      "policy": "may incorporate with attribution",
      "license": "MIT",
      "stars": 4,
      "last_push": "2026-08-15",
      "id": "project-ozailabs-claude-to-print",
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      "areas": [
        "3d-printing"
      ],
      "maturity": "tooling",
      "what": "Claude Code skills that turn a sentence into a printable build123d model: STEP, STL and multi-colour 3MF",
      "notes": "adapted from MAC; GitHub shows NOASSERTION, LICENSE is MIT",
      "cover": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/catalog/covers/project-ozailabs-claude-to-print.svg",
      "demo": null,
      "related": [
        "tool-export-3mf",
        "tool-slice",
        "project-earthtojake-text-to-cad",
        "project-orcaslicer-orcaslicer",
        "project-amagine-ai-amagine3d",
        "project-bambulab-bambustudio"
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      "updated": "2026-08-15"
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      "type": "upstream",
      "status": "candidate",
      "name": "V0v1kkk/freecad-engineering",
      "url": "https://github.com/V0v1kkk/freecad-engineering",
      "summary": "skills: fdm-structural-review, mechanical-strength-review, freecad-fem-check",
      "policy": "may incorporate with attribution; ideas for the FDM structural review (#94)",
      "license": "MIT",
      "stars": 3,
      "last_push": "2026-08-12",
      "id": "project-v0v1kkk-freecad-engineering",
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      "areas": [
        "structural-fea",
        "3d-printing"
      ],
      "maturity": "tooling",
      "what": "Agent skills and MCP setup for editable FreeCAD models, FDM structural reviews and FEM checks",
      "notes": "skills: fdm-structural-review, mechanical-strength-review, freecad-fem-check",
      "cover": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/catalog/covers/project-v0v1kkk-freecad-engineering.svg",
      "demo": null,
      "related": [
        "demo-fea-lid",
        "tool-export-3mf",
        "tool-slice",
        "library-calculix-2-23-conda-forge",
        "benchmark-feabench",
        "research-fea-and-process-tools"
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      "policy": "install as a plugin once an OrcaSlicer release ships the MCP server it expects (General › AI features › MCP server). It is in development on OrcaSlicer's feature/mcp branch; no release has it yet. Never copy its text (AGPL-3.0)",
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      "stars": 2,
      "last_push": "2026-10-29",
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      "areas": [
        "3d-printing"
      ],
      "maturity": "tooling",
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      "notes": "official Claude Code / Codex skills for the MCP server on OrcaSlicer's feature/mcp branch (General > AI features > MCP server; off by default, loopback only); no release ships it yet; no code",
      "cover": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/catalog/covers/project-orcaslicer-orcaslicer-mcp-skills.svg",
      "demo": null,
      "related": [
        "tool-export-3mf",
        "tool-slice",
        "project-earthtojake-text-to-cad",
        "project-orcaslicer-orcaslicer",
        "project-amagine-ai-amagine3d",
        "project-bambulab-bambustudio"
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      "summary": "build123d print checks via MCP + CLI + plugin",
      "policy": "may incorporate with attribution: borrow the tip-over, round-top hole, bed-edge fillet and print-in-place gap checks (#97)",
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      "stars": 2,
      "last_push": "2026-10-31",
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      "areas": [
        "3d-printing"
      ],
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      "what": "MCP server, CLI and plugin that design build123d parts for printing, check them and export for the slicer",
      "notes": "build123d print checks via MCP + CLI + plugin",
      "cover": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/catalog/covers/project-kd5ryn-b123d-print.svg",
      "demo": null,
      "related": [
        "tool-export-3mf",
        "tool-slice",
        "project-earthtojake-text-to-cad",
        "project-orcaslicer-orcaslicer",
        "project-amagine-ai-amagine3d",
        "project-bambulab-bambustudio"
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      "policy": "may incorporate with attribution",
      "license": "MIT",
      "stars": 1,
      "last_push": "2026-06-08",
      "id": "project-mikesuiter-claude-build123d-starter",
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        "3d-printing",
        "cnc-machining",
        "laser-cutting"
      ],
      "maturity": "tooling",
      "what": "Claude Code project template for build123d models with a live VS Code preview, for printing, CNC and laser",
      "notes": "starter template",
      "cover": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/catalog/covers/project-mikesuiter-claude-build123d-starter.svg",
      "demo": null,
      "related": [
        "tool-export-3mf",
        "tool-slice",
        "project-earthtojake-text-to-cad",
        "project-orcaslicer-orcaslicer",
        "project-amagine-ai-amagine3d",
        "project-bambulab-bambustudio"
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      "summary": "build123d motion sweep, watertight/mid-air checks, Orca times, BOM",
      "policy": "may incorporate with attribution; ideas for motion sweeps and vendor-STEP fit",
      "license": "Apache-2.0",
      "stars": 1,
      "last_push": "2026-10-26",
      "id": "project-ballerabdude-agent-cad-works",
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      "areas": [
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        "3d-printing",
        "fasteners-and-hardware"
      ],
      "maturity": "tooling",
      "what": "build123d workflow that sweeps motion for collisions, checks printability, slices in Orca and fits vendor STEP",
      "notes": "build123d motion sweep, watertight/mid-air checks, Orca times, BOM",
      "cover": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/catalog/covers/project-ballerabdude-agent-cad-works.svg",
      "demo": null,
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        "demo-fivebar-sweep",
        "demo-screw-boss-explorer",
        "demo-hinge-sweep",
        "demo-rib-in-counterbore",
        "demo-module-insertion"
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      "summary": "skill: reference-photo silhouette IoU >= 0.92, G-code readback",
      "policy": "may incorporate with attribution; watch: reads sliced G-code back layer by layer",
      "license": "MIT",
      "stars": 1,
      "last_push": "2026-10-29",
      "id": "project-gjaloyan-print3d-designer",
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      "areas": [
        "3d-printing"
      ],
      "maturity": "tooling",
      "what": "Agent skill that models printable parts in build123d, compares them with a reference photo and checks G-code",
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      "cover": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/catalog/covers/project-gjaloyan-print3d-designer.svg",
      "demo": null,
      "related": [
        "tool-export-3mf",
        "tool-slice",
        "project-earthtojake-text-to-cad",
        "project-orcaslicer-orcaslicer",
        "project-amagine-ai-amagine3d",
        "project-bambulab-bambustudio"
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      "summary": "local CAE with MCP: CalculiX, OpenFOAM; result gates incl. GCI mesh convergence",
      "policy": "external program only (GPL-3.0); copy the ran/converged/verified gate idea, not code",
      "license": "GPL-3.0",
      "stars": 1,
      "last_push": "2026-10-31",
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        "cfd"
      ],
      "maturity": "tooling",
      "what": "Local FEM, heat and CFD app (CalculiX, OpenFOAM) with an MCP server and checks on every result",
      "notes": "local CAE with MCP: CalculiX, OpenFOAM; result gates incl. GCI mesh convergence",
      "cover": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/catalog/covers/project-novasolver-novasolver-studio.svg",
      "demo": null,
      "related": [
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        "library-calculix-2-23-conda-forge",
        "benchmark-feabench",
        "research-fea-and-process-tools",
        "project-neka-nat-freecad-mcp",
        "project-openfoam-opencfd-v2512"
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      "updated": "2026-10-31"
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      "summary": "FDM compliant-mechanism skill; prompt-only; candidate: take the selection table and evals with attribution after recomputing its strains",
      "policy": "may incorporate with attribution: the selection table and evals are the ideas to take for #94, after recomputing its strain values (about 2x the datasheet-derived ones); nothing vendored yet",
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      "stars": 0,
      "last_push": "2026-10-26",
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        "compliant-mechanisms",
        "3d-printing"
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      "maturity": "tooling",
      "what": "Claude skill for FDM compliant mechanisms, snap fits, springs and glue features, after Slant 3D's methods",
      "notes": "FDM compliant-mechanism skill; prompt-only; candidate: take the selection table and evals with attribution after recomputing its strains",
      "cover": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/catalog/covers/project-static74-3dp-compliant-mechanisms.svg",
      "demo": null,
      "related": [
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        "demo-torsion-snap-explorer",
        "demo-snap-fit",
        "tool-snapfit",
        "tool-export-3mf",
        "tool-slice"
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      "stars": 1399,
      "last_push": "2026-10-26",
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      "areas": [
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      ],
      "maturity": "tooling",
      "what": "KiCad 10 plugin for AI-assisted schematic and PCB design; it continues as Konnect-EDA, commercial and closed source",
      "notes": "archived 2026-10-26, and GitHub showed it unarchived again on 2026-11-01 (last commit 2026-10-25); continues as Konnect-EDA (commercial, closed source, free during its beta), so no longer a candidate; obhox/kicad-mcp is a fork (8 stars, AGPL-3.0)",
      "cover": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/catalog/covers/project-mixelpixx-konnect.svg",
      "demo": null,
      "related": [
        "tool-pcb-check",
        "library-easyw-kicadstepupmod",
        "library-rjwalters-kicad-tools",
        "library-kicad-python-pypi",
        "benchmark-pcbworld",
        "guide-pcb"
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      "updated": "2026-10-26"
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      "url": "https://github.com/MaxEllis/orcaslicer-mcp",
      "summary": "third-party Orca MCP",
      "policy": "skip for now: third-party, and OrcaSlicer's own MCP server (slicing included) is in development on its feature/mcp branch; revisit if that does not reach a release",
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      "stars": 86,
      "last_push": "2026-10-12",
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      "areas": [
        "3d-printing"
      ],
      "maturity": "tooling",
      "what": "Third-party MCP server that drives a running OrcaSlicer: settings, presets, slicing and results as numbers",
      "notes": "third-party Orca MCP",
      "cover": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/catalog/covers/project-maxellis-orcaslicer-mcp.svg",
      "demo": null,
      "related": [
        "tool-export-3mf",
        "tool-slice",
        "project-earthtojake-text-to-cad",
        "project-orcaslicer-orcaslicer",
        "project-amagine-ai-amagine3d",
        "project-bambulab-bambustudio"
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      "licence_family": "copyleft",
      "updated": "2026-10-12"
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      "type": "upstream",
      "status": "rejected",
      "name": "MP-AI-20/mechanical-engineering-skills",
      "url": "https://github.com/MP-AI-20/mechanical-engineering-skills",
      "summary": "647 generic mechanical skills",
      "policy": "bulk-generated prompts with few primary citations",
      "license": "MIT",
      "stars": 10,
      "last_push": "2026-06-09",
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      "areas": [
        "mechanical"
      ],
      "maturity": "tooling",
      "what": "Library of 647 prompt-style mechanical-engineering skills, from strength of materials to GD&T",
      "notes": "647 generic mechanical skills",
      "cover": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/catalog/covers/project-mp-ai-20-mechanical-engineering-skills.svg",
      "demo": null,
      "related": [
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        "lesson-mechanical-index",
        "lesson-mechanical-design-rules",
        "lesson-mechanical-enclosure-features",
        "demo-snap-arm-explorer",
        "demo-fourbar-animator"
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      "updated": "2026-06-09"
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      "status": "rejected",
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      "url": "https://github.com/SiddhuYen/eitri",
      "summary": "local build123d agent with a geometry report; Functional Source License 1.1 (MIT after two years): ideas only",
      "policy": "ideas only: Functional Source License (non-compete; becomes MIT after two years)",
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      "stars": 1,
      "last_push": "2026-10-31",
      "id": "project-siddhuyen-eitri",
      "kind": "project",
      "areas": [
        "cad-modelling"
      ],
      "maturity": "tooling",
      "what": "Local AI CAD agent that models build123d parts, measures them against the request, fixes failures and exports",
      "notes": "local build123d agent with a geometry report; Functional Source License 1.1 (MIT after two years): ideas only",
      "cover": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/catalog/covers/project-siddhuyen-eitri.svg",
      "demo": null,
      "related": [
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        "library-gumyr-build123d",
        "guide-toolkit",
        "research-landscape",
        "project-adam-cad-cadam",
        "project-neka-nat-freecad-mcp"
      ],
      "licence_family": "other",
      "updated": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "type": "upstream",
      "status": "rejected",
      "name": "heartland-eng/bd_hardware",
      "url": "https://github.com/heartland-eng/bd_hardware",
      "summary": "claims a build123d snap-fit feature library; no code yet",
      "policy": "ideas only (no licence, README only)",
      "license": "none",
      "stars": 0,
      "last_push": "2026-10-28",
      "id": "project-heartland-eng-bd-hardware",
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      "areas": [
        "fasteners-and-hardware"
      ],
      "maturity": "tooling",
      "what": "Planned build123d library of holes, insert pockets, nut traps and snap fits; the repo has only a README",
      "notes": "claims a build123d snap-fit feature library; no code yet",
      "cover": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/catalog/covers/project-heartland-eng-bd-hardware.svg",
      "demo": null,
      "related": [
        "demo-screw-boss-explorer",
        "demo-rib-in-counterbore",
        "demo-module-insertion",
        "tool-holes",
        "tool-mcmaster",
        "library-partcad-partcad"
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      "licence_family": "other",
      "updated": "2026-10-28"
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      "type": "upstream",
      "status": "rejected",
      "name": "WifiLast/freecad-mcp",
      "url": "https://github.com/WifiLast/freecad-mcp",
      "summary": "FreeCAD FEM + topology optimisation over MCP",
      "policy": "ideas only (no licence); binds 0.0.0.0 by default",
      "license": "none",
      "stars": 0,
      "last_push": "2026-10-18",
      "id": "project-wifilast-freecad-mcp",
      "kind": "project",
      "areas": [
        "structural-fea",
        "topology-optimisation"
      ],
      "maturity": "tooling",
      "what": "FreeCAD MCP server for static FEM with CalculiX, SIMP topology optimisation and dimension optimisation",
      "notes": "FreeCAD FEM + topology optimisation over MCP",
      "cover": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/catalog/covers/project-wifilast-freecad-mcp.svg",
      "demo": null,
      "related": [
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        "demo-topology-floor",
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      "summary": "For Valpatel/cad-agent #96 (items 3–5), #94 (FEA step), #97 (pitfall catalogue), #99 (process profiles). Extends research/simulation-tools.md (2026-10-26), which covers topology optimisation, CFD/CHT, post-processing and slicer CLIs.",
      "license": "MIT",
      "markdown": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/research/fea-and-process-tools.md",
      "source": "https://github.com/Valpatel/cad-agent/blob/dev/research/fea-and-process-tools.md",
      "id": "research-fea-and-process-tools",
      "kind": "research",
      "areas": [
        "sheet-metal",
        "structural-fea"
      ],
      "maturity": "tooling",
      "what": "For Valpatel/cad-agent #96 (items 3–5), #94 (FEA step), #97 (pitfall catalogue), #99 (process profiles).",
      "notes": null,
      "cover": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/catalog/covers/research-fea-and-process-tools.svg",
      "demo": null,
      "related": [
        "demo-fea-lid",
        "project-earthtojake-text-to-cad",
        "project-neka-nat-freecad-mcp",
        "project-v0v1kkk-freecad-engineering",
        "project-novasolver-novasolver-studio",
        "project-wifilast-freecad-mcp"
      ],
      "licence_family": "permissive",
      "updated": "2026-11-01"
    },
    {
      "type": "research",
      "status": "ours",
      "name": "Supply-chain and resource report",
      "url": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/research/security-report",
      "summary": "What cad-agent depends on, vendors and links to, checked on 2026-11-01 at revision 88ff87ffc253 (online checks). Findings: 1 critical, 24 low, 9 info. Generated by tools/resourceaudit.py;",
      "license": "MIT",
      "markdown": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/research/security-report.md",
      "source": "https://github.com/Valpatel/cad-agent/blob/dev/research/security-report.md",
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      "areas": [
        "supply-chain"
      ],
      "maturity": "tooling",
      "what": "What cad-agent depends on, vendors and links to, checked on 2026-11-01 at revision 88ff87ffc253 (online checks).",
      "notes": null,
      "cover": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/catalog/covers/research-security-report.svg",
      "demo": null,
      "related": [
        "guide-supply-chain",
        "skill-cad-supply-chain",
        "demo-hinge-sweep",
        "demo-review-viewer",
        "demo-rib-in-counterbore",
        "demo-mesh-convergence"
      ],
      "licence_family": "permissive",
      "updated": "2026-11-01"
    },
    {
      "type": "research",
      "status": "ours",
      "name": "FOSS simulation and optimisation survey for cad-agent (J501 / AGX Orin enclosure)",
      "url": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/research/simulation-tools",
      "summary": "Survey date: 2026-10-26. Licences were checked against each repo's LICENSE/COPYING file (GitHub API or GitLab API) unless marked otherwise. \"Last commit\" means the newest commit on the default branch at survey time.",
      "license": "MIT",
      "markdown": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/research/simulation-tools.md",
      "source": "https://github.com/Valpatel/cad-agent/blob/dev/research/simulation-tools.md",
      "id": "research-simulation-tools",
      "kind": "research",
      "areas": [
        "simulation"
      ],
      "maturity": "tooling",
      "what": "Survey date: 2026-10-26. Licences were checked against each repo's LICENSE/COPYING file (GitHub API or GitLab API) unless marked otherwise. \"Last commit\" means the newest commit on the default branch…",
      "notes": null,
      "cover": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/catalog/covers/research-simulation-tools.svg",
      "demo": null,
      "related": [
        "lesson-simulation-meshes",
        "lesson-simulation-index",
        "lesson-simulation-simulation-and-material",
        "demo-fea-lid",
        "demo-topology-floor",
        "demo-search-front"
      ],
      "licence_family": "permissive",
      "updated": "2026-11-01"
    },
    {
      "type": "agent",
      "status": "ours",
      "name": "cad-pr-reviewer",
      "url": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/agents/cad-pr-reviewer",
      "summary": "Independent reviewer for a pull request in a cad-agent or CAD product repo (code, CAD geometry, simulation evidence, docs). Give it the PR URL and a checkout of the branch; it reads the diff, verifies claims by running tests and small scripts, posts inline comments and a summary review on GitHub, and returns the findings. It does not edit, push, approve or merge. Use for every PR before merging.",
      "license": "MIT",
      "markdown": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/agents/cad-pr-reviewer.md",
      "source": "https://github.com/Valpatel/cad-agent/blob/dev/agents/cad-pr-reviewer.md",
      "id": "agent-cad-pr-reviewer",
      "kind": "agent",
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        "agent-workflow"
      ],
      "maturity": "tooling",
      "what": "Independent reviewer for a pull request in a cad-agent or CAD product repo (code, CAD geometry, simulation evidence, docs).",
      "notes": null,
      "cover": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/catalog/covers/agent-cad-pr-reviewer.svg",
      "demo": null,
      "related": [
        "tool-agents",
        "project-backplaneworks-backplane",
        "guide-agent-workflow",
        "lesson-process-user-intent-and-requirements",
        "lesson-process-index",
        "lesson-process-agent-process"
      ],
      "licence_family": "permissive",
      "updated": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "type": "agent",
      "status": "ours",
      "name": "cad-resume",
      "url": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/agents/cad-resume",
      "summary": "Rebuilds the state of interrupted work from GitHub and the local and remote checkouts after a session ended (tokens ran out, crash, new computer) and reports what is done, what is in flight and the next steps. Give it the repo(s) and, if known, the tracking issue. It reads issues, PRs, branches, unpushed commits and run logs; it changes nothing except pushing local commits that exist only on this machine, if told to.",
      "license": "MIT",
      "markdown": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/agents/cad-resume.md",
      "source": "https://github.com/Valpatel/cad-agent/blob/dev/agents/cad-resume.md",
      "id": "agent-cad-resume",
      "kind": "agent",
      "areas": [
        "agent-workflow"
      ],
      "maturity": "tooling",
      "what": "Rebuilds the state of interrupted work from GitHub and the local and remote checkouts after a session ended (tokens ran out, crash, new computer) and reports what is done, what is in flight and the…",
      "notes": null,
      "cover": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/catalog/covers/agent-cad-resume.svg",
      "demo": null,
      "related": [
        "tool-agents",
        "project-backplaneworks-backplane",
        "guide-agent-workflow",
        "lesson-process-user-intent-and-requirements",
        "lesson-process-index",
        "lesson-process-agent-process"
      ],
      "licence_family": "permissive",
      "updated": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "type": "skill",
      "status": "ours",
      "name": "cad-motion-validation",
      "url": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/skills/cad-motion-validation/SKILL",
      "summary": "Use when implementing or reviewing articulated CAD viewers and robot simulations, especially parts orbiting away from shafts, mismatched units or frames, nested joints, and stationary housings that rotate with rotors.",
      "license": "MIT",
      "markdown": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/skills/cad-motion-validation/SKILL.md",
      "source": "https://github.com/Valpatel/cad-agent/blob/dev/skills/cad-motion-validation/SKILL.md",
      "id": "skill-cad-motion-validation",
      "kind": "skill",
      "areas": [
        "mechanisms"
      ],
      "maturity": "tooling",
      "what": "Use when implementing or reviewing articulated CAD viewers and robot simulations, especially parts orbiting away from shafts, mismatched units or frames, nested joints, and stationary housings that…",
      "notes": null,
      "cover": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/catalog/covers/skill-cad-motion-validation.svg",
      "demo": null,
      "related": [
        "demo-fourbar-animator",
        "demo-fivebar-sweep",
        "demo-hinge-sweep",
        "tool-motion-trace",
        "project-pan-chera-multi-agent-cad",
        "project-ballerabdude-agent-cad-works"
      ],
      "licence_family": "permissive",
      "updated": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "type": "skill",
      "status": "ours",
      "name": "cad-pr-review",
      "url": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/skills/cad-pr-review/SKILL",
      "summary": "Use when a pull request in a cad-agent or product repo is ready for review, or when asked to review one. The author gets an independent review from a separate agent (the cad-pr-reviewer subagent, or a fresh Codex session) that did not write the change, answers every comment on the PR, fixes or explains, resolves the threads, and merges only under the repo's rules. Covers code, CAD geometry and simulation evidence.",
      "license": "MIT",
      "markdown": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/skills/cad-pr-review/SKILL.md",
      "source": "https://github.com/Valpatel/cad-agent/blob/dev/skills/cad-pr-review/SKILL.md",
      "id": "skill-cad-pr-review",
      "kind": "skill",
      "areas": [
        "agent-workflow"
      ],
      "maturity": "tooling",
      "what": "Use when a pull request in a cad-agent or product repo is ready for review, or when asked to review one.",
      "notes": null,
      "cover": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/catalog/covers/skill-cad-pr-review.svg",
      "demo": null,
      "related": [
        "tool-agents",
        "project-backplaneworks-backplane",
        "guide-agent-workflow",
        "lesson-process-user-intent-and-requirements",
        "lesson-process-index",
        "lesson-process-agent-process"
      ],
      "licence_family": "permissive",
      "updated": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "type": "skill",
      "status": "ours",
      "name": "cad-remote-runs",
      "url": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/skills/cad-remote-runs/SKILL",
      "summary": "Use before starting any CAD/FEA/CFD/topology run or full pipeline that takes more than a few minutes or several GB of memory. Run it on a compute host instead of the workstation the agents share, detached so it survives the session, recorded in the GitHub issue (host, command, log, done marker, how to collect results) so any machine can pick it up, and its results pulled back and committed.",
      "license": "MIT",
      "markdown": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/skills/cad-remote-runs/SKILL.md",
      "source": "https://github.com/Valpatel/cad-agent/blob/dev/skills/cad-remote-runs/SKILL.md",
      "id": "skill-cad-remote-runs",
      "kind": "skill",
      "areas": [
        "agent-workflow"
      ],
      "maturity": "tooling",
      "what": "Use before starting any CAD/FEA/CFD/topology run or full pipeline that takes more than a few minutes or several GB of memory.",
      "notes": null,
      "cover": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/catalog/covers/skill-cad-remote-runs.svg",
      "demo": null,
      "related": [
        "tool-agents",
        "project-backplaneworks-backplane",
        "guide-agent-workflow",
        "lesson-process-user-intent-and-requirements",
        "lesson-process-index",
        "lesson-process-agent-process"
      ],
      "licence_family": "permissive",
      "updated": "2026-11-01"
    },
    {
      "type": "skill",
      "status": "ours",
      "name": "cad-supply-chain",
      "url": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/skills/cad-supply-chain/SKILL",
      "summary": "Use before adding or updating a dependency, a vendored file or project, or a catalogue entry or link, before recommending a tool, skill or plugin to someone, and when the weekly supply-chain issue changes. Run tools/resource_audit.py, read its findings, put the report rows in the PR, and know which findings block a merge or an adoption and what to do about each.",
      "license": "MIT",
      "markdown": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/skills/cad-supply-chain/SKILL.md",
      "source": "https://github.com/Valpatel/cad-agent/blob/dev/skills/cad-supply-chain/SKILL.md",
      "id": "skill-cad-supply-chain",
      "kind": "skill",
      "areas": [
        "supply-chain"
      ],
      "maturity": "tooling",
      "what": "Use before adding or updating a dependency, a vendored file or project, or a catalogue entry or link, before recommending a tool, skill or plugin to someone, and when the weekly supply-chain issue…",
      "notes": null,
      "cover": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/catalog/covers/skill-cad-supply-chain.svg",
      "demo": null,
      "related": [
        "guide-supply-chain",
        "research-security-report",
        "demo-hinge-sweep",
        "demo-review-viewer",
        "demo-rib-in-counterbore",
        "demo-mesh-convergence"
      ],
      "licence_family": "permissive",
      "updated": "2026-11-01"
    },
    {
      "type": "skill",
      "status": "ours",
      "name": "cad-work-tracking",
      "url": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/skills/cad-work-tracking/SKILL",
      "summary": "Use at the start of any multi-step change in a cad-agent or product repo, and every ~30 minutes while working. Keeps work recoverable when the session ends (tokens run out, the host crashes or is reformatted) with a GitHub issue per piece of work with a done/next/how-to-resume checklist, a branch pushed in clean commits as you go, an early draft PR linked with \"Closes #N\", long runs recorded in the issue, and issues closed as PRs merge. Also use to resume work from GitHub alone.",
      "license": "MIT",
      "markdown": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/skills/cad-work-tracking/SKILL.md",
      "source": "https://github.com/Valpatel/cad-agent/blob/dev/skills/cad-work-tracking/SKILL.md",
      "id": "skill-cad-work-tracking",
      "kind": "skill",
      "areas": [
        "agent-workflow"
      ],
      "maturity": "tooling",
      "what": "Use at the start of any multi-step change in a cad-agent or product repo, and every ~30 minutes while working.",
      "notes": null,
      "cover": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/catalog/covers/skill-cad-work-tracking.svg",
      "demo": null,
      "related": [
        "tool-agents",
        "project-backplaneworks-backplane",
        "guide-agent-workflow",
        "lesson-process-user-intent-and-requirements",
        "lesson-process-index",
        "lesson-process-agent-process"
      ],
      "licence_family": "permissive",
      "updated": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "type": "skill",
      "status": "ours",
      "name": "design-process",
      "url": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/skills/design-process/SKILL",
      "summary": "Use when building or changing a mechanical design with cad-agent (an enclosure, a robot, a mechanism, any assembly). Work section by section: frame each section with its requirements and interfaces before drawing, write a small spec card per part with its geometry, declare cavities, joints, fasteners and assembly steps in the build script, run cad-agent gates and cad-agent dossier and fix them in order, render the section review packet and critique it against the checklist with the measurements first, then hand the section to a separate reviewer. Includes the work-tracking rules.",
      "license": "MIT",
      "markdown": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/skills/design-process/SKILL.md",
      "source": "https://github.com/Valpatel/cad-agent/blob/dev/skills/design-process/SKILL.md",
      "id": "skill-design-process",
      "kind": "skill",
      "areas": [
        "design-process"
      ],
      "maturity": "tooling",
      "what": "Use when building or changing a mechanical design with cad-agent (an enclosure, a robot, a mechanism, any assembly).",
      "notes": null,
      "cover": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/catalog/covers/skill-design-process.svg",
      "demo": null,
      "related": [
        "demo-hinge-sweep",
        "tool-gates",
        "tool-build",
        "tool-check",
        "tool-report",
        "tool-all"
      ],
      "licence_family": "permissive",
      "updated": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "type": "skill",
      "status": "ours",
      "name": "mcmaster-parts",
      "url": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/skills/mcmaster-parts/SKILL",
      "summary": "Use for any bought hardware in a CAD design (bearings, screws, nuts, washers, heat-set inserts, dowel and shoulder pins, standoffs and spacers, rod ends, threaded rod, grommets). Always choose a real McMaster-Carr part with a part number and place its manufacturer STEP model, normalised into a known frame, instead of drawing an envelope; record the part, its full specification table, price and mass in the project's hardware catalogue.",
      "license": "MIT",
      "markdown": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/skills/mcmaster-parts/SKILL.md",
      "source": "https://github.com/Valpatel/cad-agent/blob/dev/skills/mcmaster-parts/SKILL.md",
      "id": "skill-mcmaster-parts",
      "kind": "skill",
      "areas": [
        "fasteners-and-hardware"
      ],
      "maturity": "tooling",
      "what": "Use for any bought hardware in a CAD design (bearings, screws, nuts, washers, heat-set inserts, dowel and shoulder pins, standoffs and spacers, rod ends, threaded rod, grommets).",
      "notes": null,
      "cover": "https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/catalog/covers/skill-mcmaster-parts.svg",
      "demo": null,
      "related": [
        "demo-screw-boss-explorer",
        "demo-rib-in-counterbore",
        "demo-module-insertion",
        "tool-holes",
        "tool-mcmaster",
        "project-ballerabdude-agent-cad-works"
      ],
      "licence_family": "permissive",
      "updated": "2026-11-01"
    }
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