Copperhead
An AI agent for circuit boards that edits your KiCad files
AI tool
About
Copperhead is an open source AI agent that edits your real KiCad files and runs ERC and DRC until they pass.
Highlights from the product’s site
- Built on a real board
- Eight stages, start to finish
- Circuit boards, designed by an agent
Open source: the code is at github.com/copperheadhq/copperhead.
First shown on Hacker News on 8 September 2026 as “Copperhead – Cursor for circuit boards”, where it reached 250 points and 115 comments. Read the discussion.
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