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place_via

Place a via at a board position.

Usage

place_via <x_mm> <y_mm> [netId]

Angle brackets mark required arguments and square brackets optional ones. Available in the pcb editor. You can issue this yourself, and the AI agent issues the identical command — there is no second, hidden interface.

Arguments

x_mm
Required
y_mm
Required
netId
Optional

2 required, 1 optional.

How the agent uses it

  • The agent works in a perceive / act / verify / recover loop: it describes the design, issues place_via or another command, checks the result, and undoes the change if the check fails.
  • Commands report what they actually did. A refusal is a result, not a silent no-op — which is what lets the agent recover instead of building on a change that never happened.
  • Anything the agent can do here, you can do yourself, and the reverse.

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