docs: expand CLAUDE.md with circuit design API guidance#314
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Add comprehensive guidance for AI coding assistants: - KiCad environment setup (symbol/footprint library env vars) - Core API patterns (Part, Net, Bus, Circuit, @Subcircuit) - Pin connection syntax and hierarchy examples - Common pitfalls (missing footprints, pin numbering, library names) - Key module map with file-level descriptions - UUID scheme for schematic/PCB cross-reference Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Motivation
I've been using AI coding assistants (Claude Code, Codex) to design circuits with SKiDL. The existing CLAUDE.md covers development setup well but doesn't explain how to actually use SKiDL — the API, conventions, and gotchas. AI agents consistently hit the same walls:
This PR addresses all of those. No code changes — documentation only.
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