1 Install the tools¶
After this step Claude Code knows edakit, and your computer can run its checks and its simulation.
What you do¶
In Claude Code in the terminal, add the plugin:
/plugin marketplace add tgd1975/edakit
/plugin install edakit@edakit
In VS Code the extension has no /plugin. There you type the same two lines in a terminal, with claude plugin in
front:
claude plugin marketplace add tgd1975/edakit
claude plugin install edakit@edakit
Then install two programs:
- uv, the Python tool that runs edakit;
- ngspice, the simulator, from your package manager:
sudo apt install ngspice.
What you are asked¶
Claude Code may ask you once to allow the plugin's server for EasyEDA. Say yes. A circuit does not use it.
What you decide¶
Nothing else for now. A circuit runs without EasyEDA Pro and without KiCad. You install one of them only for a board, when you come to Lay out the board.
What you have¶
Claude Code with the plugin, and the command edakit in every session. Where a session does not find it, the
plugin names its path to Claude. Next: Start a project.