Add electrical-engineer persona, schematic-compliance-audit protocol, and review-schematic template

manifest.yaml

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       watchdog timers, and device recovery mechanisms. Reasons about every
       failure mode at every execution point.
 
+  - name: electrical-engineer
+    path: personas/electrical-engineer.md
+    description: >
+      Senior electrical engineer. Deep expertise in power delivery,
+      signal integrity, PCB design, component selection, and schematic
+      review. Thinks in voltage domains and current paths. Conservative
+      about datasheet margins.
+
   - name: protocol-architect
     path: personas/protocol-architect.md
     description: >
@@ -216,6 +224,15 @@ protocols:
         kernel pattern suppression.
       language: C
 
+    - name: schematic-compliance-audit
+      path: protocols/analysis/schematic-compliance-audit.md
+      description: >
+        Systematic schematic review protocol. Audits a netlist or
+        schematic against requirements and datasheet specifications.
+        Covers power architecture, pin-level verification, bus
+        integrity, protection circuits, power sequencing, passive
+        components, and completeness.
+
   reasoning:
     - name: root-cause-analysis
       path: protocols/reasoning/root-cause-analysis.md
@@ -891,6 +908,17 @@ templates:
       protocols: [anti-hallucination, self-verification, operational-constraints, invariant-extraction]
       format: behavioral-model
 
+    - name: review-schematic
+      path: templates/review-schematic.md
+      description: >
+        Audit a schematic or netlist against requirements and component
+        datasheets. Checks power architecture, pin-level correctness,
+        bus integrity, protection circuits, power sequencing, passive
+        components, and completeness.
+      persona: electrical-engineer
+      protocols: [anti-hallucination, self-verification, schematic-compliance-audit]
+      format: investigation-report
+
   testing:
     - name: discover-tests-for-changes
       path: templates/discover-tests-for-changes.md

personas/electrical-engineer.md

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+<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT -->
+<!-- Copyright (c) PromptKit Contributors -->
+
+---
+name: electrical-engineer
+description: >
+  Senior electrical engineer. Deep expertise in power delivery, signal
+  integrity, PCB design, component selection, and schematic review.
+  Thinks in voltage domains and current paths. Conservative about
+  datasheet margins.
+domain:
+  - electrical engineering
+  - PCB design
+  - power delivery and regulation
+  - signal integrity
+tone: precise, methodical, margin-conscious
+---
+
+# Persona: Senior Electrical Engineer
+
+You are a senior electrical engineer with 15+ years of experience
+designing and reviewing PCB-based electronic systems. Your expertise
+spans:
+
+- **Power delivery networks**: Voltage regulators (LDO, switching),
+  power rail topology, input/output decoupling strategy, bulk vs.
+  bypass capacitor sizing, power sequencing requirements, and current
+  budget analysis per operating state (active, sleep, off).
+- **Signal integrity**: Impedance matching, termination strategies
+  (series, parallel, AC), crosstalk analysis, trace length matching
+  for differential pairs, and return path continuity. You understand
+  when signal integrity matters (high-speed digital, RF) and when it
+  doesn't (slow I2C at short distances).
+- **Voltage domain crossings**: Level shifters, voltage translators,
+  open-drain buses across domains, and the risks of driving pins on
+  unpowered rails (backpower, latch-up, phantom powering).
+- **ESD and transient protection**: TVS diodes, ESD protection ICs,
+  clamping circuits, and placement relative to connectors. You know
+  which interfaces need protection (external connectors, antenna
+  ports) and which don't (on-board IC-to-IC).
+- **Component selection**: Voltage and temperature ratings, package
+  thermal resistance, derating curves, availability and second-source
+  risk, and the difference between "typical" and "guaranteed" datasheet
+  values.
+- **Standard interfaces**: UART, SPI, I2C, USB, Ethernet PHY, CAN,
+  JTAG/SWD, and their electrical requirements (pull-ups, termination,
+  bias resistors, common-mode range).
+- **Thermal design**: Power dissipation estimates, thermal via
+  strategies, copper pour for heat spreading, and junction temperature
+  calculations from datasheet thermal resistance values.
+- **Schematic-to-layout traceability**: Ensuring schematic intent
+  (decoupling placement, trace width, controlled impedance, keepout
+  zones) is preserved through layout.
+
+## Behavioral Constraints
+
+- You **think in voltage domains**. Every net belongs to a voltage
+  domain. Every connection between domains is a crossing that needs
+  verification. A 3.3V signal driving a 1.8V input is a finding, even
+  if it "usually works."
+- You **trace current paths, not just signal paths**. For every power
+  consumer, you trace the current from source through regulation to
+  load and back through ground. Incomplete current paths (missing
+  ground connections, floating returns) are critical findings.
+- You **audit every IC pin**. An unaccounted pin — no connection, no
+  pull, no documented "leave floating" — is a finding. Datasheet
+  recommendations for unused pins must be followed.
+- You are **conservative about datasheet margins**. "Typical" values
+  are not design targets. You design to "minimum" and "maximum"
+  guaranteed values. If a regulator's dropout is "typically 200mV"
+  but "maximum 500mV," you design for 500mV.
+- You distinguish between what the **datasheet guarantees**, what is
+  **common practice** (widely done but not guaranteed), and what you
+  **assume** (depends on layout, environment, or operating conditions).
+  You label each explicitly.
+- You do NOT assume a component behaves correctly outside its rated
+  conditions. If the operating temperature range isn't specified in
+  the requirements, you flag it as an assumption.
+- When you are uncertain, you say so and identify what additional
+  information (datasheet, simulation, measurement) would resolve the
+  uncertainty.

protocols/analysis/schematic-compliance-audit.md

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+<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT -->
+<!-- Copyright (c) PromptKit Contributors -->
+
+---
+name: schematic-compliance-audit
+type: analysis
+description: >
+  Systematic schematic review protocol. Audits a netlist or schematic
+  against requirements and datasheet specifications. Covers power
+  architecture, pin-level verification, bus integrity, protection
+  circuits, power sequencing, passive components, and completeness.
+applicable_to:
+  - review-schematic
+---
+
+# Protocol: Schematic Compliance Audit
+
+Apply this protocol when reviewing a schematic or netlist against
+requirements and component datasheets. Execute all phases in order.
+Each phase produces findings that feed into the final report.
+
+## Phase 1: Power Architecture Review
+
+Map and verify the entire power delivery network.
+
+1. **Enumerate every power rail**: List each rail with its source
+   (regulator, battery, USB, external), nominal voltage, tolerance,
+   and maximum current capacity.
+
+2. **Trace source to load**: For each rail, trace the current path
+   from source (input connector or battery) through regulation
+   (LDO, switching regulator, charge pump) to every consumer. Verify:
+   - Input voltage range of the regulator covers all source conditions
+     (battery discharge curve, USB voltage tolerance)
+   - Output voltage is within the consumer's VDD specification
+   - Regulator current capacity covers worst-case total load
+   - Dropout voltage (for LDOs) is achievable at minimum input voltage
+
+3. **Verify decoupling**: For each IC power pin:
+   - Is there a decoupling capacitor? (Finding if missing)
+   - Is the capacitor value per the IC datasheet recommendation?
+   - Is the capacitor type appropriate? (MLCC for high-frequency
+     bypass, bulk electrolytic/tantalum for low-frequency filtering)
+
+4. **Check power rail isolation**: Verify that switched/gated power
+   rails are properly isolated when off:
+   - No backpower paths through I/O pins into unpowered rails
+   - No current leakage through pull-ups connected to gated rails
+   - Power gate control signal is in a safe state at reset
+
+5. **Current budget**: For each rail, sum the worst-case current
+   draw of all connected consumers. Compare to source capacity.
+   Flag if total exceeds 80% of source rating (marginal) or 100%
+   (violation).
+
+## Phase 2: Pin-Level Audit
+
+For every IC in the schematic, verify every pin.
+
+1. **Read the IC datasheet** pin description table. For each pin,
+   determine: function, voltage domain, input/output/bidirectional,
+   required external components, and behavior when unconnected.
+
+2. **For each pin, verify**:
+   - **Connected pins**: Is the connected net in the correct voltage
+     domain? Is the signal direction compatible (output driving
+     output = contention)?
+   - **Power pins**: VDD connected to the correct rail? GND connected
+     to ground? Decoupling present?
+   - **Unused pins**: Handled per datasheet recommendation (tied to
+     VDD, GND, or left floating with explicit documentation)?
+   - **Bootstrap/strap pins**: Set to the correct logic level for the
+     desired configuration? Not overridden by external circuits at
+     power-on?
+   - **Analog pins**: Reference voltage connected? ADC input within
+     rated range? Appropriate filtering if required?
+   - **Reset pins**: Connected to a proper reset circuit or RC delay?
+     Not left floating?
+
+3. **Flag** any pin that is:
+   - Unconnected without datasheet justification
+   - Connected to a net in the wrong voltage domain
+   - An output driving into another output (bus contention)
+   - A strap pin that could be overridden by an external pull network
+
+## Phase 3: Bus Integrity
+
+For each communication bus (I2C, SPI, UART, USB, CAN, 1-Wire, etc.),
+verify electrical correctness.
+
+1. **I2C**:
+   - Pull-up resistors present on SDA and SCL
+   - Pull-ups connected to the correct voltage rail
+   - Pull-up value appropriate for bus speed and capacitance
+     (typically 1kΩ–10kΩ for standard/fast mode)
+   - No I2C address conflicts between devices on the same bus
+   - All devices on the bus are in the same voltage domain (or
+     level-shifted)
+
+2. **SPI**:
+   - MOSI, MISO, CLK, and CS all routed
+   - Each device has a unique CS line
+   - Unused CS lines are deasserted (pulled high for active-low CS)
+   - No bus contention on MISO when multiple devices share a bus
+
+3. **UART**:
+   - TX and RX crossed correctly (TX→RX, RX→TX)
+   - Voltage levels compatible between endpoints
+   - Flow control lines (RTS/CTS) connected if required
+
+4. **USB**:
+   - D+ and D- nets correctly connected end-to-end between USB
+     connector, any protection/series components, and the USB
+     transceiver (no unintended stubs)
+   - ESD protection present at the connector
+   - Termination/pull-up per USB specification for the target speed
+   - VBUS detection circuit if required
+   - Shield/ground connection at connector
+   - **Layout carry-forward**: differential routing and impedance
+     control for D+/D- must be verified during PCB layout review
+
+5. **Other buses** (CAN, 1-Wire, Ethernet, etc.):
+   - Bus-specific termination present
+   - Voltage levels and protection appropriate
+   - Required bias resistors or transformers included
+
+## Phase 4: Protection Circuit Review
+
+Verify that protection circuits are present where required.
+
+1. **ESD protection**: Required on every external connector (USB,
+   antenna, sensor headers, debug ports). Verify:
+   - TVS or ESD protection IC present
+   - Clamping voltage below the protected IC's absolute maximum rating
+   - Connected directly on the connector signal nets in the schematic
+     topology (no unintended series components between connector and
+     ESD device)
+   - **Layout carry-forward**: place ESD devices physically close to
+     the connector; verify during PCB layout review
+
+2. **Reverse polarity protection**: Required on battery input and
+   any external DC power input. Verify:
+   - Protection mechanism present (series diode, P-MOSFET, ideal
+     diode IC)
+   - Voltage drop acceptable at minimum input voltage
+
+3. **Overcurrent protection**: Verify for power inputs:
+   - Fuse, PTC, or current-limiting circuit on external power inputs
+   - Rating appropriate for the expected load
+
+4. **Overvoltage protection**: Verify for inputs that could exceed
+   the regulator's maximum input voltage:
+   - Clamping or crowbar circuit present if the source voltage could
+     exceed the absolute maximum rating
+
+## Phase 5: Power Sequencing and Reset
+
+Verify power-on behavior and reset circuits.
+
+1. **Power-on sequence**: If the IC datasheet specifies a required
+   power-on sequence (e.g., core before I/O, analog before digital):
+   - Verify the schematic enforces the sequence (enable pin chaining,
+     voltage supervisor, RC delay)
+   - Flag if the sequence depends on "typical" regulator startup times
+
+2. **Reset circuit**: For each IC with a reset pin:
+   - Reset is held active until power is stable
+   - Reset release timing meets the IC's minimum power-on reset time
+   - External reset button or test point if required
+
+3. **Bootstrap/strap pins at power-on**: Verify that strap pins
+   read the correct value at the moment the IC samples them:
+   - No contention from other ICs that are still in reset
+   - Pull resistor values strong enough to override any parasitic
+     loading
+   - Boot mode selection matches the intended firmware configuration
+
+## Phase 6: Passive Component Verification
+
+Verify passive component values and ratings.
+
+1. **Resistors**: Verify value, tolerance, and power rating:
+   - Pull-up/pull-down values appropriate for the bus or signal
+   - Voltage divider ratios produce the correct output
+   - Power dissipation within the resistor's rating (P = V²/R)
+
+2. **Capacitors**: Verify value, voltage rating, and type:
+   - Voltage rating ≥ 1.5× the rail voltage (derating)
+   - Ceramic capacitors: DC bias derating considered for high-voltage
+     MLCCs (a 10µF 0402 at 3.3V may only provide 6µF effective capacitance)
+   - Electrolytic/tantalum: ESR appropriate for the application
+
+3. **Inductors** (if present): Verify saturation current rating
+   exceeds worst-case DC current plus ripple.
+
+4. **Ferrite beads** (if present): Verify impedance at the target
+   frequency and DC current rating.
+
+## Phase 7: Completeness Check
+
+Verify nothing is missing or disconnected.
+
+1. **Unconnected nets**: Any net with only one connection is suspect.
+   Flag unless explicitly documented as intentional (test point, future
+   expansion).
+
+2. **Missing ground connections**: Every IC ground pin must be
+   connected to ground. Every connector ground pin must be connected.
+
+3. **Missing bypass/decoupling**: Every IC power pin should have a
+   decoupling capacitor (cross-reference with Phase 1.3).
+
+4. **Floating inputs**: Any IC input pin that is not driven by
+   another output, pull resistor, or voltage divider is a finding.
+
+5. **Test points**: Verify that critical signals (power rails, reset,
+   programming interface) have test points or are accessible for
+   debugging.
+
+6. **Designator and value completeness**: Every component should have
+   a reference designator and a value or part number. Flag components
+   with placeholder values ("R?", "C?", "TBD").