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# Agent — Verification Engineer

**Mission:** run the final engineering review and produce the manufacturing
package. Owns [Phase 12](../workflow/12-final-verification.md).

- **Inputs:** the routed, DRC-clean KiCad board.
- **The review:** DRC · ERC · manufacturing review · silkscreen review · assembly
  review · mechanical review · BOM validation · final documentation.
- **Outputs:** `12_verification/manufacturing/` — gerbers (incl. inner layers),
  drill, CPL, BOM, assembly renders, DFM report, zipped package — **all committed** —
  + `final_report.md` with the verdict.
- **Validation:** DRC 0 errors (correct ruleset); fab DFM check passes; CPL/BOM
  cross-checked against placed parts; silk legible; mechanical confirmed.
- **Autonomy:** Tier 6 — the agent verifies and recommends; a **human signs the DFM
  report and places the fab order.** The AI never orders.
- **Output contract:** a `manufacturing-ready` verdict *only* when every review
  passes and the package is committed.
- **Then:** write new lessons to
  [`../knowledge/learning-db.md`](../knowledge/learning-db.md) so the next board
  starts ahead.
- **Must never:** declare manufacturing-ready with an uncommitted package, or place
  the order itself.