ip_template.yaml

The generic IP template, and the one to copy when starting a new flow.

Point options.template.ip at it in your monorepo config.yaml, or select it for one IP on the command line:

cicconf newip <name> --ip ../tech_sky130A/cicconf/ip_template.yaml

dirs

design/, design/${IP}/, .github/workflows/, media/, sim/, work/ and rtl/. The rtl/ directory is what distinguishes this template from the others: it is where the gate level verilog of a mixed signal block lives, the VERILOG_FILE that core.make reads into the LVS source netlist.

create

File	Contents
`info.yaml`	Library, cell, author, github user, tagline, and the `doc:` and `sim:` sections the documentation action reads
`config.yaml`	The cicconf dependency list: `cpdk`, `tech_sky130A`, `jnw_tr_sky130a`, `jnw_atr_sky130a`
`.github/workflows/{lvs,drc,gds,docs}.yaml`	Thin callers of the reusable workflows in `analogicus/jnw-actions`
`.gitignore`	Tool output: `.ext`, `.gds`, `output_*/`, `work/lvs`, `work/gds`, …
`design/${IP}/${CELL}.md`	The cell’s documentation stub
`design/${IP}/${CELL}.sch`	An empty schematic with a border and `VDD_1V8`, `VSS`, `PWRUP_1V8` pins
`work/Makefile`	`include ../tech/make/core.make`, plus the commented list of useful targets
`work/.magicrc`, `work/xschemrc`	Two liners that source magic/.magicrc and xschem/xschemrc, with `addpath` lines for the standard cell libraries
`sim/Makefile`	Loops the cicsim targets over the simulation directories
`README.md`	Title, tagline, workflow badges, and a cell table

do

The symlinks are the important part, since every relative path in this repository assumes them:

ln -s ../tech_sky130A tech
cd work && ln -s ../tech/magic/mos.24bit.dstyle
cd work && ln -s ../tech/magic/mos.24bit.std.cmap
cd sim  && ln -s ../tech/cicsim/cicsim.yaml
cd design && ln -s ../../jnw_tr_sky130a/design/JNW_TR_SKY130A
cd design && ln -s ../../jnw_atr_sky130a/design/JNW_ATR_SKY130A

Then git init, and a first commit. Note the git add -f lines: work/ is in the .gitignore, so the rc files, the Makefile and the two colour files have to be forced in.