@User @User can you guide/direct me to any resource on how to include IO pads in a design? Really appreciate.

For this shuttle ? You don't include IO pads at all. They're provided for you externally.

@tnt.Yes. We are trying for a design outside Caravel hence the need for IO pads.

Ack my bad, I didn't think that was an option.

@Nickson Jose: Technically it's not an option in openlane yet. Definitely, not an option for the shuttle. However, the most up to date pointer that I could give you is to check how the caravel chip_io is done as it uses most of the released IOs already.

That could be a start. Thanks @Amr Gouhar @tnt