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Cantera skill (Scientific Agent Skills)

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A skill that runs Cantera ignition-delay calculations for homogeneous reactors, with checks. By K-Dense Inc..

56k starsUpdated 4 days agoGitHub data from 5 Nov 2026

At a glance

Type
Skill
Works with
Cantera
Tool versions
Cantera 3.2.0 on Python 3.12–3.14 (tested on Python 3.12)
Operating systems
Not stated in its documentation
Needs a Cantera licence
No
AI clients documented
Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, Google Antigravity
Licence
MIT
Language
Python

What it can do

  • Runs a bundled Python helper that solves closed, adiabatic ideal-gas reactors at constant volume and constant pressure and reports a temperature-based ignition delay.
  • Records the mechanism source and hash, checks that species exist in the mechanism and runs conservation checks, then asks the agent to refine the time step when the delay moves.
  • Ships a hydrogen and oxygen example config built on Cantera's bundled h2o2.yaml mechanism to copy and edit.

Limitations

  • Covers homogeneous ignition only; the skill says it is not a flame solver or a general reactor network builder.
  • It is one of 177 skills in a collection aimed mainly at biology and chemistry research; the other skills don't target Cantera.
  • A completed run shows the numbers converged, not that the mechanism suits your fuel or conditions.

Install

npx skills add K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills

Source: github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills#option-1-npx-supported-hosts

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