Agent skill

Matlab Solve Pde

by matlab in matlab/matlab-agentic-toolkit

End-to-end finite element analysis in MATLAB PDE Toolbox — geometry creation, model setup, solve, and post-processing in one skill.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Matlab Solve Pde

skills CLI
$ npx skills add matlab/matlab-agentic-toolkit --skill matlab-solve-pde -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install matlab/matlab-agentic-toolkit matlab-solve-pde --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/matlab/matlab-agentic-toolkit.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills-catalog/math-and-optimization/matlab-solve-pde .claude/skills/matlab-solve-pde && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
matlab-solve-pde
GitHub stars
1.1k
Token cost
~6.4k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,625 words
Files
13 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
142
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

End-to-end finite element analysis in MATLAB PDE Toolbox — geometry creation, model setup, solve, and post-processing in one skill.

  • Works in 4 steps: Geometry → Model Setup → Solve → …
  • Building geometry from primitives
  • SKILL.md covers When to Use, When Not to Use, Workflow Overview and Phase 1: Geometry, plus 3 more sections
  • Calls hf

What it does

Matlab Solve Pde is an agent skill from matlab/matlab-agentic-toolkit. End-to-end finite element analysis in MATLAB PDE Toolbox — geometry creation, model setup, solve, and post-processing in one skill. Use when building geometry from primitives or file import, setting up femodel with BCs/loads/materials, solving thermal/structural/EM problems, and extracting or visualizing results. Covers fegeometry, multicuboid, multicylinder, multisphere, decsg, boolean ops, mesh generation, femodel, all AnalysisTypes (thermalSteady, thermalTransient, structuralStatic, structuralTransient…

Its SKILL.md is about 6.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 13 other files, including reference files (for example `manifest.yaml`, `references/bc-load-reference.md` and `references/boolean-and-cell-ops.md`).

It sits in Research & Science, covering Physical and earth sciences. The repository describes itself as: The MATLAB Agentic Toolkit brings proven MATLAB capabilities to AI agents, making engineering and scientific workflows agent-ready.

When your agent uses it

  • Building geometry from primitives
  • Setting up femodel with BCs/loads/materials
  • Solving thermal/structural/EM problems
  • Visualizing results

Example prompts

  • “/matlab-solve-pde”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Geometry
  2. Model Setup
  3. Solve
  4. Post-Processing

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 59dfd92. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • hf

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Matlab Solve Pde loads about 6.4k tokens when it runs, and up to ~17k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 249 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,625 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~249
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~6.4k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~17k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,625 words (~6,384 tokens).

“End-to-end finite element analysis: geometry → model setup → solve → post-process. Uses the modern femodel workflow (R2025a+).”

— opening of SKILL.md by matlab, Custom licence
name
matlab-solve-pde
license
https://www.mathworks.com/content/dam/mathworks/license/pmrl/license.md
metadata.author
MathWorks
metadata.version
1.0

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 12 other files (references) in skills-catalog/math-and-optimization/matlab-solve-pde of matlab/matlab-agentic-toolkit.

  • SKILL.md
  • manifest.yaml
  • references/bc-load-reference.md
  • references/boolean-and-cell-ops.md
  • references/damping-reference.md
  • references/decsg-and-2d-geometry.md
  • references/electromagnetic-setup.md
  • references/em-postprocessing.md
  • references/modal-and-reduced-order.md
  • references/nonconstant-parameters.md
  • references/primitives-and-import.md
  • references/time-dependent-loads.md
  • references/visualization-reference.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 59dfd92

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Questions about Matlab Solve Pde

What does Matlab Solve Pde do?

End-to-end finite element analysis in MATLAB PDE Toolbox — geometry creation, model setup, solve, and post-processing in one skill. Matlab Solve Pde is an agent skill from matlab/matlab-agentic-toolkit. End-to-end finite element analysis in MATLAB PDE Toolbox — geometry creation, model setup, solve, and post-processing in one skill.

When should I use Matlab Solve Pde?

Matlab Solve Pde fits situations like: building geometry from primitives; setting up femodel with BCs/loads/materials; solving thermal/structural/EM problems; visualizing results.

How do I install Matlab Solve Pde in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add matlab/matlab-agentic-toolkit --skill matlab-solve-pde -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills-catalog/math-and-optimization/matlab-solve-pde in matlab/matlab-agentic-toolkit) into .claude/skills/matlab-solve-pde in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Matlab Solve Pde in Codex?

Run `npx skills add matlab/matlab-agentic-toolkit --skill matlab-solve-pde -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills-catalog/math-and-optimization/matlab-solve-pde in matlab/matlab-agentic-toolkit) into .agents/skills/matlab-solve-pde in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Matlab Solve Pde in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add matlab/matlab-agentic-toolkit --skill matlab-solve-pde -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/matlab-solve-pde, .gemini/skills/matlab-solve-pde, .github/skills/matlab-solve-pde and .opencode/skills/matlab-solve-pde in your project.

What does Matlab Solve Pde need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Matlab Solve Pde needs the command-line tools its instructions call (hf).

Does Matlab Solve Pde access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Matlab Solve Pde safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Matlab Solve Pde use?

Matlab Solve Pde has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Matlab Solve Pde use?

About 6.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 26k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 11k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Matlab Solve Pde?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Matlab Solve Pde: Cantera Ignition Delay (K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills, 48k stars), Astropy (zLanqing/codex-claude-academic-skills, 4.6k stars), Pymatgen (zLanqing/codex-claude-academic-skills, 4.6k stars) and Weather (trpc-group/trpc-agent-go, 1.8k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Matlab Solve Pde?

matlab (a GitHub organization) maintains it in matlab/matlab-agentic-toolkit, which has 1,140 GitHub stars. The repository holds 142 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: matlab/matlab-agentic-toolkit on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.