Run engineering simulations in Abaqus from a one-line prompt with agent skills
An engineering team told an AI agent to run an Abaqus simulation from one line: it built the model, meshed it, ran the job and checked the results against hand calculations. They open-sourced 7 skills that teach Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and Gemini CLI to build models, fix meshes, set up drop tests and extract results.
Source
@itachimoonshot on X · 2026-10-18
Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-19.
What they did
An engineering team told an AI agent to run an Abaqus simulation from one line: it built the model, meshed it, ran the job and checked the results against hand calculations. They open-sourced 7 skills that teach Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and Gemini CLI to build models, fix meshes, set up drop tests and extract results.
Result (as claimed)
Deflection came within 0.5% of hand calculations, and the agent caught a bug that would have given plausible results for the wrong model. MIT licensed; bring your own Abaqus license.
Tools they used
Cost: Claude Code: from $17/mo; Cursor: free plan, paid from $8/mo; OpenAI Codex: free plan, paid from $8/mo.
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Gather your sources
Collect the papers, notes, links or files you want to work from in one place.
Load them into the tool
Open Claude Code, Cursor, OpenAI Codex, Gemini CLI, Abaqus and add your sources. Keep the original files so you can check claims later.
Ask focused questions
Ask for summaries, comparisons or connections with citations to the source passages.
Verify and save
Spot check claims against the sources, then save the output as notes you can reuse.
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You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Claude Code. Goal: Run engineering simulations in Abaqus from a one-line prompt with agent skills What the original author did: An engineering team told an AI agent to run an Abaqus simulation from one line: it built the model, meshed it, ran the job and checked the results against hand calculations. They open-sourced 7 skills that teach Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and Gemini CLI to build models, fix meshes, set up drop tests and extract results. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Deflection came within 0.5% of hand calculations, and the agent caught a bug that would have given plausible results for the wrong model. MIT licensed; bring your own Abaqus license. Source: https://x.com/itachimoonshot/status/2111909876494647545 Tools they used: Claude Code, Cursor, OpenAI Codex, Gemini CLI, Abaqus Category: Research & learning Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Codex. Goal: Run engineering simulations in Abaqus from a one-line prompt with agent skills What the original author did: An engineering team told an AI agent to run an Abaqus simulation from one line: it built the model, meshed it, ran the job and checked the results against hand calculations. They open-sourced 7 skills that teach Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and Gemini CLI to build models, fix meshes, set up drop tests and extract results. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Deflection came within 0.5% of hand calculations, and the agent caught a bug that would have given plausible results for the wrong model. MIT licensed; bring your own Abaqus license. Source: https://x.com/itachimoonshot/status/2111909876494647545 Tools they used: Claude Code, Cursor, OpenAI Codex, Gemini CLI, Abaqus Category: Research & learning Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Grok Bot. Goal: Run engineering simulations in Abaqus from a one-line prompt with agent skills What the original author did: An engineering team told an AI agent to run an Abaqus simulation from one line: it built the model, meshed it, ran the job and checked the results against hand calculations. They open-sourced 7 skills that teach Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and Gemini CLI to build models, fix meshes, set up drop tests and extract results. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Deflection came within 0.5% of hand calculations, and the agent caught a bug that would have given plausible results for the wrong model. MIT licensed; bring your own Abaqus license. Source: https://x.com/itachimoonshot/status/2111909876494647545 Tools they used: Claude Code, Cursor, OpenAI Codex, Gemini CLI, Abaqus Category: Research & learning Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
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