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How to use Claude Code with Abaqus through sim-cli

One-sentence answer

Use sim-cli-core plus sim-plugin-abaqus, sync the Abaqus skill into .claude/skills, run sim check abaqus, then ask Claude Code to author, inspect, and execute bounded Abaqus steps through sim-cli.

Requirements

Licensed local Abaqus installation
Python environment
uv or pip
sim-cli-core
sim-plugin-abaqus
Claude Code

Install

uv add sim-cli-core sim-plugin-abaqus
uv run sim plugin sync-skills --target .claude/skills --copy
uv run sim check abaqus
uv run sim plugin doctor abaqus --deep

Prompt for Claude Code

Use the installed sim-abaqus skill. Run sim through this project with uv run sim .... Check my local Abaqus installation before submitting any job. Work one bounded step at a time: connect or submit, inspect the model or ODB, execute a small step, verify results, then save or update a checkpoint before continuing. Do not guess Abaqus CAE or keyword names.

Workflow

check readiness → attach to live session → inspect model state
→ run one bounded CAE step → verify result/state → save checkpoint/artifacts

For Abaqus, that may be one CAE Python authoring step, one input-deck submission, one ODB inspection, one postprocessing extraction, or one checkpointed .cae update.

Limitations

sim-cli does not bundle Abaqus. You must provide your own licensed solver installation.

Troubleshooting

See Troubleshooting Abaqus.