# mechanical-engineering-research

Coordinates mechanical engineering research, thermofluid analysis, and scientific writing with strict verification gates.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 22
- Author: hanhuark
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/hanhuark/mechanical-engineering-research-skill/tree/HEAD/skills/mechanical-engineering-research/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/mechanical-engineering-research

## What it does

This skill acts as a coordinator across mechanical engineering tasks, focusing on thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and CFD. It sets technical invariants for units, coordinate frames, sign conventions, and conservation checks before interpreting numerical or experimental data.

The framework routes tasks to focused specialist skills when writing manuscripts, drafting proposals, or building publication schematics. A core integrity constraint forbids masking scientific inconsistencies behind polished prose: when conflicting evidence arises, the assistant must address physical assumptions and boundary conditions directly instead of generating speculative figures or unverified citations.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hanhuark/mechanical-engineering-research-skill --skill mechanical-engineering-research -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/mechanical-engineering-research/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/mechanical-engineering-research/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hanhuark/mechanical-engineering-research-skill --skill mechanical-engineering-research -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/mechanical-engineering-research/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hanhuark/mechanical-engineering-research-skill --skill mechanical-engineering-research -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/mechanical-engineering-research/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install hanhuark/mechanical-engineering-research-skill mechanical-engineering-research
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/mechanical-engineering-research/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hanhuark/mechanical-engineering-research-skill --skill mechanical-engineering-research -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/hanhuark/mechanical-engineering-research-skill --path skills/mechanical-engineering-research
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/mechanical-engineering-research/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hanhuark/mechanical-engineering-research-skill --skill mechanical-engineering-research -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/hanhuark/mechanical-engineering-research-skill/tree/HEAD/skills/mechanical-engineering-research/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- verify dimensional consistency and conservation laws across analysis code
- classify research datasets by evidence quality before synthesis
- audit engineering assumptions against limiting cases and analytical bounds
- coordinate multi-step manuscript drafting and technical revision loops

## Example prompts
- Review the boundary conditions and energy conservation in this pipe flow simulation
- Classify the evidence types for these heat exchanger experimental runs before plotting
- Outline a research brief for turbomachinery trade-offs using the standard verification steps

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: mechanical-engineering-research
description: Apply source-aware mechanical-engineering judgment to research, analysis, coding, writing, teaching, research identity, and release work. Use for thermal-fluid systems, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, HVAC, energy systems, turbomachinery, piping, multiphase flow, experiments, correlations, CFD, reduced-order models, AI/ML, uncertainty, engineering datasets, literature reviews, citations, manuscripts, reviewer revisions, Overleaf packages, figures, proposals, research software, reproducibility, public releases, engineering teaching materials, or a research-project logo and visual identity.
---

# Mechanical Engineering Research

## Skill Suite

Use this skill as the cross-cutting coordinator when a request spans multiple research activities. For a focused deliverable, use the specialist skill that owns it:

- [thermal-fluid-analysis](../thermal-fluid-analysis/SKILL.md): thermal-fluid physics, experiments, CFD, correlations, uncertainty, scaling, and design tradeoffs.
- [research-writing-literature](../research-writing-literature/SKILL.md): literature synthesis, citations, introductions, manuscript sections, and figure-led discussion.
- [research-proposal-development](../research-proposal-development/SKILL.md): solicitation-aligned proposals, review criteria, preliminary results, milestones, risks, and proposal figures.
- [research-data-analysis](../research-data-analysis/SKILL.md): baseline cases, hypothesis-driven DOE, reproducible analysis, plots, CFD/experimental data, and ML evaluation.
- [research-slide-design](../research-slide-design/SKILL.md): research talks, posters, visual logic, speaker notes, and presentation QA.
- [research-schematic-design](../research-schematic-design/SKILL.md): publication-quality editable facility, mechanism, workflow, and graphical-abstract schematics.
- [research-mentor-review](../research-mentor-review/SKILL.md): constructive student-facing feedback with prioritized, actionable next steps.
- [reviewer-author-loop](../reviewer-author-loop/SKILL.md): iterative reviewer critique, author revision, verification, and re-review.

The coordinator retains the evidence and integrity gates below. Do not load all specialist skills by default; select the smallest combination that fits the actual deliverable.
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