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name: cae_skill description: Control local CAE applications on Windows including launching apps, opening files, checking status, closing apps, detecting active and running apps, detecting common executable paths, and saving user-provided executable paths.

CAE Skill

This skill controls supported local CAE applications on Windows.

Supported apps

• abaqus
• ansys
• ansa
• hyperworks

What this skill can do

• launch a CAE app
• open a file in a CAE app
• check whether a CAE app is running
• close a CAE app
• get the current active CAE app
• get all running supported CAE apps
• detect an executable path using saved paths and predefined common install paths
• save a user-provided executable path

Constraints

• Do not scan the whole computer.
• Do not traverse all files on disk.
• Do not read the Windows registry.
• Only use:
  1. saved paths in config.json
  2. predefined common install paths in config.json
• If the executable cannot be found, ask the user to provide the full executable path.

Execution

Use skill_runner.py as the execution entrypoint.

Payload format:

{
  "skill": "launch_app",
  "args": {
    "app": "abaqus"
  }
}

Supported Actions

launch_app

Arguments:

• app

• config_file (optional)

open_file_in_app

Arguments:

• app
• file_path
• config_file(optional)
• auto_launch(optional)
• wait_seconds(optional)

is_app_runing

Arguments:

• app
• config_file(optional)

close_app

Arguments:

• app
• config_file(optional)
• force(optional)

get_activate_app

Arguments:

• config_file(optional)

get_running_apps

Arguments:

• config_file(optional)

detect_app_path

Arguments:

• app
• config_file(optional)

set_app_path

Arguments:

• app
• path
• config_file(optional)

Note

This skill is designed for local CAE workstation automation.

It intentionally avoids heavy filesystem scanning to maintain fast response and predictable behavior.