Release 3.25.0 of the open-source library lets an assistant run flashes, phase envelopes and process simulations, and each answer lists the equation of state and assumptions used.
For process engineers: ask for a dew point or a compressor case and get a computed answer, not a guess.
The useful part is the refusal: the agent knew the E-stop belongs to hardware safety, not code.
Ahmed Abdel Rahman splits geomodel quality checks into six agents, each with one job, such as finding gaps in well logs, checking upscaling and comparing 3D properties with well data. The agents point to where an expert should look and leave the modelling tools and the geomodeller's judgment in place.
Claude writes the process route with stations, cycle times, breakdown rates and yields, sizes each station from demand, and a discrete event simulation computes every number on screen, from throughput to the bottleneck.
For manufacturing and industrial engineers sketching a new line: click a station, change its cycle time or buffer, and watch where the bottleneck moves.