opentrons SKILL.md skillA
opentrons from jkitchin/knowhow is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add jkitchin/knowhow/opentrons@git:20251129.b0f1718Pins git:20251129.b0f1718 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- jkitchin/knowhow
- Path
skills/laboratory/opentrons/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20251129.b0f1718, committed Nov 29, 2025
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- 19,436 bytes
- Repository stars
- 42
- License
- MIT
Expert guidance for Opentrons Python API v2 - automated liquid handling, protocol development, labware management, and hardware module integration for OT-2 and Flex robots.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Opentrons Python API v2 ## Overview The **Opentrons Python API v2** enables laboratory automation through Python protocols that control liquid handling robots (OT-2 and Flex). Write protocols that automate pipetting, temperature control, magnetic separation, plate reading, and complex multi-step workflows with reproducible precision. **Core value:** Transform manual, error-prone pipetting workflows into automated, reproducible protocols. A 100-line protocol can replace hours of manual work with precise, documented liquid handling. ## When to Use Use the Opentrons skill when: - Writing automated liquid handling protocols - Setting up serial dilutions, plate replication, or reagent distribution - Integrating temperature control, magnetic separation, or plate reading into workflows - Adapting OT-2 protocols for Opentrons Flex - Troubleshooting protocol execution or hardware integration - Optimizing pipetting parameters (flow rates, tip positions, mixing) **Specialized subskills available:** - `heater-shaker` - Temperature control with orbital mixing - `absorbance-reader` - Microplate spectrophotometry - `gripper` - Automated labware movement (Flex only) …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add jkitchin/knowhow/opentrons@sha256:df1d77e730dbe4fdThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20251129.b0f1718, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Nov 29, 2025.
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Source
jkitchin/knowhow · 42 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main
API
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