用智能体+专用工具实现胶体堆积模拟的自动化执行。
ColPackAgent: Agent-Skill-Guided Hard-Particle Monte Carlo Workflows for Colloidal Packing

- 通过智能体技能与自定义工具服务器协同,自动执行四阶段模拟流程。
- 在3D立方体、2D双组分系统等场景中成功完成模拟,支持人机交互与自主运行。
- 为大模型在材料模拟领域的应用提供可复用的智能体工作流范式。
我们提出ColPackAgent,一个通过模型上下文协议(MCP)工具服务器和智能体技能驱动胶体堆积蒙特卡洛模拟的智能体框架,可独立运行或嵌入现有智能体系统。该框架利用封装了HOOMD-blue硬粒子蒙特卡洛的colpack Python库,执行四阶段结构化工作流,涵盖相变研究、自组装与材料设计。通用大语言模型因缺乏专用工具与指令,常仅描述而无法可靠执行此类任务。系统支持交互式人机协作、端到端提示驱动及基于程序文件的自动科研模式。我们在多种场景中验证其有效性,包括3D立方体颗粒、2D双组分盘状与胶囊颗粒系统,以及2D硬盘冻结相变的自动科研实验。同时,通过17个阶段特定提示对多个大模型进行基准测试,评估其在设置、规划与分析各阶段的可靠性。结果表明,将领域专用包与MCP工具及可移植智能体技能结合,是构建智能体辅助科研工作流的有效路径。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
We introduce ColPackAgent, an agent framework that autonomously runs Monte Carlo simulations of colloidal packing through a Model Context Protocol (MCP) tool server and an agent skill, whether as a standalone agent or inside an existing agent system. By harnessing the MCP server and agent skill, ColPackAgent executes a structured workflow for colloidal packing simulations, which are central to studies of phase behavior, self-assembly, and materials design. Without dedicated simulation tools and workflow instructions, general-purpose Large Language Model (LLM) agents tend to describe such workflows rather than execute them reliably. The MCP server exposes a custom-built colpack Python package that wraps HOOMD-blue hard-particle Monte Carlo, and the skill encodes a four-stage workflow contract. ColPackAgent can carry out the workflow interactively with human feedback, autonomously from an end-to-end prompt, or as autoresearch following a provided program file. We demonstrate the system in different modes with several colloidal packing simulation examples such as cube particles in 3D, a binary system of disks and capsules in 2D, and the 2D hard-disk freezing transition using autoresearch. We also compare model performance on this workflow across a panel of LLMs with 17 stage-specific prompts. This benchmark provides a stage-level check of how reliably different models follow the setup, planning, and analysis workflow. Together, these results show that pairing a domain Python package with MCP tools and a portable agent skill provides a practical route for turning a simulation toolkit into an agent-assisted research workflow.
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