numerical-stability

numerical-stability is a skill for Claude Code from HeshamFS/materials-simulation-skills. It costs 92 tokens per session (3,954 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A guide for checking whether time-based computer simulations remain numerically stable. It examines limits on time steps, stiffness, matrix conditioning, and the behavior of different solving methods.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to check CFL and Fourier limits, perform von Neumann analysis, detect stiff problems, assess matrix conditioning, and choose explicit or implicit methods.
Why use it?
It helps diagnose simulations that produce exploding, oscillating, or unreliable values and choose a safer time-stepping approach.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: allowed-tools in frontmatter.

Part of the verification-and-validation plugin — 4 skills shipped together , and of core-numerical, full

Good fit Use it to check CFL and Fourier limits, perform von Neumann analysis, detect stiff problems, assess matrix conditioning, and choose explicit or implicit methods.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/heshamfs/materials-simulation-skills/numerical-stability
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Any agent
npx skills add HeshamFS/materials-simulation-skills --skill numerical-stability
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HeshamFS/materials-simulation-skills

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install verification-and-validation, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 4 skills.

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Per session 92 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 3,954 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00092 $0.03954
Opus 5.5 $0.00037 $0.01582
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00018 $0.00791
Haiku 4.5 $0.00009 $0.00395

Measured 2d ago against content hash 72a3ee463edf, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

numerical-stability scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2d ago.

The scan reads SKILL.md. This mod also ships 4 executable files (scripts/cfl_checker.py, scripts/matrix_condition.py, scripts/stiffness_detector.py, …), listed below but not scanned — reading those needs a real analyzer, not pattern matching.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

skills/core-numerical/numerical-stability/SKILL.md · 252 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 252 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Numerical Stability

Goal

Provide a repeatable checklist and script-driven checks to keep time-dependent simulations stable and defensible.

Requirements

  • Python 3.10+
  • NumPy (for matrix_condition.py and von_neumann_analyzer.py)
  • See scripts/requirements.txt for dependencies

Inputs to Gather

Input Description Example
Grid spacing dx Spatial discretization 0.01 m
Time step dt Temporal discretization 1e-4 s
Velocity v Advection speed 1.0 m/s
Diffusivity D Thermal/mass diffusivity 1e-5 m²/s
Reaction rate k First-order rate constant 100 s⁻¹
Dimensions 1D, 2D, or 3D 2
Scheme type Explicit or implicit explicit

Decision Guidance

Choosing Explicit vs Implicit

Is the problem stiff (fast + slow dynamics)?
├── YES → Use implicit or IMEX scheme
│         └── Check conditioning with matrix_condition.py
└── NO → Is CFL/Fourier satisfied with reasonable dt?
    ├── YES → Use explicit scheme (cheaper per step)
    └── NO → Consider implicit or reduce dt (grid refinement requires a coupled timestep reduction)

Stability Limit Quick Reference

Physics Number Explicit Limit (1D) Formula
Advection CFL C ≤ 1 C = v·dt/dx
Diffusion Fourier Fo ≤ 0.5 Fo = D·dt/dx²
Reaction Reaction R ≤ 1 R = k·dt

Multi-dimensional correction: For d dimensions, diffusion limit is Fo ≤ 1/(2d).

Script Outputs (JSON Fields)

Script Key Outputs
scripts/cfl_checker.py metrics.cfl, metrics.fourier, recommended_dt, stable
scripts/von_neumann_analyzer.py results.max_amplification, results.stable
scripts/matrix_condition.py results.condition_number, results.is_symmetric
scripts/stiffness_detector.py results.stiffness_ratio, results.real_part_stiffness_ratio, results.imag_dominated, results.stiff, results.recommendation, results.warning

Read the full file on GitHub · 252 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 2d ago Changed · +25 lines 72a3ee463edf
  2. 1mo ago First seen · 227 lines · 92 tokens per session scan A a5f9ed325f16

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numerical-stability is a skill published in the GitHub repository HeshamFS/materials-simulation-skills (83 stars, last pushed 3d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 92 tokens to every session and 3,954 once invoked, about $0.0004 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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