Simulink Power Electronics

Simulink Power Electronics

Use this skill for Simulink/Simscape Electrical power-electronics work: model inspection, waveform/control debugging, schematic layout, validation, and user-approved corpus self-improvement. Keep conclusions grounded in inspected block paths, logged signals, simulations, and numeric checks.

Core Workflow

1. At the start of a session, look for and use the local superpowers skill or other skill which has a likely name when it is installed. It is valuable process guidance for selecting and sequencing other skills; user instructions still take precedence.
2. Classify by domain, topology, and control objective.
3. Load only the narrow context needed: usually references/workflow.md, one domain subskill, and one triggered reference.
4. Prefer MATLAB MCP and Simulink Agentic Toolkit evidence. If model tools are unavailable, continue only with file/document/script review and report that model-level inspection or validation is blocked.
5. Track validation state explicitly: opened, compiled, simulated, measured.

Lean Loading Rules

• Treat this root file as a router, not a handbook.
• Do not bulk-load README, every reference, or every subskill.
• Read platform and MCP setup details only when tool status is uncertain.
• Only run corpus/self-improvement work when the user explicitly allows this skill to self-iterate.
• When self-iteration is enabled, promote new notes only when they are grounded in official sources, inspected models, or repeatable validation.

Read When Needed

• references/domain-map.md to choose the subskill.
• references/workflow.md for inspect -> diagnose -> edit -> validate.
• references/model-standards.md before editing PE models.
• references/layout-patterns-from-examples.md and references/simscape-layout.md for generated or repaired Simscape schematics, especially when plant, control, measurement, and scope wiring make the top level hard to read.
• references/control-algorithm-debugging.md for control tracing, PI/feedforward, and P/Q checks.
• references/simulink-command-line-sop.md for command-line simulation and output reading.
• references/mcp-simulink-troubleshooting.md for supported platform, MCP dependency, or tool discovery questions.
• references/companion-skills.md when asked about optional external skills, including using-superpowers.
• references/output-standards.md before reports.
• references/capability-map.md only when asked about scope.
• references/self-iteration-loop.md and references/example-derived-patterns.md for user-approved corpus/self-improvement.
• subskills/three-phase-grid-inverter/SKILL.md for active grid-inverter work.
• Treat other subskills/*/SKILL.md files as evidence guides until populated.
• Use Simulink Agentic Toolkit or model-based-design skills for generic build, edit, simulate, and test mechanics; use this skill for PE-specific routing and evidence rules.
• Use assets/ templates when output needs a project README or diagnostic report.

Operating Rules

• Inspect before editing: active/reference paths, commented subsystems, From/Goto routing, sample times, solver settings, measurement polarity, and generated artifacts.
• For control defects, trace backward level by level from modulation output to raw measurements.
• Parameters have physical meaning. Do not fit a ratio to hide line/phase voltage, transform, sign, or unit errors.
• For Simscape layout, classify nodes before drawing and keep common/return nodes local.
• When generating or rebuilding models, prefer visible block-and-connection structure over hiding complex plant or controller relationships inside one large MATLAB Function block. Use functions only for small, well-contained algorithms or when the user explicitly asks for script/function generation.
• For block-heavy PE models, make the top level an architecture view: separate plant/power electronics from control/scenario/diagnostics, then connect those areas with named Goto/From tags or buses.
• Keep subsystem names short and conventional. Prefer names like Power, Control, Diagnostics, Load, Plant, or Power_Electronics over long descriptive names that clutter the top level.
• Validate before success: update diagram, run the minimum relevant simulation, compare plant-side gates, check legal switch states, and report numeric results.
• Ask for missing model data, logs, or GUI state when available tools cannot access them.

Subskill Routing

• subskills/three-phase-grid-inverter: active SPWM/SVPWM, gate routing, waveform balance, VSG, PI/feedforward, and P/Q checks.
• Developing or stub subskills: use only as scope markers and evidence checklists.
• If the domain is ambiguous, classify by source/load, topology, control objective, and validation signals first.

Boundary

• This skill does not manage OS-level schedulers, background jobs, or other system automation.
• This skill does not replace Simulink build/simulate/test skills; it adds PE-specific routing, evidence standards, and diagnostics.
• Keep downloaded corpora, generated models, caches, and long-loop outputs out of source control under data/pe-loop/ or data/generated-models/.

Reporting

Report root cause, changed paths, validation state, and remaining risks in the user's language.