# Openfoam

> OpenFOAM AI Interface Skill — case setup, CLI execution, output parsing, failure diagnosis, validation

- Skill: `vamseeachanta/openfoam` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add vamseeachanta/openfoam`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/vamseeachanta/openfoam/raw
- Safety review: PASS (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: vamseeachanta (https://skillmd.com/u/vamseeachanta)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/vamseeachanta/openfoam

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# Openfoam

## When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when you need to:
- Set up an OpenFOAM CFD case from scratch (geometry, mesh, BCs, solver)
- Generate valid system dictionaries (controlDict, fvSchemes, fvSolution)
- Run solvers in serial or parallel (simpleFoam, pimpleFoam, interFoam)
- Parse solver logs for residuals, convergence, and Courant numbers
- Diagnose solver failures (FPE, divergence, mesh quality, BC mismatches)
- Validate results against known benchmarks (cavity, pitzDaily, damBreak)
- Convert results for visualization (foamToVTK for ParaView)

## Sub-Skills

- [Installation](installation/SKILL.md)
- [1.1 Case Directory Structure (+3)](11-case-directory-structure/SKILL.md)
- [1.5 fvSolution (+3)](15-fvsolution/SKILL.md)
- [1.9 blockMeshDict (+1)](19-blockmeshdict/SKILL.md)
- [2.1 Environment Setup (+6)](21-environment-setup/SKILL.md)
- [3.1 Solver Log Residual Format (+5)](31-solver-log-residual-format/SKILL.md)
- [4.1 Error Message Format (+2)](41-error-message-format/SKILL.md)
- [5.1 y+ Verification (+5)](51-y-verification/SKILL.md)
- [6.1 Upstream: Gmsh to OpenFOAM (+3)](61-upstream-gmsh-to-openfoam/SKILL.md)