MBD Algorithm Specs

by matlab

MBD Algorithm Specs is a Writing skill for Claude Code, published by matlab in simulink-agentic-toolkit.

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Install MBD Algorithm Specs

Copy MBD Algorithm Specs into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/matlab/simulink-agentic-toolkit/tree/main/skills-catalog/model-based-design-core/specifying-mbd-algorithms ~/.claude/skills/specifying-mbd-algorithms

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/matlab/simulink-agentic-toolkit.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: skills-catalog/model-based-design-core/specifying-mbd-algorithms/SKILL.md in matlab/simulink-agentic-toolkit
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/specifying-mbd-algorithms
Collection: One of 24 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Writing — 1012 skills

What MBD Algorithm Specs does

MBD Algorithm Specs structures specifications for Model-Based Design algorithms in Simulink, Stateflow, System Composer, or MATLAB Function blocks. Use it to define system, architecture, implementation, and test plans for controllers, estimators, and similar algorithms.

MBD Algorithm Specs is cataloged under Writing on DirSkills. MBD Algorithm Specs comes from a repository tagged agent-skills, claude-code, codex-plugin, engineering-agents and github-copilot.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

MBD Algorithm Specs

Structured specification of algorithms for Model-Based Design. Adapts the specifying-software templates for the MBD algorithm domain.

When to Use

Specifying a controller, estimator, signal processor, diagnostic, or supervisory logic algorithm
The algorithm will be authored in Simulink, Stateflow, System Composer, or as a MATLAB Function block
The algorithm is part of a model-based design workflow (simulation, code generation, or both)
Creating, updating, or reviewing algorithm specification documents

When NOT to Use

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about MBD Algorithm Specs

What else does matlab publish alongside MBD Algorithm Specs?
MBD Algorithm Specs is one of 24 skills that DirSkills catalogs from matlab/simulink-agentic-toolkit, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Author Input Signals, Author Model Advisor Checks and Building Architecture Models. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way MBD Algorithm Specs does, and is maintained by matlab in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the matlab/simulink-agentic-toolkit page.
How does MBD Algorithm Specs compare to other Writing skills?
MBD Algorithm Specs ranks #488 by stars among the 1012 Writing skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Article Writing, Social Media Content Calendar and Knowledge Comic Creator. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of MBD Algorithm Specs against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.