AI SKILL pymeasure
Use when working with PyMeasure - the Python library for scientific measurement, instrument control, and experiment automation (built on PyVISA): the Instrument/Channel base classes and dynamic properties, instrument drivers by manufacturer (Keithley, Agilent/Keysight, HP, Lake Shore, SRS, Tektronix, Rohde & Schwarz, ...), Adapters (VISA/serial/Prologix/TCP), the Procedure/Experiment/Worker framework, Results, plotting/display, and the measurement workflow. from pymeasure.instruments import ... Not for the Python stdlib, raw PyVISA, or other instrument-control libraries.From its SKILL.md
npx -y skills add LevyBytes/AI-SKILL-pymeasureAssembled from the repository path, not quoted from the project. Check it against their README if it does not work.
One thing to look at
- 0 stars0 stars. Stars are a popularity signal and not a quality one, but at this level it is likely that nobody has read this closely except its author, and you would be relying on your own review.
SKILL.md
2.1 KB, 341 tokens by cl100k_base, as published. Nobody here has run it
PyMeasure Reference
Original-prose reference for PyMeasure, split into one focused file per subject across 109 reference files. Identifiers (API/type/function names, flags, paths, enums, numbers) are preserved verbatim.
When to use this
Use this skill when the task involves the PyMeasure library - instrument drivers by manufacturer, the Instrument/Channel base classes and dynamic instrument properties, Adapters (VISA/serial/Prologix/TCP), the Procedure/Experiment/Worker automation framework, Results storage, plotting/display, and the end-to-end measurement workflow.
Workflow
- Open
references/INDEX.md(orreferences/topics.json) and pick the one file that matches. - Read only that file; open another only if the task spans subjects. Grep across files when needed:
rg -n "PATTERN" references/*.md. - Treat every identifier as an exact reference fact - never invent or paraphrase.
Gotchas
Recurring failure modes and what to do instead live in the sibling GOTCHA.md.
References
All depth lives in references/ - start at references/INDEX.md, metadata in references/topics.json. One subject per file.
Source
Adapted from the upstream PyMeasure documentation into original prose for local reference. Identifiers remain verbatim. Upstream: https://pymeasure.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
Verification
python D:\dev\SKILLS\skills\skill-drafting\scripts\validate_skill_package.py D:\dev\SKILLS\skills\pymeasure
What ships with it: 115 files
1756.2 KB alongside SKILL.md
references/
- about.md4.0 KB
- adapters-2.md7.4 KB
- adapters.md24.5 KB
- adding-instruments-2.md17.4 KB
- adding-instruments.md22.4 KB
- advantest.md2.2 KB
- advantestr624x-2.md24.5 KB
- advantestr624x-3.md24.7 KB
- advantestr624x-4.md7.9 KB
- advantestr624x.md24.2 KB
- agilent-2.md23.4 KB
- agilent-3.md19.2 KB
- agilent-4.md11.8 KB
- agilent-5.md23.3 KB
- agilent-6.md11.7 KB
- agilentb1500-2.md16.0 KB
- agilentb1500.md24.9 KB
- agilent.md21.2 KB
- andeenhagerling.md6.2 KB
- anritsu-2.md18.9 KB
- anritsu.md14.3 KB
- changes-2.md23.4 KB
- changes.md25.8 KB
- channels.md10.4 KB
- connecting.md5.1 KB
- dev.md10.5 KB
- display-2.md23.8 KB
- display-3.md4.7 KB
- display.md15.2 KB
- dsp7225.md14.2 KB
- experiment.md15.2 KB
- graphical-2.md20.0 KB
- graphical.md22.6 KB
- hp-2.md18.5 KB
- hp-3.md19.8 KB
- hp-4.md9.4 KB
75 more files not listed here. See all 115 in the repository.
Gives 0 of the 12 instructions most automation workflows skills give in 341 tokens
Counted across 745 of the 1,008 authors here whose files we hold, read 2026-08-07
- Write conventional commit messagesin 36 of 745, across 35 files
- Delete branches after mergein 30 of 745, across 21 files
- Make atomic commitsin 25 of 745, across 15 files
- Write minimal code to pass testsin 22 of 745, across 10 files
- Re-snapshot after navigation or DOM changesin 21 of 745, across 13 files
- Use try-catch for error handlingin 20 of 745, across 8 files
- Run tests before committingin 20 of 745, across 12 files
- Write tests before implementationin 20 of 745, across 8 files
- Configure branch protection rulesin 19 of 745, across 5 files
- Explain the why in commit messagesin 19 of 745, across 9 files
- Refactor code while tests remain greenin 19 of 745, across 6 files
- Interact with elements using refsin 19 of 745, across 11 files
Said here and by no other author read
- open the reference index first
- grep across reference files when needed
- preserve identifiers verbatim
- never invent or paraphrase identifiers
- open another reference file only if needed
Grouped from the skills themselves: near-identical wordings counted once, and counted by distinct author, so one author publishing three of these counts once. Length counted with cl100k_base; the agent that loads this file may tokenize it differently.