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Condition −40 °C +70 °C 4000 m IP66 5 yr outdoors 40 W every number carries the condition it was computed at

Tools

The language model routes. The physics does not live in the weights.

Howard answers by calling calculators and tables. No number reaches the memo unless it appeared in a tool result — and the evals fail the build otherwise.

Why this isn’t ChatGPT with a wrench

Generic models read the internet. They do not know that a PC/ABS sheet ends at −40 °C.

Howard calls calculators and tables: air at altitude, grade properties at temperature, formula packs with named assumptions.

We do not scrape MatWeb into the product. We do not interpolate silence into a five‑year life.

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Eight tools

Unimplemented capabilities are not advertised as callable. A closed‑form calculation stays a versioned formula pack until usage earns it a method.

air_props

Air at a pressure and a temperature. ISA supplies the altitude pressure; CoolProp supplies the properties.

materials_search

Find typed grades by family, process and condition.

materials_get

One grade’s properties, each with source and as‑of.

refuse_check

Asks whether the data supports the question before anyone answers it.

formula_run

Versioned closed‑form packs. Explicit inputs only; assumptions returned.

architecture_list

Pattern cards as candidates — never proof a design will pass.

unit_convert

Bookkeeping, so a unit error never becomes an argument.

reg_lookup

Public checklist facts. Never certification, never legal advice.

The surface underneath

The full consumer‑ME catalog is recorded, not advertised. Each domain opens when its data is reviewed and its evals pass.

Intake

problem_parse · climate_site · solar_load · duty_cycle

Materials

materials_curve · materials_compare · compat_check · process_fit

Thermal

r_network · lumped_transient · natural_conv_h · forced_conv_h · radiation_net · contact_r · heater_time · derate_altitude

Structure

plate_stiffness · boss_pullout · snap_cantilever · press_fit · bolt_preload · drop_energy · cte_stack · fatigue_cycles_est

Plastics DFM

wall_draft_check · rib_boss_rules · shrink_warp_flags · living_hinge_check · gate_cosmetic_risk

Battery & power

cell_thermal · battery_derate_t · psu_temp_class · battery_ship_flags

Regulatory

ul94_get · prop65_get · reach_svhc · cpsc_recall_search

Evolve

rev_diff · evidence_ingest · recompute

Simulation hook

sim_recommend · sim_deck_export · sim_result_ingest

Why now

The same shape, one profession over.

Harvey, 2022–23Howard, now
Copilot for lawyersCoworker for mechanical engineers
Plain‑English taskPlain‑English product problem
Research + draftArchitecture + calcs
Citations to lawCitations to sheets + tools
Lawyer reviewsME reviews / stamps
Firm securityProject isolation, no train‑on‑you
Invite‑only + logo firmInvite‑only + 10 hardware teams
Not legal adviceNot a PE / not a lab

The physics does not live in the weights.

Bring a problem and see which tool answers it — and where Howard refuses.