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Automate Opentrons protocols with confidence.

Education & Research#protocols#lab-automation#pipetting#opentrons#labware
Authorjkitchin
Version1.0.0
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What problem does it solve?

This Skill helps researchers leverage the Opentrons Python API v2 to design, troubleshoot, and optimize automated liquid handling protocols for OT-2 and Flex robots, reducing manual pipetting errors and increasing reproducibility.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Protocol development: Create repeatable, well-documented Python-driven protocols that automate pipetting, temperature control, magnetic separation, and plate reading.
  • Robot integration: Manage OT-2 and Flex hardware modules and deck labware from code, enabling scalable automation.
  • Troubleshooting & optimization: Debug protocol execution, adjust flow rates, and refine protocols for robust performance.

Quick Start

Use the Opentrons skill to generate a minimal protocol skeleton that loads a 96-well plate and performs a simple pipetting sequence.

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Required Modules

None required

Components

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Name: opentrons
Download link: https://github.com/jkitchin/skillz/archive/main.zip#opentrons

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